Business Development Graduate - Manchester - Summer 2025

Are you a motivated graduate looking to develop your career in sales? Then the Business Development Graduate role at KEYENCE will be a great fit for you.
As a Business Development Graduate, you will be empowered to be the CEO of your territory and manage your own clients.
No two days will be the same as a Business Development Graduate at KEYENCE. Three days a week will be field based, which will involve driving to client sites, demonstrating our products and selling them directly to customers. The other two days will be spent collaborating with your team in the office, calling customers to find new business opportunities and nurture already existing relationships.
Your journey with KEYENCE will start with our comprehensive in-house training programme which incorporates classroom-style learning and on the job training with experienced sales mentors. This will provide you with a strong technical understanding of our products and will help you develop the commercial mindset to sell our products to clients.
Training and development never stop at KEYENCE. We offer continuous training so you can keep improving your skills, such as sales skill training, leadership training, and management training. We offer continuous opportunities for you to keep improving your skills, such as sales skill training and leadership training. And our 100% promote-from-within policy means that today’s graduates are the managers of tomorrow!
Benefits
– Starting Salary – £33,000 + Location Allowance
– Quarterly Bonus (Guaranteed minimum bonus year 1 = £5,000)
– Company Car for Business and Personal Use
– Advanced Company Pension with Aviva
– Life & Critical Illness Cover
– Employee Assistance Programme
– Private Healthcare (including audiological, dental and optical cover, as well as subsidised Gym Membership)
– Full Expensed Business Travel and Accommodation
– Laptop and Mobile Phone