Sales Degree Apprentice
Molson Coors Beverage Company
Recruiting nationally
Closes on Friday 15 January 2027
Posted on 14 October 2026
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Summary
Over three years, you’ll rotate through at least three roles within our Commercial function, gaining hands-on experience in Commercial Excellence and a strong understanding of key activities, such as, Customer Relationship Management: Business Development Marketing & Selling: Team Management.
- Wage
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£23,500 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
Our Total Rewards package includes a base salary of - £23,500 plus a 5.5% target annual bonus, alongside a comprehensive benefits offering designed to support different needs and life stages.
- Training course
- Business to business sales professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, various working hours to suit the events to be confirmed.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 September 2027
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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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
- Customer Relationship Management: Building strong partnerships tailored to the unique demands of on-trade and off-trade customers
- Business Development: Identifying growth opportunities and crafting strategies that align with the distinct dynamics of both markets
- Marketing & Selling: Understanding consumer behaviour and designing campaigns that resonate with hospitality venues and retail audiences alike
- Team Management: Leading and collaborating with teams to drive performance and achieve sales targets across different trade channels
Where you'll work
This is a mobile role, and you could be placed in any area of the UK.
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY
Training course
Business to business sales professional (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Working with others: Influential, able to conduct stakeholder analysis and develop strong relationships at all levels, internally and externally, to build trust. Interacts professionally and ethically maintaining a positive and flexible attitude. Demonstrates emotional intelligence.
- Consultative Selling: Works with customers to identify new business and market challenges, utilising insights and good questioning and listening techniques. Identifies strategic & innovative solutions integrating products and excellent service solutions, to meet customer needs.
- Pitching: Leads a confident, clear and compelling sales pitch in front of a customer, which builds rapport, establishes credibility and delivers commercial benefit. Handles questions, objections and demonstrates the value of the proposal in a clear, quantifiable way.
- Negotiation and Closing: Applies the principles of negotiation, develops strategies and tactics to a mutually agreeable outcome, ensuring both customer and supplier leave committed to the outcome.
- Psychology of Sales: Critically reflects on the different psychological needs of customers and other key stakeholders in the buying/selling process. Takes into account strategic and organisational context when adapting their sales approaches, by using the psychological models pertinent to developing positive and ethical buyer and seller relationships.
- Leveraging Digital Business: Adopts different approaches to social selling & digital technologies which aid the sales process. Develops a digital selling strategy that leverages social selling to support lead generation, nurturing and customer engagement. Develops digital networks and drives insight-led engagements. Measures results and return on investment.
Training schedule
Over three years, you’ll rotate through at least three roles within our Commercial function, gaining hands-on experience in Commercial Excellence and a strong understanding of key activities.
Our Chartered Sales Program provides comprehensive exposure to diverse sales environments, including on-trade (bars, restaurants, and hospitality) and off-trade (retail stores, supermarkets, and convenience outlets).
You'll gain hands-on experience working with various sales teams, developing critical skills.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Adaptable
- Curious
- Collaborative
- Passionate
- Proactive
Other requirements
Full driving Licence for use in the UK is essential.
About this employer
Molson Coors has been bringing people together over a cold beer for more than 200 years. Our brands include Coors, Carling, Madri Excepcional, Blue Moon, Staropramen, Doom Bar, Aspall and Rekorderlig. We operate in over 100 countries, with 16,000 colleagues who care about great beer, responsible drinking and a more sustainable future.
http://www.molsoncoors.com (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Benefits are flexible and include health, dental and vision coverage, a pension with up to 10% employer match, wellbeing support, an Employee Assistance Programme, life leave, and 31 days’ annual leave plus 3 bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell additional holiday.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
This program is your gateway to mastering the art of sales in dynamic and competitive markets, equipping you to succeed in both on-trade and off-trade environments.
You’ll also explore how different business areas drive overall success, preparing you for future management roles.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Molson Coors Beverage Company
Rebecca Marandola
rebecca.marandola@molsoncoors.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000059145.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 15 January 2027
After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.