Trainee Business Development Executive Apprenticeship

BEAUMONT RECOVERIES LIMITED

LEEDS (LS11 7HL)

Closes in 12 days (Friday 16 October 2026)

Posted on 2 October 2026

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Summary

This qualification teaches the core principles of consultative selling and account management required to enhance the customer journey. You will undertake training in all aspects of the end-to-end consultative sales and account management process, providing you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours required of a professional salesperson.

• Wage:

  £22,000 a year

  Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

  Uncapped commission from day one

• Training course: Sales executive (level 4)
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm with an early finish every Friday.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 19 October 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

As a Trainee Business Development Executive, you'll learn everything you need to become a successful salesperson. You'll be supported by experienced managers who will coach you every step of the way.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Speaking to new and existing customers over the phone
• Answering inbound enquiries and qualifying potential clients
• Making outbound calls to introduce our debt recovery services
• Building relationships with businesses and individuals
• Learning how to identify sales opportunities and convert enquiries into new clients
• Keeping customer records up to date using our CRM system
• Working closely with our Managing Director and Operations team
• Following up with prospective clients and maintaining a healthy sales pipeline
• Helping create engaging content across our social media platforms
• Working towards achievable daily, weekly, and monthly targets while earning uncapped commission

Where you'll work

OFFICE 32
THE SUGAR MILL
OAKHURST ROAD
LEEDS
LS11 7HL

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)

Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)

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

We deliver this qualification as a blended learning programme which includes both physical and virtual classrooms, eLearning modules, skills development activities, on the job training and most importantly one-to-one coaching and support on a monthly basis from a 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
• Organisation skills
• Team working
• Initiative
• Resilient
• Confident
• Motivated by targets

Other requirements

Previous experience in retail, hospitality, customer service, telesales, or sales is beneficial but not essential.

About this employer

As one of the UK's leading debt recovery specialists, we're known for delivering fast, effective solutions for businesses and individuals.

https://www.beaumont-recoveries.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

• Full training and ongoing development
• Clear career progression opportunities
• Pension scheme
• Additional holidays including bank holidays, Christmas, and your birthday off
• All-expenses-paid team nights out at some of Leeds' best venues
• Regular social events including quiz nights, gaming nights, and more
• Top performer incentives and prizes
• On-site café

After this apprenticeship

Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).

We'll provide full training, ongoing coaching, and support to help you develop into a successful Business Development Executive.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BMS PROGRESS LLP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000056993.

Apply now

Closes in 12 days (Friday 16 October 2026)

After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.