Sales Apprentice
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Company: BARNES & BRYANT FIRE AND SEC
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Location: ST ALBANS, AL4 8AA
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Type: Apprenticeship
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Salary: £19,000.00 per year
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Sector: Sales, marketing and procurement
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Ref: NAS-2000053196
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Application Deadline Date: 23/10/2026
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Start Date: 26/10/2026
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Positions Available: 1
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Working Week: Monday to Friday 08:00am - 16:30pm with an hour for lunch
Brief Description
As the company's first Sales Apprentice, the role has been designed to provide exposure to the full sales cycle. You will gain hands-on experience in prospecting, lead generation, customer engagement, account management, sales planning, proposal preparation & CRM management whilst completing the Sales programme.
Training to be Provided
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
ISALES ACADEMY LIMITED
Your training course
Sales executive
Equal to Level 4 (Higher national certificate)
Future Prospects
We aim to provide you with the chance to develop your career in sales or sales support as well as other areas of the business if required.
To progress into a sales support role or explore other pathways within the company.
Vacancy Detail
- Build and maintain positive relationships with new and existing customers
- Contact prospective customers via telephone, email, LinkedIn and other channels to identify opportunities
- Research customers and market sectors to generate qualified leads
- Manage and update the CRM system with customer information and sales activity
- Support sales campaigns and marketing initiatives
- Qualify customer requirements through effective questioning and listening
- Assist with quotations, proposals and sales presentations
- Follow up enquiries and opportunities through the sales pipeline
- Support account management activities to retain and grow customer relationships
- Gather competitor, customer and market intelligence
- Work collaboratively with marketing and operational teams
- Contribute to departmental sales objectives and targets
- Complete apprenticeship training, projects and assessments
Other Information
Desirable: Further education qualifications and any customer service, sales or administrative experience.