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Location: Working in areas such as Braintree, Bishops Stortford and surrounding areas, while working out of our office based in Letchworth

• 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!

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.

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.

We operate across 8 locations in the UK and are recruiting at all of our sites located in: Gateshead, Rotherham, Manchester, Coventry, Swindon, Letchworth, Portsmouth & Sittingbourne

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

Additional requirements:

• Have a full UK driver’s licence
• Be able to operate out of their local Kite Regional Distribution Centre

All successful candidates will start with £27,000 basic salary as part of an OTE package of £34,000-£38,400+ made up as follows:

• £27,000 basic, rising within 24mths to £30,000 and £33,000 based on generated sales
• Company Car or Car Allowance (£8,400)
• Uncapped Sales Bonus (£3,000+ bonus subject to performance)

Benefits:

• Company laptop & mobile
• 28 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays) rising to 33 after 5 years’ service
• 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

Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Are you looking for a career change in External Sales?

Education:

• Bachelor's (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Reference ID: Trainee Field Sales - Letchworth