Sales Executive Apprentice

LYNX PRECAST LIMITED

Ashington (NE63 9YH)

Closes in 21 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 July 2025

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Summary

We are seeking a proactive and enthusiastic Sales Executive to join our dynamic team in the precast concrete flooring sector. This is a critical role focused on managing incoming enquiries, supporting our estimating team, generating new opportunities, and building strong client relationships to support business growth

Wage

£15,704 a year

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Training course
Sales executive (level 4)
Hours
Monday- Friday 9am- 5pm

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

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

Enquiry Management:

  • Log all incoming sales enquiries into the company CRM system promptly and accurately
  • Allocate enquiries to the appropriate Estimator for pricing
  • Maintain and update enquiry records to ensure visibility and tracking across departments

Documentation & Data Handling:

  • Download project drawings and related documents from emails and portals
  • Store files in an organised manner on the company’s server following internal protocols

Lead Generation & Opportunity Creation:

  • Research and identify other contractors or clients tendering for the same projects
  • Reach out to potential customers to create additional business opportunities
  • Follow up on historical enquiries to revive interest or gain insights·

Customer Relationship Management:

  • Build rapport with existing and prospective clients
  • Gather market intelligence on pricing, competitor activity, and market trends
  • Deliver exceptional customer service and maintain regular communication with key accounts

Team Collaboration & Initiative:

  • Work closely with Estimators, Design, and Production teams to support client needs
  • Contribute ideas for improving sales processes and business development strategies
  • Demonstrate initiative in a fast-paced, high-volume environment

Where you'll work

Lynefield Park
Ashington
NE63 9YH

Training

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

Training provider

CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE

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 andmove 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 team work: 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.

Training schedule

All training to be delivered onsite

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade 4-9)
  • Maths (grade 4-9)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Administrative skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Creative
  • Customer care skills
  • Initiative
  • IT Skills
  • Logical
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working

Other requirements

Access to profit share bonus scheme · Auto-enrolment in the NEST Pension Scheme · Lynx Precast Ltd is an Investor in People company, committed to ongoing personal development and training for all staff.

About this employer

Lynx Precast Ltd is a well-established, privately owned manufacturing business with over 10 years of success in the industry. We specialise in producing precast concrete flooring products, stairs, lift shafts, and other bespoke precast solutions for the UK construction and house-building sector.

After this apprenticeship

  • Opportunity to secure a full time position on the completion of apprenticeship

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

CITY OF SUNDERLAND COLLEGE

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333410.

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Closes in 21 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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