Sales Executive Apprentice - IoT Water Management

QUENSUS LIMITED

NOTTINGHAM (NG8 6PE)

Closes on Wednesday 21 January 2026

Posted on 19 December 2025

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Summary

Join Quensus as a Sales Executive Apprentice and step into a role that matters. We deliver mission-critical IoT water management solution to some of the UK's largest commercial property owners and developers. If you are ambitious, sustainability-minded, and ready to learn, Quensus offers unparalleled growth and influence from day one.

Wage

£30,000 a year

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Commission and annual bonus structure with potential earnings between £2,000 and £20,000 per annum based on achieving and exceeding targets

Training course
Sales executive (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 5.30pm (1 hour lunch)

40 hours a week

Start date

Monday 26 January 2026

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

  • Executing defined sales strategies to achieve established unit and gross-profit targets
  • Articulating the technical value proposition and providing quotations using mechanical schematics
  • Implementing effective Pipeline Management protocols and overseeing account maintenance and growth
  • Cultivating strong, lasting client relationships and strategically managing contract renewals

Where you'll work

STRELLEY HALL
MAIN STREET
STRELLEY
NOTTINGHAM
NG8 6PE

Training

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

Training provider

BMS PROGRESS LLP

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

The programme utilises a blended learning approach encompassing physical and virtual classroom instruction, structured on-the-job training, and monthly one-to-one coaching and support provided by a dedicated Development Coach

Requirements

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

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills

Other requirements

  • A tenacious and ambitious disposition, coupled with the resolve to surpass expectations.
  • The aptitude for autonomous operation, including effective agenda setting, necessitating a high degree of self-motivation and organisation.
  • An adaptable mindset and the capacity for rapid assimilation of complex technical solutions.
  • The confidence required to communicate, present, and influence stakeholders across various levels.
  • A meticulous attention to detail and an overriding focus on optimal customer user experience.

About this employer

Quensus is a leading Internet of Things (IoT) water management and leak detection start-up. We leverage advanced cloud computing and deep learning algorithms (AI) to provide real-time water monitoring, automated shut-off, and sophisticated leak prevention systems. Our solutions ensure:

  • Risk Reduction: Preventing catastrophic water damage (Escape of Water claims).
  • Cost Savings: Reducing water bills by up to 60% and cutting insurance costs by up to 50%.
  • Compliance: Helping clients achieve essential BREEAM sustainability credits.

We design, develop and build our premium LeakNet product and FlowReporter app right here in Britain, serving clients across the UK and internationally.

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Company benefits

  • A spacious working environment, onsite café
  • Company pension scheme
  • Life insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Up to 30 days annual leave entitlement (plus public and bank holidays)

After this apprenticeship

  • In our flat organisational structure, the Sales Executive Apprentice reports directly to the Managing Director, ensuring immediate accountability and significant influence on business strategy and execution

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BMS PROGRESS LLP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000005937.

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Closes on Wednesday 21 January 2026