Careers

Overview:

Burke is looking for determined and highly motivated individuals to join their Management Development Program (MDP). This program has been designed to train University/College graduates in Account Management within the graphic arts industry. Our goal is to develop strong leaders that are highly successful in both business development as well as growing and servicing an existing territory. This program is structured to be completed within 12 months. During the program, the successful candidate would take on increasing levels of responsibility and, upon completion, would be promoted to an Account Manager or a similar role within Burke.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The successful MDP would spend time learning and working in various areas of our business that may include Production, Customer Service, Planning, Inside Sales and Account Management. They would work with a mentor and coach who would coordinate their development in the following areas:

• Product & Industry Knowledge
• Generating Estimates using Burke’s customized MIS System
• Communication and Sales Presentation Skills
• Business Development & Cold Calling
• Service Recovery & Building Customer Loyalty
• Cross-Selling
• Time Management
• Overcoming Customer Objections
• Developing Effective Value Propositions

Requirements & Qualifications:

• Top University/College Graduate with preferred focus in management and/or marketing
• Proven experience in a sales and/or customer service role is preferred
• Good customer service skills including active listening and empathizing with customer needs
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong team player
• Proficient in English
• Persistent, hard worker, self-motivated and results-oriented
• An enthusiastic learner with a desire for continued growth
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Vehicle is required for in-person customer meetings

Salary & Benefits:

• Excellent renumeration package including comprehensive benefits
• Monday to Friday 8AM-5PM
• Opportunity for an unlimited six figure earning potential (base, commission and bonus)
• Opportunity for promotion with a high growth company

About Burke:

Burke Group of Companies Limited is one of the largest and most technologically advanced one-stop-shops for graphics and print in Canada. Burke provides a full range of services that includes offset printing, digital printing, finishing, graphic design, signage, online ordering, mail, digital media as well as warehousing & distribution.  Customers range from small local businesses to large corporations, financial institutions and universities.  Burke has been in business for over 100-year and has grown to over 170 employees with full-service production facilities and offices in Edmonton and Calgary.  At Burke, we work together as a team and pride ourselves in being the employer of choice in our industry with very low turn-over and extremely high employee and customer satisfaction.  

How To Apply:

Please send resumes to: Carrie Pohl, MDP Program Manager / Sales Manager at carrie.pohl@burkegroup.ca

For all other job inquires, please send your resume to info@burkegroup.ca