KUKA – Level 3 – Commercial Technical Sales & Marketing Apprentice

The Commercial Technical Sales & Marketing Apprentices’ responsibility will be to provide all sales & marketing aspects of the products produced by KUKA UK Halesowen

Your tasks will consist of:

Support Customer Knowledge Review: Compile and assess available information on previous KUKA UK customers and installed equipment worldwide, to fill in any gaps Support Market Research: Research, collect and summarise information on the worldwide market for KUKA UK's main products. Obtain and study outlook from key industry players to forecast likely growth areas and priorities Support definition of key applications and USPs for Emerging Products: Work with KUKA UK Engineering and R&D teams to define USPs for our new products and technologies. Identify and describe key industrial applications and potential customers Support Exploration of Route to Market Pathways: identify and explore RtM pathways and characterise the use and effectiveness of current approaches. Make recommendations for the KUKA UK sales team on future high-potential market opportunities To gain good networking skills via social media platforms, to work collaboratively with other global KUKA Teams To have a good working knowledge of KUKA UK Sales and Marketing tools, methods and processes, including Salesforce, Sales Risk Register, Cost Sheets, F392 Form, Tollgate Product realisation process, especially Gate A & B Have good General Engineering and basic technical knowledge of KUKAs Products and workshop equipment to understand processing, fitting or assembling electrical/electronic features of new and in-service products as required

Training:

Together with invaluable commercial and practical experience, you’ll gain several academic and vocational qualifications throughout your time with us and Make UK, which are fully paid for, including: 

● Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Practical Foundation Training – in year 1, in 6-week blocks to include 4 weeks at Make UK and 2 weeks in a company Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Workplace Competence Training - in years 2 to 4 in the company Level 3 BTEC Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Development Knowledge - in Years 1, 2 & 3 on block release to Make UK In-house training in line with your requirements Further qualifications deemed necessary by your employer

On completion of your studies and End Point Assessment (EPA), you will achieve your full apprenticeship certification that will prove competence as a Level 3 Engineering Technician.

Training Outcome:

Future Prospects: more information about KUKA apprenticeship programmes can be found here: https://www.kuka.com/en-gb/careers/apprenticeships.

Your base salary for year two, you will receive a 17.5% increase.
Your base salary for year three, you will receive a 30% increase.

Employer Description:
KUKA AG is an internationally active company with sales of around 3 billion euro. Every day, roughly 13,200 KUKA employees at our headquarters in Augsburg and around the world work to ensure that we remain one of the world’s leading suppliers of intelligent automation solutions. Our international customers come from, among other sectors, the automotive industry and general industry. KUKA offers you everything from a single source: from the individual components to fully automated systems. - Silver Standard Accredited Kitemark Employer - Europe’s biggest Producer of Industrial Robots, Automation and Global Leader in Large Friction Welders - International Travel In the United Kingdom, KUKA operates from two locations in the West Midlands – Wednesbury and Halesowen. Each of these locations represents a KUKA division. In addition to sharing a region, the two locations have one other thing in common: their passion for KUKA as a company and its technological innovation

Working Hours :
At company, your core hours will be Mon - Fri 8.30am - 4.30pm.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Presentation skills,Administrative skills,Number skills,Analytical skills,Logical,Team working,Creative,Initiative,Non judgemental,Patience