Sales Executive Apprenticeship

Your key responsibilities would be: 

Management of customer interactions, both written and verbal Customer relationship building by understanding and meeting their requirements; establishing existing and additional needs; effectively responding to enquiries, questions, and requests for information in a timely and professional manner Produce and provide quotations and, where necessary, presentations, with customer site attendance when required Understand product, benefits, pricing, competition, negotiation, and how to win business and bring this to fruition Establish sales and grow revenue by product/market sector/application Network success with new customers Supplier relationship strengthening, including ongoing training/learning of product portfolio, features, and benefits, how and where to sell

Work independently, overseen by and reporting to the Sales Manager/Head of Sales

Training:

Workplace learning, no Basingstoke College attendance required. 

The Business Trainer will meet with the apprentice regularly either online or face to face to complete and review assessments, provide further coaching where required and agree the next steps of learning. 

Training Outcome:

Achievement of the standard meets the eligibility requirements for Sales Certification at Level 4 with the Institute of Sales Professionals (ISP).

Employer Description:
We are an Employee Owned Company with circa 30 employees, established for 40 years, in the industrial manufacturing sector predominantly selling process and analytical instrumentation used to measure flow, level, and other parameters of liquids, gasses and solids manufactured by our suppliers in the UK, Europe and USA. Based in Reading we serve customers throughout the UK and occasionally outside of this territory. Having recently purchased our Company from its original Founder we are now looking to invest in and grow our business.

Working Hours :
Mon-Thurs 09.00-17.15, Fri 09.00-16.00; 45min daily lunchbreak 12.45-13.30.

Skills:
Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Presentation skills,Administrative skills,Logical,Team working,Creative,Initiative,Interest in numerical,Interest 'how things work’,Sociable,Willingness to engage,Determined to achieve