Sales Recruitment Agency – Nigel Wight Talent Experts

Specialist recruitment agency for sales professionals

Nigel Wright Group is one of the North’s leading sales recruitment companies. We have over 35 years of experience hiring top sales talent for a broad range of organisations. Our clients typically operate in the consumer, industrial, digital & tech, and financial & professional services sectors. Businesses value our strong regional networks and industry-leading standards of customer service.

We recruit at all levels of the sales discipline from sales executives through to sales directors and chief sales officer positions. Our consultants are top sales performers themselves, many of whom previously worked in sales roles before joining our business. They offer expertise in areas such as account management, category management, commercial management, and business development.

To discuss your hiring needs and find out more about our sales recruitment services, please contact us directly or use the chat function below to talk with a member of our team. Candidates can view all the latest sales jobs on our vacancies page. We also encourage jobseekers to send us a copy of their CVs and follow our social media channels.

Our track record for sales recruitment

Founded in the 1980s in Newcastle upon Tyne, Nigel Wright has expanded across the North of England with teams now based in Teesside, Leeds and Manchester. We are also Europe’s number one consumer industry executive sales recruitment firm, with offices across the continent including one in London. We represent companies of all sizes, from start-ups to multinational blue chips. 

Some of the organisations that have benefited from our sales recruitment expertise include:

Clients praise our capabilities as a sales recruitment agency

As a specialist sales recruitment agency, companies expect us to add significant value to a typical recruitment process. Beyond hiring sales people and delivering sales team recruitment projects, our consultants offer advice and guidance on remuneration, benefits, onboarding and succession planning, as well as getting involved in developing sales training initiatives at client companies.

This is all about delivering Service Excellence, one of our core values and a key reason why businesses continue to trust us to fulfil critical talent acquisition projects. We’re proud to highlight that our Net Promoter Score (NPS) positions us among the best companies worldwide, and ahead of other sales recruitment specialists, for customer loyalty. Client feedback reinforces the data:

“During a period of change and transformation, Formica needed to identify and attract talent into a variety of positions across its sales, marketing, and operations teams. Each assignment was delivered by an expert in the relevant function, who fully understand each vacancy, as well as Formica’s culture and provided insights and recommendations throughout.”
Talent and Reward Manager, Formica

“We selected Nigel Wright because of its drinks sector expertise. The consultant took the time to get to know our business and used their industry knowledge to deliver a successful process. They kept us informed of developments, provided weekly update reports, and managed our expectations in an open and transparent way. We’re delighted with the result.”
Director, Silent Pool Distillers

“This was a superb service from the consultant who understood the commercial manager brief and delivered against all aspects of it to identify quality candidates and give us some superb options to choose from. We have since used Nigel Wright to recruit finance and IT roles. A highly recommended service, which I fully intend to use for all future talent requirements.”
Managing Director, VGC Group

Searching for sales recruitment agencies?

If you’re a hiring manager searching for recruitment agencies that specialise in sales and would like to find out more about how we can recruit sales people and secure top talent for your business, please contact one of our consultants via the details below.