Sales Excellence Apprentice

Are you ambitious, driven and looking to build a successful career in sales?

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Sales Excellence Apprentice to join our team in Leeds. This is an exciting opportunity to gain valuable experience in a professional sales environment while working towards a Level 4 Sales Excellence Apprenticeship.

Wage

• £22,000 a year
• Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
• Earn commission from day one

Training course

• Sales executive (level 4)

Hours

• Monday to Thursday, 9.00am - 5.00pm
• Friday, 9.00am - 4.00pm
• 36 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

• Monday 5 October 2026

Duration

• 1 year 3 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

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers and clients
• Identify and develop new sales opportunities
• Support the sales team in achieving commercial targets
• Communicate with customers through a range of channels
• Understand customer needs and identify appropriate solutions
• Prepare and deliver engaging sales presentations and proposals
• Manage and progress sales opportunities through the sales pipeline
• Develop your negotiation and influencing skills
• Use CRM and other sales technologies effectively
• Monitor customer and market information to identify opportunities
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the business
• Deliver an excellent customer experience at every stage of the sales journey

Where you'll work

OFFICE 32
THE SUGAR MILL
OAKHURST ROAD
LEEDS
LS11 7HL

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

• GI GROUP RECRUITMENT LTD

Training course

• Sales executive (level 4)

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 teamwork: 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.