About Us:

Orion Electrotech is an award-winning engineering recruitment agency with three decades of experience working with many of the top manufacturing companies in the Southeast of England.

From dealing with shop floor production roles to higher-level engineering management opportunities, Orion has become the agency of choice for companies who need reliable and well-qualified personnel to join them on either a contract or permanent basis.

We are a Sunday Times Top 100 Best Small Company to Work For. Continually striving to improve what we do and how we do it. With a friendly and positive culture employee engagement is high.

About You:

• You already have some sales experience which could have been gained in a variety of ways from recruitment, retail, estate agency, insurance, car sales, personal training, or any B2B or B2C environments.
• You are a natural and easy communicator, confident in your ability to build rapport and relationships with others.
• You are aiming high in life and are looking for a sales career that will reward you financially - matching your hard work and effort
• You are looking for a company where you can access an excellent sales training programme with clear metrics and a career progression plan.
• You are a driver and have your own car – you want a sales position that is a mixture of both office-based and client-facing.
• You are committed to building a sales career and know that you will have to work hard to achieve this, you will put in the extra work required when you have deadlines to meet and commission to make!

Your new role:

• This is a phone-based role, but once up and running you will be arranging multiple weekly client meetings - building relationships face to face.
• Lead gathering will be a fundamental part of your sales activity – hitting weekly kpi targets will help to ensure your success.
• Taking a full job brief from your client, understanding what questions you need to ask and why, as well as ensuring full compliance with any new accounts will be an important part of your role
• To understand the recruitment process and what “good” looks like, we will teach you how to qualify candidates against live roles, preparing them for interviews and debriefing them after – following through to successful placement in a new position.
• Once fully in your Trainee Business Development Manager role, you will sometimes be working with our resourcing team, engaging them with the job opportunities that need to be filled as well as filling roles yourself when needed.

Your Induction & Training journey:

• You will have a 6-month induction structured from day one - You will have clearly defined and achievable metrics to hit.
• Your learning will be a mixture of on-the-job and classroom based.
• We have an online training platform that you access at a time that suits your diary.
• You will have a dedicated Learning and Development Manager on hand every day.
• You will have an exceptionally experienced Business Development Manager to mentor you.
• Weekly 1:1’s to catch up with your line manager and review your progress.

What next?

If you like the sound of the Trainee Business Development Manager opportunity, then just submit your cv and I will come back to you. If you do not have a cv ready, or you would like to have a confidential discussion about this stand-out sales opportunity, then Georgina Leonard at Orion Electrotech, Reading.