Apprentice Sales Engineer
PERI LIMITED
Brentwood (CM13 3JZ)
Closes in 28 days (Friday 3 April 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 March 2026
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Summary
To manage PERI business (customer, projects, turnover, discount) within a defined area. To maintain and build new customer trading relationships. To grow PERI market share within your geographically area of responsibility.
- Wage
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£14,722.50 to £23,809.50, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Sales executive (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
09:00 - 17:00 (flexible arrangements available)
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 13 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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5
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
Across the scheme, you’ll learn the fundamentals of sales, engineering and customer engagement, including:
- Calling lapsed customers to rebuild relationships and arrange site visits
- Researching and identifying new prospects across the construction industry
- Spending time in Construction Accessories and Plywood to build product knowledge
- Joining experienced sales staff on live construction projects
- Learning how to sell, negotiate and present solutions
- Building and maintaining a customer database
- Learning how to process customer orders
- Spending time with Engineering teams to understand how PERI systems are designed and used on site
Where you'll work
Warley Street
Great Warley
Brentwood
CM13 3JZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
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
- Sales Executive Level 4
- On the job training
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/Pass)
- Maths (grade C/Pass)
- Science (grade C/Pass)
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
- Organisation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Willing to learn
- Ambitious
- Social skills
- Positive attitude
- UK driving licence
- Reliable
About this employer
As a leading provider of construction equipment, PERI UK offers innovative and cost-effective solutions to meet your project requirements. Their extensive range of formwork systems, scaffolding, and engineering services are designed to make construction more efficient, faster and safer.
Company benefits
- Company car
- Private healthcare
- 20 days annual leave
After this apprenticeship
Sales Engineer, Sales Manager/Sales Director.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SR APPRENTICESHIPS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000019271.
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Closes in 28 days (Friday 3 April 2026 at 11:59pm)