Commercial Business Placement

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 28 April 2026
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Temporary
LEVEL
Entry-level
SALARY
£24,700 / year
CATEGORY
Sales & Business Development
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Relationship focused Confident Resilience Desire to learn Winning mentality Calling prospective customers Generating new leads CRM database maintenance

FULL DESCRIPTION

Commercial Business Placement

Company: [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk]

Location: London

Salary: £24.7k

Work Type: Hybrid (3-5 days a week in office)

Job Type: 12 Month Placement

Experience Level: Entry-level

About the Role

This is a 12-month placement for an undergraduate looking to gain experience within a commercial team. The role involves calling prospective customers, identifying sales opportunities, generating new leads, and working closely with field sales teams.

Who you are

  • Relationship focused with confident and resilience to build new networks
  • Desire to learn and contribute to within a commercial team
  • Winning mentality
  • Undergraduate in any discipline. (Must be mid degree, not mid masters)
  • Must be eligible to work in the UK by the time the role commences

What the job involves

  • Calling prospective customers to understand their needs and requirements and identify sales opportunities
  • Generating new leads
  • Working closely with wider field sales teams to book on-site customer demonstrations
  • Maintaining and improving CRM database
  • Attending trade-shows and exhibitions
  • Client engagement – working with different size companies from SME to Blue Chip, you will gain exposure to engaging with exciting businesses across multiple industries
  • Lead generation – gain an in-depth understanding of lead generation strategies and approaches, you will develop a variety of soft and hard skills
  • Industry training – From day one you will received industry leading training, learning a mix of commercial skills while gaining an understanding of some of the world’s most innovative products
  • Stakeholder management – Working closely with high performing sales teams and managers, you gain a direct understanding of working in a corporate environment while having the opportunity for direct mentorship

Company Benefits

  • Holiday allowance rising with length of service
  • Private Healthcare offered through Vitality
  • Advanced company pension
  • Life Cover
  • Achievement Meals based on company Performance
  • A quarterly bonus structure
  • Where applicable, a company car is provided
  • Fully expensed company travel and accomodation
  • Internal promotion focus - strong progression potential
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