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Commercial Apprentice - Sales Team
We are recruiting for a Commercial Apprentice to join our Sales team and be part of our exciting growth plans.
Wage: £24,000 a year
Pension – 3% employer contributions/5% employee contributions
Share of the profits with our discounted ShareScheme
Death in service insurance
Training course: Sales executive (level 4)
Hours: Monday to Friday, 7am - 4pm with flexibility to provide support on Saturdays if required. 40 hours a week
Start date: Tuesday 1 September 2026
Duration: 1 year 6 months
Positions available: 1
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Support the trading function with daily/weekly orders
- Spend time in the factory learning all the areas whilst improving product knowledge
- Provide sales admin support
- Liaising with customers regarding availability and demand
- Provide support in managing overall customer accounts
- Provide support for customers and factory visits
- Provide support for the transport department
Where you'll work
Cranswick Fresh Poultry
Oaksmere Business Park
Yaxley
Suffolk
IP23 8BW
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SWARM TRAINING C.I.C.
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.
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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.
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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.
Training schedule
You will undertake the Sales Executive Level 4 Apprenticeship with Swarm Training. Your apprenticeship will be delivered through remote learning and regular tutor meetings.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Customer care skills
- Analytical skills
Other requirements
- Full driving licence and access to a car
About this employer
Cranswick Country Foods Poultry is hiring at our state-of-the-art, purpose-built processing facility in Eye, Suffolk.
Company benefits
- Access to our Cranswick hub, with retail discounts and a range of other perks!
- Potential opportunities to learn new skills and progress through one of the UK’s leading food manufacturing companies
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
After successfully completing the apprenticeship, we would expect you to continue learning and developing within our sales department. Cranswick have lots of opportunities to progress within the business.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Cranswick Fresh Poultry
Daniel Buzzard
Daniel.Buzzard@cranswick.co.uk
07425661607
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000041922.
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