Position: Business Development Graduate

Location: Edinburgh (with travel to Newcastle)

Start Date: 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!

About the Role:

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. 3 days a week will be field based, which will involve driving to client sites in Scotland, demonstrating our products and selling them directly to customers. The other 2 days will be spent collaborating with your team in our Newcastle 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

Personal Requirements:

Degree-educated in any discipline
Winning mentality
Must be eligible to work in the UK by the time the role commences.
Must have a full driving licence, valid in the UK
Must be located in the Edinburgh area, with travel to our Newcastle office 2 days a week

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 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!

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate

Pay: From £33,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

Quarterly bonus

Benefits:

Company car
Life insurance
Private dental insurance
Private medical insurance

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Education:

Bachelor's (required)

Licence/Certification:

Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

KEYENCE UK

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