Life Science - Apprentice

You will engage with our future customers and work with your team to identify and engage with new opportunities for Ecolab to create a long-lasting customer relationships. An Ecolab Sales Professional is curious about business, organised, tenacious, and like to see the fruits of their efforts. Over your time, you will plan smart outreaches, and consult prospects on how their companies can best implement our solutions. Once you have reached a level of proficiency, you will have freedom in how you run your business.

In this role, you will have a positive attitude, be helpful and enterprising, by

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  Collaborating with your manager and team to build further customer and industry intelligence

• Using social media channels to identify business opportunities

• Developing new innovative ideas for identifying potential customers

• Work with existing customer to establish and identify new and improved solutions

• Contribute and share process improvements

As an apprentice, year one will be primarily focused on understanding the company and gaining the skills needed to do the job. Then you'll progressively transition into the Business Development Associate role while continuing with your sales apprenticeship.

These are some of the first-year activities you'll be part of:

• Learning your customer portfolio and be comfortable discussing it

• Get a 360 degree view of how large matrixed organisations run

• Support fellow Business Developers by creating investigative reports

• Conduct research into new business opportunities

• Gain industry knowledge to develop a point of view for customers

• Learn & develop skills that help you build and maintain customer relationships

Below are some of the requirements and skills we expect and require Sales Development Apprentices to demonstrate:

• Curiosity and drive to search for information, be able to summarise it and share your findings

• Go beyond the ask, to further understand in-depth topics that are relevant for the role

• Collaborates well as part of a team to solve problems in dynamic environments

• Proficient oral, written and presentation skills

• Ability to develop interpersonal relationships

• Displays initiative, self-motivation and deliver high-quality results

• Takes ownership in growing your career

• Passion for sales

• Computer literate

• Problem solver

What’s in it for you?

• A clear and structured career path within our Sales organisation

• Opportunity to join our diverse internal employee networking groups

• Competitive salary starting at £22,000 upto £28,000 dependent on experience (London weighting will be applied where applicable)

• Performance bonus opportunity

• 25 days holiday plus 8 days Bank Holiday

• 4% Flexible Benefits. A wide range of benefits (extended to families) or to be used as salary increase

• Pension and 4 x annual salary Life Assurance benefits

• Opportunity to purchase company shares

• Company Car

• Company iPhone

• A long-term career within a business that recognises the talent to progress, inclusive of global opportunities

• Access to our Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Eligibility

• Must have the right to work in the United Kingdom and been a resident in the UK/EU for at least 3 years

• GCSEs or equivalent with Math’s and English at grade 5 and above (A-C/4-9)

• Driving Licence with no more than 6 points

• Willing to travel with some overnight stays

By submitting your application, you are agreeing to share your CV with Ecolab UK. Please submit your CV including a motivational paragraph (300 words maximum) about why you would want to work for Ecolab.