Graduate Scientific Internal Sales

Job Description

So, you have just finished a science degree and now youre thinking I like science, but I dont necessarily want to spend my life in a lab. Well, been there, as have many others.Everyday Scientist buy machines to do jobs in labs, someone, a Salesperson, talked to them about how it would work and how it fixed their job, even showed them the product working, that could be you.Gaido Scientific is not a recruiter, were a business with real people and we can help start your career. Sales is just one option, and it can build to higher paid sales jobs or just be a steppingstone to work out what you want to do.Position SummaryGaido Scientific is a Management Consultancy business set up to work with Scientific Instrument companies helping them build better go-to-market strategies. That sounds nice, what is it really Well, its a team of consultants with lots of experience helpingcompanies find ways to grow and do things better and faster.We work on projects (called engagements) with customers (called clients) on long term projects to make their businesses grow. This is done by looking at the business and working out what could be done better and then apply processes, theory and experienceto help them find ways to grow. Many of our clients are start-ups or are entering new markets and so need our skills injecting to get them running.So why do we need you We are looking to add sales as a service to our clients and also need to sell our services to new clients. In our previous lives we have been responsible for global Sales organisations, we have trained a great many salespeople andcoached them into field Sales and Sales management positions.You will be tasked with working for different clients, sometimes responding to leads, sometimes prospecting to find customers, sometimes emailing and calling with a purpose not just cold calling, dont worry.Sales is not a dirty word. Sales is helping people. Sales is winning, Sales is not cutthroat, stay late kill or be killed. Sales is psychology, getting to know people, showing off products. Sales is amazing and Sales pays. But you need to get there, youdont just arrive you do the work, learn the skills and learn the why. This is a job to start you on that journey.We work in niche markets; our clients sell products that range from £5000 to £250,000, we are not selling handsets or insurance. These sales are to academics, researchers. This is real world proper selling of products that figure out how the universe worksor help cure cancer.Experience and Exposure

• CRM database design and implementation
• Sales Methodologies
• Sales Psychology
• Sales Coaching
• Social Selling
• Sales Model Design
• Product Demonstrations
• Quoting Products
• Responding to leads
• Creating a database for marketing and prospecting
• Outreach programs
• Prospecting
• Assisting with Marketing Projects

Job Requirements

• Science degree (B.Sc.)
• Strong Microsoft skills
• Experience working with people (Basically would I go to the pub with you)
• Show me you worked doing a basic job - bar, supermarket, petrol station - something

Location and Working Hours

• Position is full time
• Starts with 6-month position (intern)which extends if performance meets expectation
• Work is 7.5 hours a day (10-4pm essential - other hours are flexible)
• Based in Birmingham (Moseley)
• Home working available after initial review period
• Pay is a mix of basic salary and bonus-based pay.

If youre interested, please send me a personal note saying why as a cover letter. Nothing fancy, just why you want something like this.

Keyskills :
BiologyChemistryPhysicsScientific Background