B2B Sales Executive Apprenticeship - Industrial & PPE Sector

VAILOS

ROBOROUGH (PL6 7FR)

Closes on Sunday 31 May 2026

Posted on 28 April 2026

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Summary

Kickstart your career in B2B sales with a high-growth technical safety brand. You’ll gain hands-on experience in outbound sales, account management, and client relationships. Perfect for driven individuals who want to earn, learn, and progress quickly.

Wage

£16,500 a year

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There will be options to qualify for commission payments based on hitting sales targets.

Training course
Sales executive (level 4)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 4.30pm.

37 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 June 2026

Duration

2 years

Positions available

2

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

  • Making outbound calls to potential customers to introduce our products and services
  • Researching companies and identifying new sales opportunities
  • Building and managing your own sales pipeline using our CRM system
  • Supporting existing customer accounts and responding to enquiries
  • Preparing and sending quotes to customers
  • Following up on leads and quotations to progress opportunities
  • Learning about our technical PPE products and how they are used in industry
  • Attending internal sales meetings and training sessions
  • Working closely with the wider team including operations and customer service
  • Updating customer records and maintaining accurate data in our systems

Where you'll work

UNIT A1
TAMERTON ROAD BUSINESS PARK
HAXTER WOOD CHASE
ROBOROUGH
PL6 7FR

Training

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

Training provider

CITY COLLEGE PLYMOUTH

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

This training schedule has not been finalised. Check with this employer if you’ll need to travel to a college or training location for this apprenticeship.

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Day 1 Mindset
  • Driven Person
  • Willing to go the Extra Mile

About this employer

We are a fast-growing, UK-based manufacturer of high-performance protective clothing, supplying major utilities, infrastructure, and industrial clients across the UK and Europe. As a vertically integrated business, we design, manufacture, and stock our own technical garments, giving us full control over quality, innovation, and delivery.

At Vailos, we are building a high-performance team focused on growth, accountability, and delivering real value to our customers. This is an opportunity to join a business that is scaling quickly, where your contribution will be recognised and your career can develop rapidly

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After this apprenticeship

  • Opportunity to be empolyed full time, and opportunities to progress into Sales Area Mangers and more senior positions

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

VAILOS

Silas

silas.burtenshaw@vailos.co.uk

07385420584

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000028643.

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Closes on Sunday 31 May 2026