Commercial Business Placement

Location: Stockley Park, Uxbridge

Duration: 12 Months Commencing July 2025

Are you a motivated individual looking for a placement year to gain hands-on experience in a world-leading company? Then the Commercial Business Placement at KEYENCE will be a great fit for you!

About the Role:

Our Internal Sales team ensures the continued customer growth by creating new sales relationships with businesses across over 90% of all industries.

Your day-to-day duties will include:

• Calling prospective customers to understand their needs and requirements and identify sales opportunities
• Generating new leads
• Working closely with wider field sales teams to book on-site customer demonstrations
• Maintaining and improving the CRM database
• Attending trade shows and exhibitions

Experience You Will Gain:

• Client engagement – working with different size companies from SME to Blue Chip, you will gain exposure to engaging with exciting businesses across multiple industries
• Lead generation – gain an in-depth understanding of lead-generation strategies and approaches, you will develop a variety of soft and hard skills.
• Industry training – From day one you will receive industry-leading training, learning a mix of commercial skills while gaining an understanding of some of the world’s most innovative products.
• Stakeholder management – Working closely with high performing sales teams and managers, you gain a direct understanding of working in a corporate environment while having the opportunity for direct mentorship.

Benefits:

• Salary - £20,000 plus £2,700 per annum Location Allowance
• Advanced Company Pension with Aviva
• Employee Assistance Programme

Whilst this is a temporary position until June 2026, there is potential for it to develop into an opportunity to join our Business Development Graduate position on a permanent basis once you have completed your University studies.

Personal Requirements:

• Relationship focused with confidence and resilience to build new networks
• Desire to learn and contribute within a commercial team
• Winning mentality
• Undergraduate in any discipline (must be mid-degree, not mid-masters)
• Must be eligible to work in the UK by the time the role commences.

About Keyence:

Keyence is a world leader in Sensors, Safety, Vision, Measurement, and Microscopes. Founded in 1974, Keyence has experienced rapid growth, now turning over more than $8 billion in global sales per year and working across 90% of all industries.

Our unique Direct Sales model makes us stand out from competitors and allows us to operate on over 50% profit!