Graduate Sales Trainee

BMS Engineering Recruitment; Tonbridge; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing scheme

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Level 4 Sales Training Apprenticeship

Job summary

BMS Performance is supporting a major lighting industry player to recruit an Internal Sales Representative in Tonbridge. This entry-level role requires no prior experience and offers a £29k basic salary plus a profit-sharing bonus, with a pathway to a Level 4 Sales Training Apprenticeship.

You will be building relationships daily, handling accounts across the South East, and learning all facets of the business through a structured induction and training programme.

Qualifications

• University graduate seeking an entry-level role.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Willingness to learn and grow in a fast-paced sales environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relations across the South East.
• Represent full product range to Electrical Wholesalers, Councils and Electrical Contractors.
• Participate in training and apprenticeship programmes to develop sales capabilities.

Skills

Communication

Relationship building

Resilience

Ambition

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

• Graduate business-to-business sales opportunity
• £29k basic salary + bonus
• No experience required, entry level opportunity in Tonbridge

Are you a University graduate seeking an entry level opportunit? Consider yourself a confident individual, capable of building relationships day-to-day in a bid to hit sales targets? This may be ideal for you!

BMS Performance are currently working with a major player in the lighting industry to help them add a graduate to the sales team.

What will the opportunity look like?

The business is seeking an entry level candidate to join as an Internal Sales Representative, looking after client relations across the South East.

In your first 3 months you will receive a thorough induction, spending time in each department of the business with a training guide to complete. This gives you a great opportunity to learn and understand all aspects of the business. After this time to be introduced to your sales targets. You will be representing their full range of products and selling into Electrical Wholesalers, Councils and Electrical Contractors. As well as lighting, their product portfolio also includes street furniture, bollards and EV-charging points. This is a mixture of account management and new business reaching out warm, dormant and cold prospects.

Alongside all the internal training you’ll do with the business, there is opportunity to be enrolled into a professional Level 4 Sales Training Apprenticeship qualification.

What are we looking for?

• Confidence! Someone that is a good communicator, perhaps due to a background in retail/hospitality or through a hobby such as sport
• Resilience… sales isn’t easy! The up & down nature is suited to an individual that wants to be rewarded for succeeding in a fast-paced environment
• Enthusiasm & growth mindset – This role is ideal for an entry level individual that is ambitious and wants to grasp every opportunity thrown their way

What is the package on offer?

• £29,000 basic salary
• Annual profit sharing scheme to recognise performance against target
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Fully paid for Level 4 Sales Training Apprenticeship