Sales Apprentice for Righton Blackburns
AMARI METALS LIMITED
Saltash (PL12 6LZ)
Closes in 11 days (Thursday 5 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 19 February 2026
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Summary
The sales apprentice supports the commercial team by sourcing, pricing and selling a wide range of metal products. They assist with customer enquiries, quotations, and manage orders. While developing product knowledge and understanding supply‑chain processes, they build strong relationships with clients to contribute to achieving targets.
- Wage
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£23,000 a year
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Pension and profit share, after qualifying period
- Training course
- Sales executive (level 4)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5pm.
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 9 March 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
The apprentice will support the sale’s team, initially offering relief and structure to their everyday activities. Assist customers with their questions and enquiries in person, by phone and email. Learn detailed information over time about products and services. Precure and restock the warehouse with fast-moving stock. Create and expand over time a portfolio of trading sales accounts.
Where you'll work
Long Acre
Saltash Parkway Industrial Estate
Saltash
PL12 6LZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER 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
Virtual training with dedicated training provider.
More training information
There will be a structured induction and training within the work place, with regular reviews from the management team.
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
- Customer care skills
- Commercial Awareness
- Motivation
About this employer
Righton Blackburns is an independent metals and plastics stockholder and distributor. We are recognised as the leading supplier to a diverse customer base and our unrivalled commitment to customer service and extensive technical experience ensures we are perfectly equipped to respond to a diverse range of customer requirements from general engineering to safety critical applications.
After this apprenticeship
Career progression is encouraged, opportunities within the group for progression are numerous and will always be supported.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER LTD
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000016699.
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Closes in 11 days (Thursday 5 March 2026 at 11:59pm)