Apprentice - Sales and Marketing Executive – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

NGS Security Ltd is recruiting for a commercially aware, confident, Sales and Marketing Executive who will play a crucial role in driving the growth of the company by developing and executing marketing strategies and managing the sales pipeline. The focus will be on lead generation, customer acquisition and brand awareness.

Annual wage: £11,648 a year
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Training course: Sales executive (level 4)
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (1 hour for lunch unpaid). Office based.
35 hours a week
Possible start date: Monday 4 November
Duration: 1 year 9 months
Positions available: 1

Work

As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.

What you’ll do at work

NGS Security Ltd is recruiting for a commercially aware, confident, Sales and Marketing Executive who will play a crucial role in driving the growth of the company by developing and executing marketing strategies and managing the sales pipeline. The focus will be on lead generation, customer acquisition and brand awareness, using data-driven approaches to optimise results and building long-term client relationships.

Day-to-day duties may involve:

Sales-Focused Responsibilities:

Develop and implement strategies to generate leads and convert them into customers
Manage the sales pipeline
Collaborate with the sales team to identify and pursue new business opportunities

Marketing-Focused Responsibilities

Plan and execute digital marketing campaigns, including email marketing, social media, and paid advertising
Conduct market research to identify trends and optimise targeting
Use marketing automation tools to track and analyse campaign performance.

General Responsibilities:

Work closely with the commercial team to align sales and marketing strategies
Provide regular reports on sales and marketing performance to senior management

Training to be provided:

Training for this qualification will be provided by ourselves at SCCU Group, an Ofsted good training provider. Our tuition is all delivered in the workplace and bespoke to your particular role. Dependent on the learner's prior knowledge.

Working Week and Hours:

Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm (1 hour for lunch unpaid)

Office based Salary:

National Minimum Wage

Address:

210 Heyford Park, Camp Road, RAF Camp, Heyford OX25 5HA Website: https://www.ngssecurity.co.uk/ Start date: ASAP

Where you’ll work

7 Orchard Court, Binley Business Park, Coventry CV3 2TQ

OX25 5HA

Training

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

College or training organisation

SCCU LTD

Your training course

Sales executive (level 4)

Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)

Course contents

Sales planning and preparation: Set effective targets using sales forecasts. Prioritise customers and activities to grow account value and maximise return-on-investment in line with your organisation’s strategy. Formulate or refine customer plans and objectives. Create efficient territory plans where appropriate.

Customer engagement: Effectively communicate and interpret customer information exchanged through written, verbal and non-verbal communication. Develop a customer engagement style that effectively opens sales conversations, builds rapport, enhances customer relationships, and adapts to different customer’s social preferences.

Customer needs analysis: Be highly skilled at effective questioning and active listening techniques to understand the customer’s needs, guide the sales conversation appropriately, create mutual understanding, and build trust and affinity with customers.

Propose and present solutions: Develop sales proposals and deliver them using a presentation style and technique appropriate for your customer. Present relevant products and/or services, explain features and their advantages, and clearly articulate the value and benefit of the solution for the specific customer. Use and adapt a range of techniques to draw-out and overcome common sales objections.

Negotiate: Research the customer’s likely desired outcomes and negotiating stance. Develop responses to likely objections. Identify your own organisation’s needs, such as minimum price and acceptable terms. Negotiate or trade variables effectively.

Closing Sales: Be attuned to verbal and non-verbal buying-signals andmove to close at an appropriate point in sales conversations. Develop ethical techniques to close sales and confirm customers’ purchase agreement.

Gathering Intelligence: Collect, analyse and interpret market intelligence and share it appropriately and effectively within your organisation.

Time Management: Use and adapt appropriate tools and techniques to prioritise and manage your time effectively.

Collaboration and team work: Contribute effectively within a team environment. Work collaboratively with both internal and external stakeholders. Manage communications with the cross-functional team in relation to the effective delivery of your sales, such as finance and service delivery. Support continual business improvement by sharing best practice with sales team colleagues and assist the marketing team to develop new marketing collateral.

Customer experience management: Deliver a positive customer experience. Manage customer enquiries and issues effectively. Take proactive action to prevent and minimise customer concerns and complaints. Handle all customer interactions professionally to the customer’s satisfaction.

Digital skills: Effectively use digital tools to conduct research and target customers in line with the overall sales strategy. Able to deliver presentations and meetings using digital communication. Complete accurate records and process sales in accordance with your organisation’s policies, procedures and digital CRM systems.

Your training plan

Training for this qualification will be provided by ourselves at SCCU Group, an Ofsted good training provider. Our tuition is all delivered in the workplace and bespoke to your particular role. ● Sales Executive Level 4 ● Functional Skills in Maths, English and ICT (if required)

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths (grade 4-9)
English (grade 4-9)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Initiative
Organisation skills

About this company

We supply security guarding services to Universities and Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) facilities. Our combined cleaning and security offerings reduce costs, increase operational efficiency and reliably support our clients’ business goals.

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Future permanent position within one of our 4 divisions (catering, cleaning, security and events).

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SCCU LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000281379.

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