Sales Executive Apprentice

About the role

🚀 Sales Accelerator Apprenticeship: Kick-start Your Career! 🚀

Ready to dive headfirst into the exciting world of sales? This 18-month fixed-term apprenticeship program is your golden ticket to launching your sales career! 🌟 You'll get hands-on experience with various sales teams, working towards a recognized sales qualification. We’re all about learning, growing, and building your confidence in a super supportive environment.

Join a squad of future sales stars! 🤝 You’ll learn alongside peers, sharing insights and leveling up together. We’re in a period of awesome transformation, and we need your fresh perspective, curiosity, and enthusiasm. Learn from the best experienced colleagues across the entire organization! Your impact? It'll be huge, through the relationships you build, the doors you open, and the growth you fuel. No prior sales experience needed – just bring your hunger to learn and your passion for building a killer sales career. 🔥

Closing Date for Applications: 2nd October 2026

Assessment Days: 6th October or 12th October 2026

What You’ll Be Doing:

• 📈 Dive into how different sales teams rock it and get experience in various commercial functions.
• 🤝 Build epic relationships with customers and colleagues, mastering professional communication with all sorts of people.
• 📞 Support the sales team with customer questions, follow-ups, and everyday account management.
• 💡 Spot opportunities to connect customers with the products, services, and solutions they'll love.
• 🧠 Deepen your understanding of our customers, markets, and brands, using your insights to make conversations shine.
• ✨ Craft killer presentations, proposals, and materials for customer meetings and sales efforts.
• 💻 Keep customer info accurate and up-to-date using our awesome systems and tools.
• 🌐 Hit up customer meetings, industry events, and networking gigs to expand your knowledge and connections.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Team up with marketing, customer success, and product folks to create an amazing customer experience.
• 📚 Engage in structured learning and training while you earn your recognized sales qualification.

What You’ll Need:

• 💡 A real spark for a sales career and the drive to master commercial skills.
• 🧠 Insatiable curiosity and a thirst for learning, proactively grabbing new knowledge and skills.
• 🗣️ Awesome communication skills: nail active listening, ask smart questions, and have engaging chats.
• 💪 Resilience and grit: stay positive when things get tough and see setbacks as launchpads for growth.
• 📊 An interest in how businesses work, customers tick, and markets move, understanding how organizations create value and grow.
• 🚀 Enthusiasm, initiative, and a growth mindset – be ready for feedback and own your development journey.
• 🌟 Ability to connect with all kinds of people, collaborate like a pro, and adapt to any situation.
• ✅ Top-notch organization and accountability: manage your priorities and follow through on your commitments.
• 💻 Confidence with digital and AI-powered tools, with an eagerness to embrace new tech and systems.

Perks & Goodies:

• 🏖️ Generous annual leave: 25 days + England & Wales bank holidays.
• 🕰️ Long service holiday reward: extra day off for every year after six, up to 30 days!
• 🎁 Christmas office closure: extra paid leave between Christmas and New Year.
• 🛍️ Holiday purchase scheme: buy up to 3 extra days annually.
• 🥳 MeDay: an extra paid day off to celebrate YOU!
• 💖 Volunteering day: one paid day to support a cause you care about.
• 🏡 Hybrid & agile working: flexible arrangements for work-life balance (depends on the role).
• 🏦 Enhanced pension contributions: we contribute more than the minimum.
• 🛡️ Life assurance: financial peace of mind for you and your loved ones.
• 🚑 Group Income Protection: support if you can't work due to long-term illness.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-friendly policies: enhanced pay for life's big moments.
• 🌟 Health & wellbeing support:
• 💊 Healthcare cash plan
• 🆘 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• 👨‍⚕️ Virtual GP service
• 📚 Health and wellbeing resources
• 🌍 Commitment to Equity, Diversity & Inclusion: supported by employee networks, fostering a welcoming and valued culture. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer!
• 🚲 Cycle to Work scheme: save cash and ride smarter.
• 🚗 Electric Car scheme: drive green and save money.

Key responsibilities

• Learning how different sales teams operate and gaining experience across commercial functions.
• Building relationships with customers and colleagues, communicating professionally with stakeholders.
• Supporting the sales team with customer enquiries, follow-up activities, and account management.
• Identifying potential opportunities to connect customers with products, services, and solutions.
• Taking part in structured learning and training while working towards a recognised sales qualification.

Skills