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At Vodafone, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this.
We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.
With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference.
Description
From using drones to supply medical supplies to rural communities, to helping bridge the digital gap for over 1.5 billion school kids across the world and powering our European network with 100% renewable resources, we don’t just speak about change. We lead with change.
At Vodafone, we empower you so that your voice can be heard and carried forward. So that your ambition can be backed and made bigger. We want all our graduates and students to be able to make an impact on our customers, the world, and their careers.
Location
All roles are location independent meaning you won’t work at any one location or office every day. We expect you’ll spend your time between home, with colleagues at meeting points and at customer sites. You will be based in one of our regional offices where you will remain for the duration of the programme.
Our regions and key offices show below. When applying, choose your preferred region (you are not expected to work across all the key locations within the region, these are illustrative)
Scotland – Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness
Northern Ireland - Belfast
North – Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Sunderland
Midlands, Wales & East – Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Essex, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, Nottingham, Peterborough, Swansea, Warwick
South – Bath, Brighton, Bristol, Newbury, Oxford, Swindon
London - Southwark
What you need
- A 2.2 in any degree
- Recently graduated – i.e. a bachelors or masters obtained or to be obtained between June 2021 and August 2023
- Hold a valid UK driving license by the time you start in Sept 2023
- You must also have the correct right to work documentation in place for the full programme duration. We do not accept the Graduate Route Visa
What you’ll ideally have
- Prior experience of sales or customer service in some capacity
Application close date: 13th November 2022, however, we may close early if we’ve received some game changing applications – so make sure you apply early!
What you need to submit: You will only need to upload your CV as part of the application. You do not need to upload a cover letter as it will not be reviewed as part of your application.
Flexible working options: Our blended working approach means you’ll come to your contracted hub location office as and when needed to get things done for your role and for tasks that require it, otherwise you will be able to work from home. As a guide, you can expect to be in the office 40% time, and we encourage you to find the right blend for you and your team.
Please note that you can only make one application to one of our Discover programmes for 2023. We will only consider your first application.
Business at Vodafone
The world is changing at a rapid pace, technology is advancing faster than ever before and in order to succeed businesses of all sizes need to adapt to the changing digital landscape around them.
Our UK and Group Business functions are focused on doing just that. By connecting people, places and things, Vodafone Business helps organisations succeed in a digital world. With our expertise in connectivity, our leading IoT platform and our global scale, we can deliver the results organisations need to progress and thrive. By joining the Business Sales Discover Graduate Programme you could play a part in helping businesses of all sizes and sectors to connect for a better future.
What’s in it for you?
- The opportunity to fast-track a career in direct sales
- Investment in your sales and professional skills development
- The opportunity to complete an 18 month sales apprenticeship degree. You’ll
- spend 20% of your working week learning the latest business and sales skills,
- putting your learning into practise, reflecting on your learning through
- assignments, and receiving coaching to support your continuous learning
- Mentors and additional support from Sales Leaders and our top salespeople
- Having customer exposure and accountability for sales
- Learning from industry experts that facilitate a focused professional development to enable you to take your career forwards
- Being part of a global community of graduates
- Flexible working and fast paced environment
- A focus on helping our customers to innovate, transform their businesses and do things differently
- High and demanding expectations which will test your capability and limits
All this PLUS 28 days of paid holidays, 3 days charity leave, discounts on Vodafone's broadband and devices. PLUS our flexible benefits programme offers health, wellbeing and lifestyle benefits including cycle to work scheme, subsidised gym-subscriptions and season ticket loans.
What to expect
The Business Regional Sales stream will give you the opportunity to fast-track your development towards Account Management, at the same time providing opportunities to learn about New Business Development, Specialist Sales and Technical Sales Support. You’ll own accounts quickly and experience a range of private and public sector customers. This will enable you to develop a broad range of critical sales skills and learn how to transform different industries and sectors through our technology.
The programme duration is 18 months, at the end of which you will offboard into a permanent Account Management role – however you’ll have the opportunity to offboard early from month 12 onwards if you’re ready to do so. Whilst you will remain in-region for the duration of the scheme, you’ll have the opportunity to offboard into any sales role. You’ll receive best-in-class training and coaching on Vodafone products and solutions and sales techniques, helping you to develop into a rounded and successful Account Manager.
What we’re looking for
- Obsessed with earning customer loyalty
- Target-driven mentality and hungry for success
- Resilience and determination in your DNA
- Intellectual curiosity and commercial savviness
- An organised and outcome-based thinker
- An appetite for continuous learning and development
- An interest in business-to-business sales
- Passion for the future of technology and digital
- Ability to build relationships quickly with anyone
- Comfortable with complexity and ambiguity
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Proficient in English
