Are you a motivated individual looking for a placement year to gain hands-on experience in a world leading company? Then the Commercial Business Placement at KEYENCE will be a great fit for you!

About the role

Our Internal Sales team ensures the continued customer growth by creating new sales relationships with business across over 90% of all industries.

Your day-to-day duties will look like

  • 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

Experience you will gain

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.

Benefits

  • Salary - £20,000 plus £2,700 per annum Location Allowance
  • Advanced Company Pension with Aviva
  • Employee Assistance Programme

Whilst this is a temporary position until June 2026, there is potential for it to develop into an opportunity to join our Business Development Graduate position on a permanent basis once you have completed your University studies.

Personal requirements

  • 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.

About KEYENCE

KEYENCE is a world leader in Sensors, Safety, Vision, Measurement and Microscopes. Founded in 1974, KEYENCE has experienced rapid growth, now turning over more than $8 billion global sales per year and working across 90% of all industries.

Our unique Direct Sales model makes us stand out from competitors and allows us to operate on over 50% profit!