Graduate Sales Executive - Life Science

targetjobs UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in business intelligence is seeking high-achieving graduates for the Graduate Sales Executive role focused on life sciences. This entry-level position offers significant earning potential with a basic salary of £26,000 and a realistic OTE of up to £38,000 in the first year. Join a supportive work culture with extensive training and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Well-being bonuses

Private health and life insurance

Hybrid working arrangement (2/3 days a week in office)

Social clubs and events

Extra annual leave options

Volunteer day

Professional education sponsorship

Individual career coaching

Qualifications

• Graduates with a 2:1 degree or above will be preferred.
• Eager to develop professionally and exceed targets.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the value of events and sell delegate places.
• Contact decision-makers to understand their challenges.
• Contribute to market feedback and audience curation.

Skills

Confidence when speaking to C-Level executives

Ability to think quickly under pressure

Hard-working nature and ambition

Thriving in a commercial environment

Target driven

Education

2:1 degree or above

Job description

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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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Business Development

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet

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