SALES EXECUTIVE APPRENTICE
GBICS.COM LIMITED
CIRENCESTER (GL7 1YZ)
Closes in 17 days (Monday 26 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 9 October 2026
Contents
Summary
We're looking for two enthusiastic, confident and motivated individuals to join our growing sales team at GBICS.
This is an exciting opportunity to begin a career in technical sales while working towards a nationally recognised Sales Executive Level 4 apprenticeship.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
If you progress successfully you will receive pay rises as follows:
6 months: £22,000
On completion of the apprenticeship: £24,000 - Training course
- Sales executive (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm with an hour for lunch.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 10 November 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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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
We're looking for two enthusiastic, confident and motivated individuals to join our growing sales team at GBICS.
This is an exciting opportunity to begin a career in technical sales while working towards a nationally recognised Sales Executive Level 4 apprenticeship.
As a Sales Executive Apprentice, you'll work alongside the Sales Director, Operations Director and Marketing Team, gaining hands-on experience across the sales process and developing the skills and knowledge needed for a career in technical sales.
Customer communication is a key part of this role and you'll spend a significant amount of time speaking with both new and existing customers over the telephone. This could involve following up an online order to understand a customer's requirements, responding to enquiries, following up leads from marketing campaigns or keeping in touch with existing accounts.
You'll learn how to ask the right questions, understand what a customer needs and confidently discuss the products and solutions available. As your knowledge and experience grow, you'll take on more responsibility for developing customer relationships, generating new opportunities and managing accounts.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Speaking with new and existing customers regularly by telephone to understand their requirements, answer questions and build strong relationships
- Following up website enquiries and web orders by phone to understand customer requirements and identify further opportunities
- Following up leads generated through marketing campaigns
- Making outbound calls to prospective and existing customers as part of lead generation and account management activity
- Building and maintaining relationships with new and existing customers
- Supporting account management activities and maintaining regular contact with customers
- Learning about GBICS' range of fibre optic transceivers, cabling and NVIDIA networking products so you can confidently discuss these with customers
- Preparing quotations and carrying out general sales administration
- Maintaining accurate customer records using internal systems
- Working closely with the Sales Director, Operations Director and Marketing Team to support business growth
- Providing excellent customer service throughout the sales process
- Working towards agreed sales and personal development objectives
- Completing your Sales Executive Level 4 apprenticeship and applying your learning within the workplace
What You'll Gain:
- A nationally recognised Sales Executive Level 4 apprenticeship
- Experience working within a successful technology business
- Hands-on experience across sales, lead generation, account management and customer relationship management
- Product knowledge across networking, connectivity and Nvidia technologies
- Support and mentoring from experienced professionals
- The opportunity to develop valuable commercial and sales skills that will support your future career
Where you'll work
UNIT 4
GLOBAL BUSINESS PARK
14 WILKINSON ROAD
CIRENCESTER
GL7 1YZ
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
Sales Executive Level 4.
You will learn with a mixture of on the job training, online lessons and in person visits with your training provider at your workplace.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or above)
- Maths (grade 4 or above)
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Excellent phone communication
About this employer
We are a team of industry experts and technology enthusiasts dedicated to revolutionizing the way businesses connect and communicate. With years of experience in the networking industry, our team brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table. We pride ourselves on our ability to understand the unique needs of each client and provide tailored solutions that exceed expectations.
Our mission at GBICS is simple: to provide our customers with reliable, cost-effective networking solutions that enhance performance, scalability, and security. We believe that by offering cutting-edge products and exceptional service, we can empower businesses of all sizes to achieve their goals and unlock their full potential.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
GBICS is looking to invest in people for the long term. For the right candidates, this apprenticeship offers the opportunity to progress into a permanent role on successful completion of the programme, with the chance to develop a career in technical sales, account management and business development as the business continues to grow.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
GBICS.COM LIMITED
Hannah Hockley
hannah@theapprenticeshippartner.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000058315.
Apply now
Closes in 17 days (Monday 26 October 2026 at 11:59pm)