Graduate Sales & Business Management Trainee

GraduateJobs • Graduate • Rochdale, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom • £27,500 - £29,000 / year • 9m ago

Joining this market-leading electrical distribution business in Rochdale as a Graduate Sales & Business Management Trainee, you will immerse yourself in an intensive training period and progress quickly to building relationships with B2B customers. The company you'll be joining has a proven track record of developing graduate sales talent to management level, where they empower managers to make all important business decisions. Having been established for well over 200 years, the company are a dominant force within the electrical wholesale distribution industry and their sales exceed £1.7 billion annually. With 380+ UK branches serving their local areas, they are a thriving business that offers graduates a fantastic platform to launch their careers. Role Responsibilities Joining this business as a Graduate Sales & Business Management Trainee, you will:

Immerse yourself in an intensive training period and gain insight into how the business operates from the ground up
Receive product, skills and industry sales training both in-house and with external training providers
Complete a programme of professional sales training
Work closely with an experienced senior manager mentor
Progress to a key customer-facing sales role within the business
Build relationships with B2B customers in your local area
Manage key customer accounts and your own diary Rewards The package for this graduate sales role includes:
A starting salary of £27,500 - £29,000
Your share of the company's profits in the form of a lucrative uncapped bonus
Additional bonuses based on the completion of training goals
Extensive training on the company, their products and the industry
Continuous 'on the job' training and professional development
Company car (upon progression to a field-based role)
Pension scheme
25 days paid holiday per year plus bank holidays
Opportunities to progress and build a successful career Requirements To be successful in this Graduate Sales & Business Management Trainee role, you should be:
A well-presented, sales-focused graduate ideally with some sales or customer service experience
An excellent communicator and networker
Tenacious, driven and money-motivated
Able to build strong relationships with a wide variety of people
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