Graduate Management Trainee

Graduate Management Trainee

Location: Louisville, KY

Full-Time | In-Person

Role Snapshot

This is a graduate entry point into a structured B2B and B2C sales and leadership development program. As a Graduate Management Trainee, you’ll learn how to generate revenue, manage business relationships, and develop the skills required to lead a high-performing team.

This role is built for individuals who want to move quickly from learning to responsibility.

About the Opportunity

ZAP is a direct sales and growth company built on face-to-face communication and measurable results. The focus is simple — develop individuals who can perform, think commercially, and grow into leadership roles through consistent execution.

You’ll be representing a telecommunications client that provides essential services to businesses, including mobile plans for teams, high-speed internet for commercial use, and scalable communication solutions for growing companies.

These are services businesses rely on daily, and your role is to help them improve how they operate through better connectivity.

This opportunity is well suited to recent graduates looking for a role that offers structure, development, and a clear progression path rather than a slow or undefined career start.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll begin by learning how to operate in a business-to-business sales environment, working directly with business owners and decision-makers.

Your day-to-day will involve engaging businesses face-to-face to understand their current setup, breaking down mobile plans, internet performance, and service structures in simple terms, identifying gaps in reliability, efficiency, or cost, and recommending solutions that improve how the business operates.

You’ll manage conversations through to a clear outcome, building confidence in presenting and closing.

Alongside sales, you’ll start developing management capability early. You’ll support new team members as they learn the role, gain exposure to how targets are set and tracked, and contribute to team briefings and performance discussions.

You’ll also begin to understand how leaders coach individuals, improve performance, and maintain consistency across a team. As you progress, you’ll take on more responsibility in supporting daily activity, helping organise team output, and contributing to overall campaign performance.

Over time, the focus shifts from individual results to supporting team performance and preparing for leadership responsibility.

What You’ll Learn

You’ll develop practical skills in business-to-business sales, customer communication, and commercial decision-making. You’ll also learn how accounts are developed and managed, how performance is measured, and how teams operate in a results-driven environment.

Alongside this, you’ll build leadership skills including coaching, organisation, communication, and accountability.

What We Look For

This role is suited to graduates who want to build a career based on performance and progression.

You should have strong communication skills, confidence in face-to-face environments or a willingness to develop it, a competitive mindset, and a strong work ethic. You should also be comfortable taking feedback and applying it quickly, with an interest in business, sales, or leadership.

No prior experience is required, but consistency and accountability are essential.

Culture & Environment

ZAP operates a performance-led environment where results are driven through consistency and effort, leadership is earned through action, and team development is part of everyday work.

It’s a fast-paced, structured environment designed for people who want to improve and progress.

What’s On Offer

Weekly pay with performance-based incentives. Full training from day one. A clear progression pathway into leadership roles. Ongoing coaching and structured development. Long-term career opportunities within a growing organisation.

This is an in-person, B2B B2C role based in Louisville, KY and is designed as a long-term career opportunity with a clear pathway into leadership. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted within 2–3 business days.