Graduate Sales Manager

Job Title

Sales Manager 

Reports to

CEO

Expected Hours of Work

40x hours a week

Location of Work

DA2 8DP office, home and customer premises 

Renumeration

A remuneration package consisting of:

• £30k - £50k base salary negotiable depending on experience, a yearly increase will be provided over five years
• Company Car
• Bonus
• Gym membership
• 23 Days of Annual Leave plus bank holidays

The Two Companies

The role will be selling on behalf of both of the founder’s companies, Hawks Crane Hire Ltd and UpRate Digital Ltd. Hawks Crane Hire, which hires out cranes, contract lift and labour to the civil construction sector. UpRate is a technology platform, which licenses out its platform to operated plant hire and labour supply companies, who themselves operate in the construction industry. 

UpRate

After 3.5x years UpRate has found product market fit and now wants to ramp up it’s SaaS revenue by licensing its platform to its new customers. The Platform focuses on an array of suppliers within the construction industry, such as transport, labour supply and operated plant companies

Hawks

In its twelfth year of operating, Hawks supply cranes and lifting solutions to the civil infrastructure construction sector. Operated crane hire is our primary source of revenue, but we also provided technical advice, specialist labour supply and complete lifting solutions to our clients. 

Our Culture

Our culture is based firmly on family values of togetherness and unity, but with a modern mindset focused on excellence and collaboration, enabling the team to strive to create the best product and provide the best service on the market. Every team member needs to be passionate about their work with an extremely high attention to detail .

Experience & Education

Ideally candidates would have a university degree, with the following experience:

• Preferred (but not mandatory) experience in sales or business development
• Preferred (but not mandatory) experience in selling a tech product or service. Sales of a similar recruitment platform would be beneficial
• If relevant experience has not be gained in either of the above two requirements, a degree would be seen as a strong alternative
• Comfortable presenting to a wide range of audiences
• A keen interest in tech and developing a business bringing a new product to market which will introduce a host of benefits for all stakeholders involved

Characteristics 

The required characteristics for the role would include: 

• Highly personable
• Team player
• Excellent attention to detail
• Great communicator who can work collaboratively with the rest of the team
• Must be professional and courteous in manner when representing the Hawks & UpRate brands

Where to Apply?

Email e.hawkins@uprate.digital a short selfie styled video for less than 1 minute, outlining why you think you would be suitable for the role. 

Other Responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance with all company policies and procedures including health and safety, quality and environmental policies

Health and Safety

• Ensure all Company rules pertaining to Health and Safety are adhered to
• Carrying out any other duties, such as ad hoc projects, as requested by the Managing Director that is within the successful candidates remit

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the organisation and the overall business objectives of the organisation.

Equal Opportunities Employers

Uprate Digital Ltd is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all work seekers and shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis on all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective of their sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, political beliefs or membership or non-membership of a Trade Union and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.

Uprate Digital Ltd shall not discriminate unlawfully when deciding which candidate/temporary worker is submitted for a vacancy or assignment, or in any terms of employment or terms of engagement for temporary workers. Uprate Digital Ltd will ensure that each candidate is assessed only in accordance with the candidate’s merits, qualifications and ability to perform the relevant duties required by the particular vacancy.