Graduate Trainee Area Sales Manager
Bristol | Permanent, full-time| £30,000 - £32,000 per annum (Annual Profit Share Bonus, Company Car )
Graduate Trainee Area Sales Manager
Location: Bristol / Avonmouth
Salary: £30,000–£32,000 + Annual Profit Share
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm
An excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a successful and growing business, gain broad commercial experience and develop into a successful field-based sales role.
Our client is a leading specialist distributor supplying well-known brands and products to customers across the UK. The Bristol operation is entering an exciting period of growth, with continued investment in its people and a clear strategy to expand its external sales presence across the South West.
Rather than spending the first 12–18 months of your career sitting behind a desk, this opportunity has been designed to give you broad commercial exposure before progressing you into the field at an early stage.
The Role
You’ll initially be based at the company’s Avonmouth operation, completing around three months of structured training and developing a strong understanding of the business, its products, customers and suppliers.
Your development will include:
You’ll be responsible for developing existing customer relationships, identifying new business opportunities and building your own successful territory.
There is plenty of scope to continue developing beyond this, with long-term opportunities across sales, business development and management.
About You
We’re looking for an ambitious and commercially minded individual with a positive attitude, strong communication skills and a genuine desire to build a successful career in B2B sales.
You should be:
Your attitude, communication skills and potential are far more important than having followed a particular career or educational path.
What’s on Offer?
If you’re ambitious, commercially minded and looking for a fast-track route into B2B sales, we’d love to hear from you.
Location: Bristol / Avonmouth
Salary: £30,000–£32,000 + Annual Profit Share
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm
An excellent opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a successful and growing business, gain broad commercial experience and develop into a successful field-based sales role.
Our client is a leading specialist distributor supplying well-known brands and products to customers across the UK. The Bristol operation is entering an exciting period of growth, with continued investment in its people and a clear strategy to expand its external sales presence across the South West.
Rather than spending the first 12–18 months of your career sitting behind a desk, this opportunity has been designed to give you broad commercial exposure before progressing you into the field at an early stage.
The Role
You’ll initially be based at the company’s Avonmouth operation, completing around three months of structured training and developing a strong understanding of the business, its products, customers and suppliers.
Your development will include:
- Hands-on exposure to the day-to-day commercial operation of the business
- Product and systems training
- Spending time with key manufacturers and suppliers
- Developing your sales, account management and commercial skills
- Visiting other businesses within the wider group
- Shadowing experienced Area Sales Managers covering different customer types and markets
- Ongoing mentoring and support from an experienced management team
- As your knowledge and confidence develop, you’ll progress into a field-based Area Sales role covering customers across the M5 and M4 corridors, from Somerset through Bristol and across towards Swindon.
You’ll be responsible for developing existing customer relationships, identifying new business opportunities and building your own successful territory.
There is plenty of scope to continue developing beyond this, with long-term opportunities across sales, business development and management.
About You
We’re looking for an ambitious and commercially minded individual with a positive attitude, strong communication skills and a genuine desire to build a successful career in B2B sales.
You should be:
- Educated to degree level or similar, or able to demonstrate equivalent commercial potential and experience
- Confident, personable and comfortable speaking with different people
- Commercially minded with strong relationship-building skills
- Self-motivated and willing to take responsibility for your own development
- Keen to progress into a customer-facing field sales position
- Organised and able to work independently
- A full UK driving licence holder
Your attitude, communication skills and potential are far more important than having followed a particular career or educational path.
What’s on Offer?
- Starting salary of £30,000–£32,000
- Excellent profit share bonus potential
- Structured commercial and sales training
- Fast-track progression into field sales
- Company car once progressing into the Area Sales role
- Regular salary reviews as you develop
- Ongoing mentoring and support from an experienced management team
- Genuine long-term progression opportunities
- Monday to Friday working hours, 8:00am–5:00pm
If you’re ambitious, commercially minded and looking for a fast-track route into B2B sales, we’d love to hear from you.