Commercial Graduate Trainee

• Industry leading sales training programme
• 25-29k basic salary and profit share bonus
• No experience needed, fantastic opportunity to start your career
• 12 months rotation through various departments to give you full exposure to the business
• Great career progression opportunities

The job is with UK Plumbing Supplies (UKPS), the largest and fastest growing plumbing and heating merchant in the UK. They offer stability and growth in the industry. The role is a Commercial Graduate Trainee position with continuous on-the-job training and extensive professional sales training. The requirements for the role include strong communication skills, a clean UK driving license, and a strong work ethic. The package includes a base salary of 25,000-29,000, a profit share scheme, 23 days holiday plus bank holidays, and auto-enrollment into the company’s pension scheme. The job involves a rotation through different departments and responsibilities, starting with an induction and then progressing to the warehouse, trade counter, and eventually a sales role with external clients. The company values internal progression and offers great opportunities for graduates who perform well in the program.

• Industry leading sales training programme
• 25-29k basic salary and profit share bonus
• No experience needed, fantastic opportunity to start your career
• 12 months rotation through various departments to give you full exposure to the business
• Great career progression opportunities

The Company

UK Plumbing Supplies (UKPS) was founded in 2016 with an initial 8 trading locations. Here’s what they have achieved so far:

• Operating across 300+ trading locations
• Turnover 850+ million annually
• 2200+ UK employees
• Acquired 12 different brands of whom they trade under including Graham, Plumbase, HPS and Willbond.

As a result of this growth, they have become the largest and fastest growing plumbing and heating merchant in the UK. As a graduate, UKPS can offer you stability based on their industry and it’s ever growing needs. They not only remained open during the pandemic, but they also grew and thrived as a company during a difficult economic period.

The Role: As a Commercial Graduate Trainee you will learn all about the company, its products, the market, while benefiting from continuous ‘on the job’ training. Furthermore, you will receive extensive professional sales training to equip you with all of the tools and skills required to thrive in a successful sales career.

Each of the 300+ trading locations are known as a ‘Profit Centres’. These are effectively run as individual businesses. Each Profit Centre manager has the authority to make all business decisions and is therefore accountable for their own profit and loss. This includes sales, margin, stock, administration and recruitment.

Requirements for this Commercial Trainee Role:

• Fantastic Verbal and written communication Skills
• Full, clean UK driving license
• Strong work ethic and a team player who can also work well on their own initiative

• This role requires you to work 1 out of 4 Saturday mornings
• You want to kick start your graduate scheme
• You aren’t afraid to get your hands dirty and fully immerse yourself your next role
• You have a learning mindset and want to be coached and developed
• You have a strong work ethic and the grit and stamina to continue when the going gets tough
• You have finished studying and are ready for an immediate start!

As a Graduate Commercial Trainee, the package you will receive is:

• 25,000-29,000 base salary
• Company profit share scheme
• 23 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Extensive professional sales training
• Auto-enrolment into the Company’s contributory pension scheme (after 3 months)
• Personal development

What will you do?

Day 1: You will be based in a Profit Centre and will complete the induction. This will fully integrate you into the team, highlight your responsibilities and help you gain industry experience.

Month 1-3: You will be spend your time in the warehouse, where you will learn about the products, common orders, margin opportunities, how to maximise sales and the systems.

Month 4-6: You will be at the trade counter and begin to interact with customers in person. This is where you will hone your confidence and selling skills.

Month 7-12: Majority of your time will be spent in a Profit Centre learning about relevant sales and products. There will also be shadowing opportunities within the larger business’ support functions.

After a year you should be consistently bringing in sales and new clients. You will then advance to an external sales role, where you will spend most of your time with clients, working towards sales targets and developing your leadership skills.

No two days are the same at UKPS; you can look forward to breakfast with customers, external events, supplier trade days and much more. It’s a really fun and interesting place to work.

UKPS’s Graduate Scheme is designed to provide the key commercial skills to support business growth and to be a resource for future managers. Internal progression for existing colleagues is always the preference which presents a great opportunity for graduates who are performing on the programme.