Graduate Commercial Sales Representative

BMS Engineering Recruitment; Crawley; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT equipment distributor in Crawley seeks a Graduate Sales Trainee to embark on a training journey in sales. The role requires confidence in relationship building and a determination to succeed. The initial focus will be on product training, transitioning into sales responsibilities, working closely with experienced teams, and developing a career in the IT sector. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits including a profit share bonus and holiday allowance.

Benefits

£30k basic salary

Profit share bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Qualifications

• Entry level role, no prior experience required.
• Determination to break through and succeed in a sales career.
• Natural confidence in building relationships.

Responsibilities

• Learn all aspects of the business and undergo product and sales training.
• Represent the full range of products over the phone to new and existing customers.
• Work closely with sales teams to learn about the data network industry.

Skills

Confidence in relationship building

Determination to succeed in sales

Job description

• Graduate sales opportunity
• Working for IT provider that sell into well-renowned clients
• 30k basic salary + bonus
• Excellent opportunity for career progression

Who is hiring?

This business are a leading distributor of IT equipment that their customers (Installers/System Integrators) use to build and test IT infrastructure networks for their “end user” clients who are mainly Office & Datacentre builders/users.

These end users are in sectors such as banking, Government and education; some examples include Barclays, HSBC, MOD, Google, Microsoft, Cambridge University and Oxford University.

What is the role on offer?

Your role as a Commercial Sales Trainee would initially see you learn all aspects of the business. You will go on a journey in this role, with the first 3 months being mainly focused on product and sales training. After this time to be introduced to your sales targets. You will be representing their full range of products over the phone to new and existing customers.

You will primarily be dealing with IT installers who will are working on large data centres. Working closely with the General Manager and sales teams, this is an exciting opportunity to learn about the data network industry, develop skills, work on your own projects and start your career path in a large, diverse organisation. Whilst this role will begin being primarily office based, as gather experience there will be opportunities to go out and meet your customers face to face.

What kind of candidate is right for this role?

This is an entry level role so there is no prior experience required, just the determination to break through and succeed in a sales career.

Someone that is naturally a confident relationship builder will be well suited to both the new business demands of the role and the account management side.

What is the package offered?

• £30k basic salary
• Profit share bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays