Sales executive : Employers and vacancy sources

A wide variety of companies across all sectors employ sales executives to broaden the demand for their brand, product or service. It is important to choose an area that suits your interests and career aspirations. Typical sectors include:

• fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs), such as food and drink, dry commodities, tobacco and alcohol;
• technical, including automotive, aerospace, IT, electronics, construction and communications;
• business, such as consulting and advice, training, software and cloud-based computing services;
• advertising, including magazine publishers, radio, television, web and text message;
• pharmaceuticals, such as and medical supplies and services;
• financial, including banks and financial services providers.

Sources of vacancies

• Search graduate jobs on this site.
• Marketing Week   
• Marketing  
• The Big Choice   
• Sales Target   
• Simply Sales Jobs   
• Sales Vacancies   
• Clearly Sales Jobs   
• Saleswork  
• ABC Sales Jobs   
• The Grocer  
• Careers in Food & Drink   
• Media Sales Jobs   
• Media Week Jobs   
• Monster  
• Pharmacareers  for medical and pharmaceutical sales.
• Trade magazines for technical sales, e.g. TCT Magazine  
• Guardian Jobs  
• Independent Jobs  
• The Daily Telegraph Jobs   
• Regional and local press.

Recruitment agencies commonly advertise sales executive vacancies. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)  provides a searchable directory of approved agencies that can be used for speculative enquiries. Agencies include BMS Sales and Marketing Recruitment , Pareto Law  and Executive Network Sales  but there are many more.

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