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This is a new and exciting opportunity to make a big impact, in a company with high growth targets over the next few years. You will be responsible for generating leads for all areas of the business and becoming an integral part of the sales process.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
The role requires drive and self-motivation to succeed. The telesales team is small, personable and friendly, and the leads generated will be passed to our Field Sales Team to convert into business. If you are confident on the telephone, enjoy working towards goals, then this is your opportunity to support the growth of our business and earn commission for your hard work and commitment.
We are looking for a Telesales Representative to contribute in generating sales leads for our Sales Team. You will be responsible for generating meetings via direct communication and promoting the company over the phone, email and social media. As part of the role the candidate must be an excellent communicator, have excellent people skills. They must be comfortable presenting products or services over the phone as well as overcoming objections and finding businesses current and future requirements. The goal is to help the company grow by arranging meetings for the direct sales team and promoting the business via direct and indirect communication.
Responsibilities and duties:
- Schedule meetings with prospects for our Field Sales Team
- Enter and update customer information on our CRM
- Keep detailed records of calls and notes of useful information
- Contact potential customers to inform them about our products and services
- Answer questions about the products & Services we offer
- Ask questions to understand customer requirements
- Go the “extra mile” to meet your sales quota and facilitate future sales
- Provide sales and service administrative support
- Attend customer meetings with the Relationship Managers
- Promote the business using structures marketing techniques including social media and E-marketing
- Attend live events managing a stand to promote the business
Where you'll work
9 Mechanic Lane
Hull
HU3 2DB
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
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Training provider
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
Training course
Sales executive (level 4)
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What you'll learn
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 and move 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.
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Training schedule
Sales Executive Level 4.
More training information
SR Apprenticeships is a leading national training provider delivering Apprenticeship programmes throughout the UK.
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4/Pass)
- English (grade C/4/Pass)
Desirable qualifications
- GCSE in:
- 5 GCSEs (grade C/4/Pass)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Positive
- Confident
- Personable
- Willingness to learn
We have many years of experience working in the Office Managed Services sector. This experience provides our customers with both the peace of mind and confidence to work with us.
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Company benefits
- 20 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
- Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
- Career growth and a long-term role within sales.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000048239.
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