Graduate Management Trainee | Full-Time | Permanent | On-Site | Competitive Base Salary + Performance-Based Bonuses
Graduated and ready to turn your potential into something bigger?
Ambitious? Competitive? Naturally good with people?
If you’re looking for a graduate opportunity that offers real responsibility, hands-on business experience and a clear route into management, this could be the career move you’ve been waiting for.
The Opportunity
We’re looking for driven graduates to join our team as Graduate Management Trainees.
You’ll gain practical experience across sales, customer engagement, business development and team leadership. Along the way, you’ll learn what it takes to manage people, improve performance and support day-to-day business operations.
From day one, you’ll contribute, develop commercially valuable skills and take on increasing responsibility.
Your Development
Great managers understand a business from the ground up. That’s why your development will begin with the fundamentals.
You’ll learn how we:
- Attract and retain customers
- Drive sales performance
- Identify new business opportunities
- Build and develop successful teams
- Plan and deliver effective campaigns
- Manage performance and daily operations
As you demonstrate your ability, you’ll take on greater responsibility, progressing from managing your own performance to supporting others and developing the skills needed to lead a team.
Your development will cover:
- Customer Engagement and Sales: Build confidence in communication, relationship management and commercial decision-making.
- Business Development: Understand how opportunities are identified and how sustainable business growth is generated.
- Performance Management: Learn how targets, KPIs and results are measured, reviewed and improved.
- Team Development: Gain experience supporting, coaching and motivating others.
- Leadership: Develop the confidence to make decisions, solve problems and take ownership.
- Management: Learn how successful teams and campaigns are planned, coordinated and delivered.
What You’ll Be Doing
From day one, you’ll gain practical business experience and work closely with experienced leaders.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Building relationships with customers and understanding their needs
- Supporting sales and business development initiatives
- Working towards individual and team performance objectives
- Reviewing results and identifying opportunities for improvement
- Assisting with campaign planning and daily operations
- Learning how to coach, motivate and develop team members
- Understanding how management decisions are made
- Taking greater ownership as your knowledge and experience grow
What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for potential, not finished managers.
You don’t need years of management experience; developing those skills is the purpose of the programme.
We’re interested in graduates who demonstrate:
- Ambition and a genuine desire to progress
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- A competitive, results-focused mindset
- Confidence when working with different people and personalities
- Initiative and a willingness to take responsibility
- Resilience when faced with challenges
- Strong organisational and problem-solving abilities
- A positive attitude towards coaching and feedback
- The motivation to become a future leader
Experience in sales, retail, hospitality, customer service, events, sports or another team-focused environment can be beneficial. However, your attitude, potential and work ethic matter most.
What You’ll Receive
You’ll receive:
- A competitive base salary with performance-based bonuses
- Structured graduate training and onboarding
- Hands-on commercial and management experience
- Regular one-to-one coaching and mentoring
- Leadership and management development
- Clear, performance-based progression opportunities
- Recognition programmes and performance incentives
- Networking opportunities and regular team events
- A supportive, ambitious and high-performing team culture
Start Building Your Career
Your first role after university can shape where your career goes next.
This opportunity will give you exposure to sales, business development, leadership and management, helping you build valuable commercial skills while progressing towards greater responsibility.
If you’re hungry to learn, motivated to succeed and ready to prove what you can do, we want to hear from you.
Apply today and take your first step from graduate to future leader.
Pay: £26,000.00-£30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Canteen
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
