Sales Executive Apprenticeship - Bristol – Find an apprenticeship

Summary

Due to the exciting announcement of our specialist Early Years brand, Shaping Lives, we have a number of new Sales Executive Apprenticeship roles available to support our ambitious growth plans where you will support in identifying Early Years new business opportunities and work towards your Level 4 Sales Apprenticeship Qualification!

Annual wage: £24,000 a year
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Training course: Sales executive (level 4)
Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 17:00 Early Finish Friday, 16:00
36 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date: Monday 10 February
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 3

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

As an essential part of the Early Years commercial sales division, you will support the Apprenticeship Recruitment Manager and Business Development Managers with generating further new business within the Early Years sector. You will be responsible for identifying new business opportunities and apprenticeship starts in line with agreed targets to offer further apprenticeship solutions.

You will use your growing sales experience and knowledge to specifically target companies by tailoring your approach aligned to their values, beliefs, and strategies to position Shaping Lives as a trusted partner and their provider of choice in Early Years, to help shape their tomorrow, today.

What will you be doing?

Identify new business and client opportunities within our core markets, exceeding apprenticeship targets
Ensure all learner eligibility is met via a new business and account management activities
Work alongside Business Development Managers to generate further new business to meet ambitious growth plans
Develop an engagement plan to generate new sales leads and apprenticeship opportunities within SME’s
Support BDMs with large corporate organisations who would benefit from apprentices
Share ideas, provide valuable insights and advice at to learners and employers
Work consultatively with prospective clients, crating world-class apprenticeship delivery models bespoke to their needs
Build and nurture strong and sustainable relationships with key client contacts at all levels
Deliver an exceptional customer experience to every client, every time
Work collaboratively with internal colleagues ensuring all new business deliverables are communicated effectively
Ensure all commercial arrangements are agreed as part of the on-boarding process
Adhere to GDPR regulations and all internal information and data security policies and procedures
Proactively promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people

Where you’ll work

Origin Workspace, 40 Berkeley Square

Bristol

BS8 1HP

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

PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED

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

Paragon Skills is a leading national Apprenticeship training provider, supporting over 4,000 learners and 1,500 organisations. Paragon Skills has some of the highest success and achievement rates in the industry
It has an Ofsted Grade 2 Good rating and an overall achievement rate of 71.4%, exceeding the national average of 65.6%. Using a blended approach, learners are always at the forefront of our priorities. All learners are assigned a Personal Tutor who will be their main point of contact
This involves regular catch-ups, check-in emails and calls. Your employer will agree to give you 20% of your working hours solely towards your study
This will give you every chance to achieve the highest grade possible! On completion of this 12 month apprenticeship you will have gained; Sales Level 4 Apprenticeship

Requirements

Essential qualifications

Other in:

Maths GCSE (grade Pass)
English GCSE (grade Pass)

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
Presentation skills

Other requirements

Working hours Please note that anyone under the age of 18 can only work a maximum of 40 hours per week. Any role which exceeds these hours should be amended accordingly, to fall in line with the legislation.

About this company

Paragon Skills is an award-winning, Ofsted-rated ‘Good’, national apprenticeship provider inspiring over 7,000 learners annually and working with over 2000 businesses to deliver apprenticeships in a high-quality, consistent way. Our dedicated focus on the Care and Education sectors means we are deeply rooted within these sectors and have in-depth knowledge and understanding of what is required from a training perspective.

After this apprenticeship

Progression onto full time employment with ability to enrol onto further qualifications

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

PARAGON EDUCATION & SKILLS LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000295319.

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Closes in 26 days (Thursday 6 February)

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