Sales Executive Apprenticeship
Inxpress
ROCHDALE (OL12 6AE)
Closes in 16 days (Sunday 21 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Join us as a Sales Executive Apprentice and gain hands-on experience selling carrier and transportation services to business customers. Develop essential sales skills, earn while you learn, and grow your confidence in a supportive team environment — building the perfect foundation for a successful career in sales.
- Wage
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£16,500 a year
- Training course
- Sales executive (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 09.00 - 17.00.
No weekends.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
During your apprenticeship you'll use the skills you have learned from our training partner and your time "on the job". We envisage your work to develop in stages.
Early Stage – Learning the Ropes
- Making introductory calls to businesses to identify potential customers
- Researching companies to understand their shipping needs
- Recording and updating key information in our CRM system
- Learning about our carrier and transportation services
Mid Stage – Building Confidence
- Supporting the sales team with preparing and sending quotes
- Learning how to explain our products and services to customers
- Developing your communication and persuasion skills
- Understanding customer needs and matching them with the right solutions
Later Stage – Becoming a Sales Professional
- Negotiating competitive rates and service agreements
- Gaining a strong commercial understanding of pricing and margins
- Managing your own leads and converting them into new customers
- Supporting the onboarding of new clients and building lasting relationships
Where you'll work
EMPIRE HOUSE
COLLEGE ROAD
ROCHDALE
OL12 6AE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
HIT TRAINING LTD
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
As a Sales Executive Apprentice, you’ll get the best of both worlds — structured training from our expert training partner HIT Training and hands-on experience with our sales team.
Formal Training with HIT Training (20% of your time)
- A bespoke training plan put together with you
- Interactive online learning sessions and workshops
- One-to-one coaching with your dedicated HIT trainer
- Training on sales techniques, negotiation, and customer engagement
- Regular progress reviews and preparation for your End Point Assessment
On-the-Job Experience (80% of your time)
- Work alongside our experienced sales team from day one
- Make real calls to businesses to identify potential customers
- Learn how to prepare quotes, negotiate rates, and win new business
- Gain commercial awareness and understand our products and services
- Build confidence by developing relationships with customers and managing your own leads over time
By the end of the programme, you’ll have Level 4 Sales Executive Certification, real-world experience, and the confidence to launch a successful career in sales.
More training information
Your apprenticeship will be delivered in partnership with HIT Training, one of the UK’s leading providers of professional sales apprenticeships. With expert trainers, tailored learning plans, and one-to-one support, HIT Training will help you develop the skills, confidence, and knowledge you need to succeed. On completion, you’ll gain a nationally recognised Sales Executive Level 4 qualification, which also makes you eligible for Sales Certification at Level 4 with the Association of Professional Sales (APS) — a valuable industry-recognised accreditation to boost your future career.
You can see more about the training course at https://hittraining.co.uk/apprenticeship/sales-executive-apprenticeship/
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
About this employer
At InXpress, we’re a global shipping and logistics specialist, helping businesses of all sizes manage their carrier and transportation needs. As a trusted partner to leading carriers, we provide our customers with access to world-class delivery solutions, competitive rates, and exceptional service. With a strong focus on innovation, customer relationships, and growth, we’re passionate about helping businesses succeed — and we want you to be part of that journey.
After this apprenticeship
Completing the Sales Executive Level 4 Apprenticeship sets you up for an exciting future. With your qualification and real-world experience, you’ll be ready to step up as a fully-fledged Sales Executive within our team, with ongoing opportunities to develop your career.. You’ll also gain a nationally recognised qualification and Sales Certification at Level 4 with the Association of Professional Sales (APS) — giving you the confidence and credentials to succeed whether you continue to grow with us or take your skills in another direction.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Inxpress
Paul Edwards
Supportuk501@inxpress.com
01706580292
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339837.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Sunday 21 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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