Trainee Business Development

Here at Kite Packaging, we're on the lookout for people in the hospitality, retail, customer service or sales professions who are looking for a career change into external sales and passionate about taking their career to the next level!

• Are you a bar manager looking for a change of career?


• Do you work as an event coordinator and looking for a new challenge?


• Maybe you're a Sales Executive passionate about developing your skills in sales?


• Or work in hospitality and looking to better use your rapport skills?


Well look no further! This is the perfect opportunity for you!

Business Development Manager Programme

Our Business Development Manager Programme is the perfect opportunity for you.

The Programme is designed for those who have a talent for building rapport and are interested in developing a career in field sales. In this role, you will join our successful Business Development Manager Programme designed to fast-track you into a Kite Business Development Manager role.

The training runs over an 18 to 24 month period. Successful candidates will participate in a comprehensive sales development training programme designed to develop your sales skills whilst you are supported by our existing experienced sales team, enabling you to accelerate your skills and learn from others.

The successful candidate must have:

• Work experience within a customer facing role


• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills


• The ability to easily create rapport with customers and build relationships


• Strong organisation skills and work ethic


• Enthusiasm, energy, self-motivation and the hunger to be succeed
  
  Kite Packaging was founded in 2001 and we are now the UK's leading packaging distributor. We have grown quickly to be a £150m business built on the philosophy of employee share-ownership. This means most employees are shareholders in Kite and therefore benefit financially from Kite's on-going success.
  
  3.4 out of 5

Ipswich
£27,000 - £35,000 a year - Graduate, Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Company car


• Company pension


• Life insurance


• On-site parking


• Referral programme, Additional requirements:


• Have a full UK driver's licence


• Be able to operate out of their local Kite Regional Distribution Centre


Package:

All successful candidates will start with £27,000 basic salary as part of an OTE package of £34,000-£40,000+ made up as follows:

• £27,000 basic, rising within 24mths to £30,000 and £33,000 based on generated sales


• Company Car (annual value £4,000)


• Uncapped Sales Bonus (£3,000+ bonus subject to performance), Company laptop & mobile


• 20 days paid annual leave, plus all bank holidays


• The option to become a shareholder in the business after 6 months employment


• After 6 months a range of benefits: life insurance, pension, and an optional healthcare scheme


Job Types: Full-time, Graduate

Pay: £27,000.00-£35,000.00 per year