Sales Executive Level 4 Apprenticeship

PRONTAPRINT WALSALL

WALSALL, WS2 8AQ

Closes in 8 days (Monday 3 March at 11:59pm)

Posted on 17 February 2025


Summary

We are offering a Dynamic and exciting Sales Position, to be part of a fun & forward thinking team, If your looking to use your existing skill set to further grow your career, then we would like to be part of that journey. If your hard working, and looking for an organisation that rewards & recognises your effort, please contact us.

Training course
Sales executive (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 5.00pm, May need to attend Networking. Meetings outside of these hours.

30 hours a week

Possible start date

Friday 14 March

Duration

1 year 6 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

  • Target customers to actively promote growth
  • Produce Sales Proposals
  • Deliver Presentations/Sales Pitches to customers
  • Create plans for effective sales strategies to maximise profit

Where you’ll work

UNIT 2

MARLOW STREET

WALSALL

WS2 8AQ

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

SR APPRENTICESHIPS 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

  • Sales Executive Level 4 Apprenticeship Standard
  • Full Onsite Training
  • 6hrs per week 'On Job Learning'

Requirements

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

Other requirements

MUST BE SELF MOTIVATED

About this company

Prontaprint is the UK’s leading business-to-business solution provider for print and a whole host of other business requirements, supported through our network of Business Centres in the UK and Ireland. We are experts in printing and design in Walsall and Sutton Coldfield. We can offer Leaflets, Flyers, Posters, PVC Banners, Canvas, Business Cards and Business Stationery, Letterheads, Compliment Slips, Invitations, Greeting Cards, and Order Of Services.

http://WALSALL.PRONTAPRINT.COM (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

  • Team Manager / Leader
  • Full time position

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED

sales@walsall.prontaprint.com

01922628828

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000304298.

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Closes in 8 days (Monday 3 March at 11:59pm)

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