Professional Sales Associate Programme

Computacenter (UK) Ltd • Hatfield, London

Hatfield, London

204505-en_GB

Life on the team

Salary: 30,000 plus £3,000 annual bonus
Location: London or Hatfield
Contract type: Permanent
Details: Full-time
Start Date: September 2024
Programme duration: 16 months

Our Salespeople play a critical role in providing technology and solutions to some of the world's leading organisations helping to address their business needs and objectives more efficiently whilst generating revenue and growth of the company. Together with your fellow Associates, you’ll develop the essential skills and business acumen to become one of our highly regarded, world-class sales professionals who are at the front and centre of our business.

Working in sales you’ll be part of a high-performing, proactive team working in a supportive and rewarding environment. Collaborating closely with your colleagues, you’ll get to learn from the best on how to help our customers Source, Transform and Manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation, enabling people and their businesses.

Our Sales first culture alongside our winning together values are core to this programme. These are fundamental as we support your learning in how to articulate Computacenter’s capabilities and how to differentiate yourselves in the market. You'll be coached in how to establish a strong network across the IT industry and the essential skills you’ll need to build long-term relationships with our customers.

We are committed to working hard for our customers, but also recognise the significance of both individual and team achievements and celebrate them together.

What you’ll do

Spend time on rotations within relevant areas of the business to understand our business, our core capabilities and how we operate.
Build your understanding of how different products and solutions help to address customer business goals and objectives.
Develop the fundamental sales skills required to become a high-performing salesperson through simulated sales activities, presentations, training and 121 coaching.
Support with sales campaigns, producing customer-facing documentation and developing your knowledge on our internal tools and processes.
Drive your personal development by working to understand yourself, establishing your personal brand and strategic stakeholder engagement.

Work towards a Level-3 IT Technical Salesperson qualification.

What you’ll need

You’ll have a degree at any classification in any discipline or up to 3 years of previous experience within a customer facing or IT-Industry role.
You’ll have a minimum of 2 GSCEs or equivalent at Grade C/4 in both Maths and English Language.
You’ll have a keen interest in sales and technology.

You’ll need to be proactive and good at managing your time.
You’ll be proactive, driven, hardworking and capable of managing multiple priorities.
You’ll be personable with the ability to build relationships.
You’ll have a growth mindset and be inquisitive.

What you can expect

Access to the Executive and Senior leadership teams including the CEO and Managing Director for Western Europe
A dedicated buddy, coach, and mentor, as well as support from the Head of Associates and HR Business Partner.
High investment in training and development including offsite high-performance workshops at Loughborough University
A long-term career moving off the programme into either an Account Manager or Sales Specialist role with pathways to becoming future leaders of Computacenter.
A supportive and inclusive Winning Together work culture where you can learn, earn, and have fun in a truly collaborative and supportive environment.
Join a large community of future talent Individuals across Europe

Why you should choose us

Access all areas

Join us and you’ll follow a structured programme that gives you access to all parts of Computacenter including our senior leaders.

Freedom & trust

At Computacenter, you can really thrive by having the autonomy to do the right thing, for the long-term benefit of your customers in our unique can-do culture. Our salespeople are trusted with high-profile customers and manage large-scale, complex projects.

Our customers

You’ll have the opportunity to work with our high-profile customers giving you first-hand exposure to what we do and the opportunity to help shape our solutions.

Your work. Your time

Our culture means that you’re free to decide how best to manage your time and workload. All that matters is that you’re delivering your best for our customers and that you pursue a healthy work/life balance.

Celebrating success

Our two-day annual Group Kick-off event is an international sales conference like no other! It’s a great opportunity to network with your peers from Europe, the US and beyond. Learn, be inspired and help celebrate the success of your team and your colleagues.

Global environment

Become part of our team and from day one you’ll become part of a global community, as you’ll work with like-minded team members from around the world who share your ambition.

Health & wellbeing

Our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about supporting you in feeling good and staying healthy. We offer a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions, Mental Health First Aiders, Access to Work scheme, and more.

Sharing knowledge

Our regular Sales Summits and Sales University events are there to help you keep one step ahead of the latest trends and updated on our capabilities and organisational performance. You also have access to accreditation programmes from our major technology partners.

Supportive environment

Share your skills with us and we will do the same! Not only will have great mentors to support you, but you’ll also get to work alongside some of the brightest people in the business.

Personal development

We offer unlimited opportunities for your personal growth and development with a structure that offers clear paths for progression. Our people have gone on to become some of the most successful leaders across the global industry – and we’re rightly proud of this.

Reward and recognition

Help our customers solve complex challenges in a changing world and you’ll be recognised and rewarded for your efforts. We offer an attractive, competitive pay structure and benefits package.

Inclusive workplace

People work best when they bring their whole selves to work, that’s why we see and value you as the amazing individual you truly are. We take a genuine interest you that extends beyond skills, knowledge, and experience. Our Employee Impact Groups champion best practice, celebrate diversity and promote inclusion within our industry.

Pension and financial security

Thinking ahead, planning for life’s uncertainties, or simply saving for a rainy day? We offer auto-enrolment onto our pension scheme, a Sharesave/SAYE scheme and more besides.

Flexible benefits

Do you fancy a new bicycle? Want to work-out at the gym? Or do you prefer to get-away from it all? With our voluntary flexible benefits platform, ‘My Benefits’, you can. Achieve savings with our Cycle2Work, GymFlex, Travel Insurance benefits and loads more.

You belong

At Computacenter, we celebrate difference and it’s important to us that we have a working culture where you can be free to be yourself; in an environment where you feel valued, respected, and supported to reach your full potential and experience a sense of belonging. Because we know when you thrive, we thrive.

As a proud equal opportunities employer, we’re committed to ensuring that there is fair and equal access to opportunities for everyone. Your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law. All that matters to us is that you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a government scheme that helps employers attract, recruit, and retain disabled staff. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats – and guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

Winning Together

At Computacenter, we have been writing success stories for more than 40 years! Today, we’re driving digital transformation with over 20,000 employees worldwide. We develop IT strategies, implement new technologies and manage complex infrastructures.

As a proud, independent partner to some of the world’s leading technology providers, our portfolio covers workplace, applications & data, cloud & data center, security, and networking. What’s the secret of our success? Quite simply, it’s our people.

The people who bring their unique skills and perspectives to a diverse and inclusive environment that enables them to reach their full potential.