Sales Analyst Trainee

Quick facts: £112.60 per day (PAYE, incl. holiday pay) Graduate / Analyst - Sales Support (12 month contract, agency payroll) Slough Hybrid: typically 1-2 days per week in the office

Qualifying questions:

Q1: Do you have full, unrestricted right to work in the UK, with no current or future need for visa sponsorship?

Q2: Are you a graduate (or equivalent) who is confident with Excel, comfortable with numbers and interested in a commercial sales career?

Q3: Are you happy to start in a process- and admin-heavy analyst role as a platform to progress into account management?

Headline: Graduate launchpad into commercial sales

The opportunity

This role sits in a discount retail sales team within a global consumer goods business operating in many markets. You will be the operational support for account managers, keeping plans and data on track while you learn how big retail customers are managed. It suits a graduate who wants early responsibility, can handle a busy environment and is keen to grow into future account management roles.

What you'll do

• Keep price files, customer data and key documents accurate and up to date.
• Help input, track and sense check sales and financial forecasts.
• Manage submissions and nominations through internal and customer systems.
• Own defined sales processes and provide day to day admin support to the team.
• Over time, take on clearance processes and start to support smaller customers and selected meetings.

What you'll bring

• Degree calibre background (or equivalent) with a strong interest in sales and account management.
• Confidence with Excel and working with numbers, plus the appetite to learn commercial and financial concepts quickly.
• Curious, ambitious mindset with a desire to progress from Analyst into more senior roles.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail; comfortable handling process heavy, detailed admin.
• Someone who thrives in a fast paced, complex, matrix style business, takes ownership and is comfortable with some ambiguity.

Full right to work in the UK (no sponsorship now or in future) and able to commute to Slough 1-2 days per week.

Final note: No sponsorship or relocation offered.