Apprentice Sales Executive

Introduction

Alongside your role at Guardian Display, you'll complete a Level 4 Sales Executive apprenticeship with our approved training provider.

The programme will help you develop professional skills in areas including prospecting, customer relationships, sales planning, communication, negotiation, commercial awareness and closing business.

About the Employer

Guardian Display is a successful and growing exhibition stand design and build company based in Leigh-on-Sea.

For over 17 years, we've helped businesses exhibit at major events throughout the UK and Europe, providing everything from exhibition stand design and manufacture through to graphics, installation and event support.

We're now looking for an ambitious individual to join our sales team through a Sales Executive apprenticeship.

This isn't an apprenticeship where you'll spend your time making tea and watching other people work. You'll become a genuine member of our sales team, receive professional sales training and learn how to develop and win real business.

What You'll Do

Your responsibilities will develop as you progress and will include:

• Researching companies exhibiting at major UK and European exhibitions
• Identifying potential new customers and decisionmakers
• Contacting prospective customers by telephone, email and LinkedIn
• Speaking confidently with businesses about upcoming exhibition requirements
• Qualifying new sales opportunities
• Booking meetings and appointments
• Responding to incoming sales enquiries
• Learning how to take and understand exhibition stand briefs
• Working with our design and estimating teams to develop proposals
• Following up quotations and proposals
• Learning how to negotiate and close sales
• Building and maintaining your own sales pipeline
• Keeping customer and opportunity information up to date within our CRM
• Developing relationships with new and existing customers
• Attending exhibitions and events where appropriate

As you progress, you'll be given increasing responsibility for managing your own customers and closing your own sales.

Training Outcome

We see this as the beginning of a career with Guardian Display, not simply a temporary apprenticeship.

A successful apprentice could progress through:

Apprentice Sales Executive → Sales Executive → Business Development Manager → Senior Business Development Manager.

If you're ambitious, confident and want to build a career where your earnings can grow with your performance, we'd like to hear from you.

Skills Required

• Communication skills
• IT skills
• Organisation skills
• Initiative
• Resilient
• Confident
• Motivated by achieving targets

Course Information

Course: Sales executive (level 4)

Level: 4

Route: Sales, marketing and procurement

Apprenticeship Level: Higher

Working Arrangements

Working Week: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:30pm

Expected Duration: 1 Year 6 Months

Training Provider: BMS PROGRESS LLP