Business Development Sales Apprentice
This qualification teaches the core principles of consultative selling and account management required to enhance the customer journey and build loyalty to the employer.
The programme will help to build professionalism and confidence that will enable you to progress within your role, your organisation and in your careers.
Role
You will own the journey from first conversation to signed order. Day to day, that means:
- Researching and contacting prospective customers to identify new business opportunities
- Qualifying leads and moving each opportunity through our sales stages, from Lead and Qualified through Prospect, Contract terms issued and Selected Vendor to Closed Won
- Presenting proposals in person and in writing, and walking customers through our standard form of contract and its key terms
- Keeping HubSpot accurate & up to date, including deal values, stages and expected close dates
- Preparing quotations, proposals and sales documentation
- Attending customer meetings, site visits and demonstrations, with support from experienced colleagues
- Working with our technical, service and support teams to shape solutions that fit each customer
- Contributing to the regular pipeline review with clear, honest forecasting
Training
We deliver this qualification as a blended learning programme which includes both physical and virtual classrooms, eLearning modules, skills development activities, on-the-job training and most importantly one-to-one coaching and support on a monthly basis from a development coach.
You will spend a minimum of 6 hours per week on your apprenticeship.
This role is the start of a sales career with us. As you win business and build your own customer base, you can take on larger opportunities, wider responsibility and more of the recurring software and support book. On successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will be entitled to a 10% pay rise.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Sales executive (level 4)
- Training Provider
- BMS PROGRESS LLP
- Working Week
- Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm, with flexibility for customer meetings and travel.
- Expected Duration
- 1 Year 6 Months
- Positions Available
- 2
- Closing Date
- Thursday, 19th November 2026
- Start Date
- Monday, 4th January 2027
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Confidence
- Comfortable on the phone