Graduate Field Sales Executive

Company

A market-leading specialist packaging company in the UK with a £20m turnover, having tripled the size of the business in the last 7 years. They are the highest quality provider in their market in the UK. Clients include DHL, Kelloggs, P&G, BT and Camelot.

The Role

• Field-based sales role, covering clients across the UK.
• Variety of new business prospecting, following inbound leads and contacting warm or dormant clients across a variety of industries.
• You will be given some existing clients to manage, however, you will also have a target of £100k in new business revenue so will be looking to grow your client base.
• In the beginning, more time will be spent in the office for training, once up and running more likely to be around one day per week to work on your post-sales admin.
• Visiting up to 4 clients per day, including high-value priority clients who you will meet with on a regular basis to look after their account.
• There will be plenty of travel including overnight stays.
• Training will include external courses and shadowing two highly successful directors.

Package

• £30k base salary to start with (depending on experience) and likely first-year OTE of £40k. The successful candidate will double their base salary in 5 years. Two graduates that have been in the business for around 10 years are earning £95k + £4kK in bonus.
• Company car, most likely a VW Passat or Audi - all fuel expensed.
• Phone and laptop.
• Annual discretionary bonus.
• Expenses account.

Profile

• Driving license and confident with motorway driving.
• Self-motivated and driven to succeed.
• Ability to think on your feet and deal with difficult customers.
• Experience in face-to-face sales or customer service settings.
• Based no further than 1 hour from the office in West Yorkshire.