Careers and Job Opportunities

Trainee Sales Consultants

Required for the following regions:

South East (Kent area),

South West (Bristol area),

North of England (Manchester area)

Scotland (Glasgow/Edinburgh areas)

Our Mission

As leaders in factory management execution systems, we are passionate about helping our many world-class clients in the FMCG sector, manufacturing packaged goods to supply supermarkets, to reduce their exposure to risk and improve their production efficiencies. We need talented, passionate people to join our rapidly expanding team who share our energy and enthusiasm to help our clients attain and sustain their objectives.

Benefits for a Trainee Sales Consultant

A competitive starting salary of between £20,000 and £25,000 is offered, dependent upon previous experience in our sector, rising quickly in line with your level of applicational knowledge and performance.
Commission paid at certain sales achievement thresholds.
Company car provided, together with the necessary equipment to perform this role.
All company-related expenses paid.
20 days annual paid holiday, together with statutory bank holidays.
Company pension plan.
Other fringe benefits.

Requirements of the Job

Educated to graduate standard in science/engineering, maths or similar.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Self-motivated and disciplined to work alone, or as part of a team.
Flexible to travel wherever needed, both within this country and occasionally abroad.
A full driving licence.
Sales experience an advantage but not essential as full training will be given.

Your Job as a Trainee Sales Consultant

You will need a keen commitment to learn in as short a time as possible the complexity of our business solutions.
Researching, qualifying and closing business within large capital projects for both large and small companies.
Telephone prospecting and face to face customer visits
Managing multiple concurrent sales applications and feeding your pipeline with new opportunities.
Working closely with clients in order to optimise our business improvement solutions.

Our Team

Our Sales Team use Lean Six Sigma principles to help our clients get the most out of their production processes. Trained from day one on the intricacies of our comprehensive integrated systems and ultimately qualified to Lean Six Sigma Black Belt standard, we are best placed to use a consultative approach to partner with our clients, both before sales and on an ongoing basis. As a trainee, you must be passionate about leaning and will be fully supported through training and appropriate courses.

Applicants with food allergies, please do not apply for this position.

Job Type: Full-time

In the first instance please email your CV, together with a brief covering letter, to gillian.green@harfordcontrol.com

Field Service/Support Engineer

Due to Harford’s rapid growth, we are looking for a customer support engineer to join our national team to be based in Scotland. The role will be largely customer facing and will involve a wide range of support from software and hardware installation and configuration, to wiring installation, operator training, site reporting and sales support.

Successful applicants will require:

Degree level or similar qualifications
Good communication skills
Proven computer literacy
A mechanical/electronic background would be ideal
An enthusiastic attitude
Self motivated and ability to work with minimal supervision
A full UK driving license with a high degree of mobility, as travel to other areas will be necessary

A competitive salary will be paid in line with knowledge and experience. A company car will be provided and expenses incurred in the fulfilment of company business activities will be reimbursed. Initial training will be carried out at our headquarters in Wiltshire, together with extensive field service training.