Business Development Sales Apprentice

BREATHE TECHNOLOGIES LTD

DARESBURY (WA4 4AB)

Closes in 17 days (Thursday 19 November 2026)

Posted on 2 November 2026

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Summary

This qualification teaches the core principles of consultative selling and account management required to enhance the customer journey and build loyalty to the employer.

The programme will help to build professionalism and confidence that will enable you to progress within your role, your organisation and in your careers.

• Wage:

  £25,000 a year

  Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)

  • Up to £5,000 OTE
  • Car allowance - £5,500 per year
• Training course: Sales executive (level 4)
• Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5pm, with flexibility for customer meetings and travel.

  37 hours 30 minutes a week

• Start date:

  Monday 4 January 2027

• Duration:

  1 year 6 months

• 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

You will own the journey from first conversation to signed order. Day to day, that means:

• Researching and contacting prospective customers to identify new business opportunities
• Qualifying leads and moving each opportunity through our sales stages, from Lead and Qualified through Prospect, Contract terms issued and Selected Vendor to Closed Won
• Presenting proposals in person and in writing, and walking customers through our standard form of contract and its key terms
• Keeping HubSpot accurate & up to date, including deal values, stages and expected close dates
• Preparing quotations, proposals and sales documentation
• Attending customer meetings, site visits and demonstrations, with support from experienced colleagues
• Working with our technical, service and support teams to shape solutions that fit each customer
• Contributing to the regular pipeline review with clear, honest forecasting

Where you'll work

TECH SPACE TWO
SCI TECH
KECKWICK LANE
DARESBURY
WA4 4AB

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.

You will spend a minimum of 6 hours per week on your 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
• Organisation skills
• Presentation skills
• Number skills
• Confidence
• Comfortable on the phone

Other requirements

A full UK driving licence is required, as the role involves regular travel to customers.

About this employer

Breathe Technologies supplies hardware, software and integration services to warehouse and fulfilment operations across the UK. We’re a tight-knit team of specialists who care about getting it right, not just at install, but long after.

https://breathetech.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Company benefits

Matched pension up to 5%

After this apprenticeship

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

This role is the start of a sales career with us. As you win business and build your own customer base, you can take on larger opportunities, wider responsibility and more of the recurring software and support book. On successful completion of your apprenticeship, you will be entitled to a 10% pay rise.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

BMS PROGRESS LLP

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000061701.

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Closes in 17 days (Thursday 19 November 2026)

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