Graduate Business Development Executive – Cheshire

Celsius Graduate Recruitment Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Graduate Business Development Executive in Cheshire. This role offers a competitive salary starting at £20K, rising with performance, and excellent employee benefits. Ideal for recent graduates with strong interpersonal skills and an interest in technology, this position provides the chance to engage with senior professionals and develop a successful sales career in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Social events

On-site parking

Free refreshments

Cycle to work scheme

Games room

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills – on the phone, and face to face.
• Ability to learn and retain business concepts and technical information.
• Problem solving and thinking on your feet to handle sales objections.
• Excellent time management and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage with senior Procurement and Finance professionals.
• Develop and nurture a sales pipeline through a consultative approach.

Education

2:1 or 1st in any subject from a Russell Group University

Job description

Graduate Business Development Executive – Cheshire

£20K Basic, rising to £24K over 12 months – OTE £25K + Excellent Employee Benefits

Fantastic progression

Fully Endorsed Graduate Training Programme

Office and remote based – Hyde, Cheshire

Our Client is one of the globe’s leading cloud Procurement solution providers, delivering spend management solutions to mid and large-sized organisations around the world. Their purchasing, supply chain and accounts payable software solutions meet the needs of medium and large-sized enterprises across all industry sectors and clients include, Nissan, ITV, CenterParcs, Virgin Active and Britvic.

About the role

This role is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic individual with excellent communication skills wanting to start a sales career in the fast-moving and high growth technology sector in a progressive company that prides itself on providing support and guidance for its staff members.

Your role will be to engage with senior Procurement and Finance professionals to develop and nurture a sales pipeline through a consultative approach to selling.

This is an excellent opportunity to:

• Work as part of a dynamic team of young aspirational graduates
• Be part of a rapidly growing company
• Work at an award-winning, innovative organisation
• Be part of a market leading company with a 98% client retention rate
• Benefit from extensive product knowledge training with an agreed ongoing, structured career path to see you progress through the company beyond this role within 18 to 24 months.
• Work within the high growth and fast paced Technology sector

About you

To be an effective Business Development Executive, an individual must have:

• A 2:1 or 1 st in any subject from a Russell Group University
• Strong interpersonal skills – on the phone, and face to face
• An ability to learn and retain business concepts and technical information, and apply in context to real life scenarios
• The ability to problem solve and think on your feet to handle sales objections
• Excellent time management and organisation skills to complete a variety of projects and tasks
• An interest in technology in general

Numerous Employee benefits including:

• 25 days holiday
• Social events
• On-site parking
• Free refreshments
• Cycle to work scheme
• Games room

If you want to discuss this role in more detail, our friendly team are always on hand to answer any questions you might have and to move you through the recruitment process for this amazing opportunity!

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North Office
Celsius Graduate Recruitment
3 Crossford Court
Dane Road
Sale
Cheshire
M33 7BZ

Central London Office
Celsius Graduate Recruitment
99 Bishopsgate
1st Floor
London
EC2M 3XD