Graduate Sales Executive - Life Science

Cooper & Hall Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the life sciences sector is seeking high-achieving graduates for the Delegate Sales Executive role. This position offers exceptional career development opportunities and uncapped earnings potential, with intensive sales training provided. Candidates should be driven and ambitious, ready to thrive in a dynamic commercial environment.

Benefits

Private health and life insurance

Hybrid working arrangement

Personal learning budget

Annual leave of up to 30 days

Volunteer day

Sabbatical options after 2 and 5 years

Qualifications

• Achieved a 2:1 degree or higher.
• Ambition to develop and exceed targets.
• Confident speaking with industry executives.

Responsibilities

• Selling delegate places for conferences focused on life sciences.
• Contacting industry decision-makers to discuss their challenges.
• Curating the right audience for events based on market feedback.

Skills

Hard-working nature

Commercial awareness

Confidence with C-Level executives

Ability to think quickly under pressure

Eagerness to learn

Education

2:1 degree or above

Job description

Love life sciences and sales but loath lab work, or looking to utilise your degree in a sales environment?

Have you realised that you are target driven and looking for a commercial role with career development opportunities?

Hanson Wade Group is a fast-growing business intelligence provider and established events business. We work across the Life Science, HR, and Construction sectors, providing over 300 world-class events each year. Our mission is to support the industry through our extensive event portfolios and data products.

We are looking for high-achieving graduates. If you are looking for a role with great earning potential, rapid career progression, a great work culture and a 1st class training and development programme then please apply below.

What you’ll do:

In this progressive sales role, you’ll be responsible for demonstrating the value of Hanson Wade conferences and selling delegate places on a broad range of conferences, most of which are in our life sciences portfolio. You’ll be contacting senior decision makers in the industry to discuss their current challenges and objectives and helping them to evaluate how attending our events can accelerate their business & personal goals. Working in a project team, your role will be vital in curating the right audience for our events and providing market feedback based on the conversations you have.

The harder you work, the bigger the rewards. You can expect to earn £38k in your first year. The on-target earnings (OTE) are uncapped, so the sky really is the limit, with many exceeding the OTE within their first 12 months in Delegate Sales.

Success in the Delegate Sales Executive role can lead to progression opportunities into senior sales, management, Beacon sales, Sponsorship sales or Production in the first 12 months of your career at Hanson Wade.

You’ll join our 2-week intense sales academy combining both classroom theory and on the job learning where you’ll master the latest sales techniques from the best trainers in the industry.

What you’ll need:

• You’ll have achieved a 2:1 degree or above
• You’ll aim to beat any target set and want to develop yourself professionally
• Hard-working nature and ambition
• You’ll thrive in a commercial environment
• Ability to think quickly under pressure
• You’ll be eager to learn
• Confidence when speaking to C-Level executives
• Eligibility to Work in the UK from the start of the programme

Earnings:

£26,000 Basic with a realistic year 1 OTE of up to £38,000.

Why Choose Us?

• We offer well-being bonuses such as a personal learning budget, mindfulness sessions in the office, employee assistance programme and well-being champions
• Private health and life insurance
• Hybrid working arrangement –2/3 days a week in the office
• A range of different social clubs such as, book club, parents support network, five-a-side, chess club and more…
• 1 extra day of annual leave each year, up to 30 days of annual leave (not including public holidays)
• Access to our Wader Hub benefits platform which include, retail, gym, hospitality, and wellness discounts
• Volunteer day (we offer all our employees the chance to take a day on us to get out there and do some good!)
• Monthly awards and social events (we’re talking sports days, karaoke nights, theatre trips, cooking courses, you name it!)
• Sabbatical options after 2 and 5 years
• Opportunities for professional education sponsorship
• Access to individual career coaching to develop your career from day one

Please note: Our hiring intakes for this position are scheduled for July 15th, August 5th, and September 9th. Please select your earliest available start date when submitting your application.