About this job

What can I expect as a Graduate Sales Consultant?

- An intensive two month induction as part of the RM Graduate Sales Academy.
- Responsibility for managing a sales territory with an annual order value of up to £3 million within your first year.
- Ongoing support and training necessary to build and develop your career in line with your aspirations.
- The opportunity to earn up to £35,000 in your first year
- A great social life; the friendly and welcoming team will help you to settle in and as well as regular social events, the end of year Sales party is legendary!

What’s involved?

As a Graduate Sales consultant you will have the opportunity to own and develop strong relationships with schools, colleges, universities and local authorities, recommending innovative solutions that meet their needs, impressing them with outstanding customer service and working with your field sales colleague to deliver against challenging sales targets.

You will be given the freedom, responsibility and support you need to ensure that you maximise the opportunity across your territory and succeed in a competitive sales environment.

What training will I receive?

The Graduate Sales Academy prides itself on providing you with the skills and knowledge you need to succeed in this challenging and rewarding role:

You will learn sales and business management skills, build a strong knowledge of the RM product portfolio and develop other transferable skills needed to succeed in any line of work. This is done through on and off site training courses, shadowing field account managers and project work including the annual graduate project which you’ll present to the board of directors.

What are my prospects?

RM invests in its people, provides them will all the support they need to achieve their goals and realise their potential.
This means there are fantastic opportunities for progression within the sales environment. Throughout the early stages of your career you will develop core skills as an internal account manager before focusing on the skills necessary to take on a field account management role. If this isn’t for you, you may choose to pursue a career as a manager, with a view to leading a sales team.
RM is a multifaceted organisation and through the company secondment scheme there are opportunities to move outside of the sales environment into other roles such as product or project management.
RM firmly believes in the people that make up the organisation and recognises that without investing in them it won’t be able to achieve its ambitious plans for domestic and international growth.

So, in summary it’s fair to say that…

As a member of the RM Graduate Sales Academy you will have the opportunity to build a career in a dynamic sales environment at the UK’s largest supplier of ICT to education. With ongoing training and support, fantastic opportunities for rapid progression and generous commission package, RM is a great place to fast track a successful and exciting career.
 

Benefits:

• Starting salary of £23,500–£26,500.
• 33% Bonus/Commission structure
• Two pay reviews in the first 12 months, annually thereafter
• Relocation expenses of up to £1,000
• Performance bonus of up to £1,000 per year
• 25 days’ holiday a year
• Staff Share Scheme, Stakeholder Pension, Private Medical Healthcare, Permanent Health Insurance, Life Assurance, Childcare Vouchers, Season Ticket Loan, Give As You Earn, Employee Referral Scheme, and a lively Sports & Social scene!

Specific skills requirements

In addition you will have:

• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• The ability to contribute to and work effectively within a team
• Strong customer focus

Preferred experience will include:

• Experience of working in a customer facing environment