Sales Consultant Apprentice
Zerri
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE (NE6 1LL)
Closes on Friday 27 November 2026
Posted on 26 October 2026
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a talented, driven and ambitious apprentice who wants to develop a career in business. We are a growing company based in Newcastle. The successful apprentice has the chance, upon completion of the apprenticeship, to progress within the company.
- Wage
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£16,250 a year
- Training course
- Sales executive (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 9:00am–5:00pm, 35 hours, 1-hour unpaid lunch.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 30 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
- Help find and contact potential clients.
- Make introductory calls and send emails with guidance from the team.
- Arrange sales calls and meetings.
- Keep client details and sales records up to date.
- Help prepare sales documents and proposals.
- Follow up with potential clients as directed.
- Learn about Zerri’s services and the sales process.
- Support the sales team with day-to-day tasks.
Where you'll work
2.03 QUAYSIDE
14 ALBION ROW
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE6 1LL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ZENITH TRAINING 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
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
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
Zerri helps businesses identify energy opportunities that combine low environmental impact with high commercial value.
Our services include solar export, Power Purchase Agreements and P442 optimisation.
We use market expertise and data analysis to help clients increase revenue, reduce energy costs and avoid unnecessary charges.
Our goal is simple: generate more, pay less and waste nothing
https://www.zerri.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Potential to porgress into a full-time role upont completion of apprenticeship for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ZENITH TRAINING LIMITED
Faye Turner
faye@we-are-zenith.com
01914906765
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000061007.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 27 November 2026