Trainee Business Development Executive Apprenticeship

BEAUMONT RECOVERIES LIMITED LEEDS (LS11 7HL)

Closes in 11 days (Friday 16 October 2026)
Posted on 2 October 2026

Summary

This qualification teaches the core principles of consultative selling and account management required to enhance the customer journey. You will undertake training in all aspects of the end-to-end consultative sales and account management process, providing you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours required of a professional salesperson.

• Wage: £22,000 a year
• Training: Sales executive (level 4)
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm with an early finish every Friday. 40 hours a week
• Start date: Monday 19 October 2026
• Duration: 1 year 6 months
• Positions available: 1

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

As a Trainee Business Development Executive, you'll learn everything you need to become a successful salesperson. You'll be supported by experienced managers who will coach you every step of the way. Your responsibilities will include:

• Speaking to new and existing customers over the phone
• Answering inbound enquiries and qualifying potential clients
• Making outbound calls to introduce our debt recovery services
• Building relationships with businesses and individuals
• Learning how to identify sales opportunities and convert enquiries into new clients
• Keeping customer records up to date using our CRM system
• Working closely with our Managing Director and Operations team
• Following up with prospective clients and maintaining a healthy sales pipeline
• Helping create engaging content across our social media platforms
• Working towards achievable daily, weekly, and monthly targets while earning uncapped commission

Where you'll work

OFFICE 32
THE SUGAR MILL
OAKHURST ROAD
LEEDS LS11 7HL

Training

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

Training provider

BMS PROGRESS LLP

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 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.