Sales and Commercial Trainee

BRUSH Group; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible & Hybrid working

Life insurance 4x salary

Enhanced Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

BRUSHRewards

Job summary

BRUSH Group in the United Kingdom offers a structured 24-month Commercial & Sales Trainee programme designed to build skills, knowledge and behaviours for a career in commercial and sales roles. Trainees receive full training and mentoring with travel required to complete the role.

Successful trainees will progress into roles within Sales, Commercial Operations or other commercial areas across BRUSH, supported by ongoing development in a growing engineering business.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Motivated with resilience and drive.
• Good organisational and time management.
• Degree or equivalent in business or engineering.
• Previous customer-facing or sales experience.
• Interest in engineering or energy industry.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the structured Commercial & Sales Trainee Programme.
• Complete training modules, assessments and development activities.
• Develop understanding of BRUSH products, customers and markets.
• Support the Commercial Operations team with quotations, tenders and enquiries.
• Assist in preparing sales and commercial documents.
• Learn commercial governance, contract processes and approvals.
• Support preparation of customer proposals, presentations and quotations.
• Analyse market trends and opportunities to support growth.
• Build relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Motivation

Time management

MS Office

CRM exposure

Degree in business/engineering

Customer-facing experience

Interest in energy

Education

Degree or equivalent in business or engineering

Tools

CRM system

Job description

About The Role

Why choose us?

BRUSH Group provides the energy solutions that help power our built world. From power transformers to switchgear and engineering solutions, for generations, the BRUSH brand has stood for engineering excellence.

We are committed to supporting the global effort for industrial decarbonisation and sustainable development and have set ambitious objectives to achieve our target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

What's the role?

The Commercial & Sales Trainee will participate in a structured 24-month development programme designed to build the skills, knowledge and behaviours required for a successful career in commercial and sales roles. The elements of the programme are set out in the key responsibilities below.

Successful trainees will be well positioned to progress into roles within Sales, Commercial Operations or other commercial roles across the organization. Full training and mentoring will be provided, and travel will be required to undertake the role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate fully in the structured Commercial & Sales Trainee Programme.
• Complete all assigned training modules, assessments and development activities.
• Develop a strong understanding of the company's products, service offerings, customers, markets and competitive landscape.
• Support the Commercial Operations team with quotations, tenders and customer enquiries.
• Assist in the preparation of sales and commercial documentation.
• Learn commercial governance, contract processes and approval procedures.
• Support the preparation of customer proposals, presentations and quotations
• Analyse market trends, customer requirements and emerging opportunities to support business growth.
• Build positive relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Support customer engagement through meetings, calls and written communication.
• Support achievement of team sales and business growth targets
• Monitor sales activities and progress against agreed performance objectives.
• Maintain a healthy pipeline of potential opportunities.

What are we looking for:

• Strong analytical and communication skills
• High levels of motivation and resilience
• Good organisational and time management skills
• Basic IT proficiency (MS Office; CRM exposure desirable)
• Willingness to learn and develop in a sales and commercial environment
• Degree or equivalent experience (business, engineering, or related field)
• Previous customer-facing or sales experience
• Interest in engineering / energy industry

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• Holiday allowance starting at 26 days per annumplus bank holidays (pro rata for part time roles)
• Flexible and Hybrid working options (role dependant)
• Life insurance – 4 x annual salary
• Enhanced Company Pension scheme
• 24/7 free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• GP24 Service – Access to remote, private GP services 24/7, 365 days a year plus Second Medical Opinions.
• BRUSHRewards – Discover plenty of ways to get more active and make great savings on everyday essentials as well as gifts for loved ones, holidays and special treats for yourself.
• Family friendly policies including Enhanced Maternity/Paternity
• Bike2work scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering ongoing professional development and training.

About The Company

BRUSH Group provide agile and adaptive engineering solutions and products, including consultancy services, design, and project management as well as award-winning product technology, to a wide range of projects.

A chosen partner for national and regional power generation and distribution network operators, through innovation and a commitment to delivering solutions that address grid-resilience and drive system change, we support the global drive to net-zero, helping create a future-proof Infrastructure.