Rodeo
ResourcesPartnersSign in

Find an apprenticeship

Vehicle Sales Advisor Apprenticeship

Poole
£16.6k/yr
Posted 17 days ago
Sign up to applySee more jobs like this

How your CV stacks up

1Upload CV
2Analyse CV
3Improve CV

Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role

?%

Vehicle Sales Advisor Apprenticeship

The Vehicle Sales Advisor role involves selling new and used vehicles while delivering excellent customer service. You'll learn to identify customer needs, recommend suitable vehicles, explain features and benefits, appraise part-exchanges, and develop the skills to negotiate and close sales successfully.

Requirements

  • GCSE in: English (grade 4), Maths (grade 4)
  • Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Patience

Responsibilities

  • Learn about our inventory of vehicles, including features, specifications, pricing, and available financing options.
  • Assist customers in identifying their vehicle needs, preferences, and budgetary requirements.
  • Conduct test drives to showcase vehicle features and benefits, providing guidance and answering questions as needed.
  • Present and demonstrate vehicle options to customers in a professional and persuasive manner.
  • Collaborate with sales managers to negotiate pricing, terms, and financing arrangements to meet customer needs.
  • Maintain accurate records of customer interactions, vehicle sales, and inventory management using CRM systems.
  • Follow up with prospective customers via phone calls, emails, and other communication channels to nurture leads and close sales.
  • Stay updated on industry trends, product knowledge, and competitive offerings to provide informed recommendations to customers.
  • Participate in sales training programs and workshops to enhance selling skills, product knowledge, and customer service abilities.
  • Uphold company policies and ethical standards in all sales activities, ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Use a range of questioning skills, including listening and responding in a way that builds rapport, determines customer needs and expectations and achieves positive engagement and delivery.
  • Use appropriate verbal and non-verbal communication skills, along with summarising language during face-to-face communications.
  • Use appropriate communication skills, along with reinforcement techniques (to confirm understanding) during non-facing customer interactions.
  • Use an appropriate ‘tone of voice’ in all communications, including written and digital, that reflect the organisation’s brand.
  • Provide clear explanations and offer options in order to help customers make choices that are mutually beneficial to both the customer and your organisation.
  • Be able to organise yourself, prioritise your own workload/activity and work to meet deadlines.
  • Demonstrate patience and calmness.
  • Show you understand the customer’s point of view.
  • Use appropriate sign-posting or resolution to meet your customers needs and manage expectations.
  • Maintain informative communication during service recovery.

Reasons to use Rodeo

I’m in my final year doing Economics and I don’t know whether to apply for grad schemes now or do a masters first. What do you think?

Honest answer — it depends on where you want to end up. A lot of top grad schemes (Big 4, civil service, banking) don’t need a masters. Let’s look at the ones you’d be competitive for now, and we can decide if a masters actually adds anything.

Also worth knowing: most autumn 2026 applications are open now. Timing matters more than you think.

Start with a chat, not a search bar

Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.

P

Graduate Consultant — 2026 Scheme

PwC·London, UK
£35,000/yr

Why you're a good match

Strong

Your economics background and your summer at a regional bank line up with what PwC looks for on the consulting scheme. Applications close in four weeks.

See breakdown
Save jobNot relevant
View details

It searches the market for you

Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.

Why you're a good match

You’ve got the grades and the economics background, and your bank internship is exactly the experience this scheme looks for. Apply soon — deadlines close within the month.

See breakdown
Strong

Experience fit

Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.

See breakdown
Strong

Only hits

No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.

Benefits

  • Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship.
  • All of our Apprentices are employed through the Dealer Network and attend week-long block training at our state-of-the-art Training Centre in Daventry.
  • Block training is complemented by a combination of regular coaching visits from one of our experienced Coaches as well as Virtual Classroom sessions and E-Learning modules.
  • Throughout your apprenticeship journey, we are committed to nurturing your growth and development, guiding you toward attaining a widely recognized qualification in the motor industry.
  • This qualification serves as a cornerstone for building your career, offering abundant opportunities within our expanding Dealer Network.
  • Upon successful completion of the program, you'll be well-equipped to advance and transition into new roles.
  • Disability Confident: A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions. You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

Application Process

  • After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.

About Foray Motor Group

Having specialised in selling new and used Ford cars and vans for almost 25 years, we understand the importance of every aspect of buying a car and our aim is to make the process an enjoyable experience from start to finish.

Get help with your application

Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.

Get help applying for this job

Our expertise in the used car market is unbeatable; our experience and know-how of everything from finance to valuation means that we are able to provide the perfect peace of mind you need when you’re on the hunt for a pre-loved car.

If you would rather choose from our new Ford cars for sale, this same level of trust and expertise is offered, plus the huge level of choice you would expect from picking a vehicle direct from the forecourt.

Whether you’re looking for a practical urban vehicle like the Ford Focus, a rapid hot-hatchback in the Focus ST or even a Ford Motability vehicle to offer enhanced mobility for those with disability, visit one of our dealerships today and let our expert team take care of all your requirements.

It’s not just cars we have available; with the wealth of used and new Ford vans and trucks we have at our dealerships, we can help create your commercial fleet.

We can provide you with everything from the highly-rated Ford Transit Custom to the practical and nimble Transit Courier at our Poole and Yeovil Transit Centres – whatever van is right for your business, whatever the size.

All the new Ford van models we have available can be yours on finance packages of up to five years with competitive rates, meaning you can spread the cost to make it as affordable as possible.

As an approved dealer of Ford vans at Yeovil and Poole, it means that every one of our guests can have complete peace of mind when purchasing their new vehicle.

To learn more, pop into one of our dealerships today and speak with our expert team. About Us

Contact

  • The contact for this apprenticeship is: CALEX UK LTD
  • The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000037424.
  • Closes on Sunday 16 August 2026
  • Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab) (Link is implied but not explicitly stated for this to be a valid markdown link, so it is omitted)
  • Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab) (The link text for 'potential future pay' is identical to the text in the original content. It is assumed that this refers to a link for general information regarding apprenticeship pay, not specific to this job posting. Thus, it is omitted.)
Trusted by 25,000+ job seekers

“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”

Jessica, London

Get help applying for this job

Skills

Customer service
Sales
Negotiation
Communication skills
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Team working
Patience

Location

1 Yarrow Rd, Poole BH12 4QA, UK

Sign up to applySee more jobs like this