Trade Supplier Apprentice

Albion Transmission Ltd

UK (S71 3GN)

Closes in 10 days (Tuesday 7 October 2025)

Posted on 26 September 2025

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Summary

Assisting customers with product information, identifying their requirements, and providing high-quality service over the phone and face-to-face.

• Wage:

  £15,704 to £25,396.80, depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage

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  Starting salary in excess of apprenticeship basic, dependent on age and any previous experience.

• Training course: Trade supplier (level 2)
• Hours: Shifts to be confirmed between the hours of 8.00am - 4.30pm, with 30mins lunch, 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

  40 hours a week

• Start date:

  Tuesday 4 November 2025

• Duration:

  1 year 3 months

• Positions available:

  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

Key Responsibilities:

Sales & Merchandising:

Applying selling techniques, including upselling and link selling, to secure and complete sales transactions

Product Expertise:

Developing a strong understanding of the products offered by the business, including their technical specifications, to guide customer decisions

Warehouse Operations:

Gaining knowledge in warehousing and stock control, including the safe movement, storage, assembly, and dispatch of goods

Administration:

Processing business documentation accurately and adhering to data protection and security standards

Purchasing & Logistics:

Assisting with account management and the overall flow of goods and services between manufacturers and customers

Where you'll work

Longfields Court
Barnsley
UK
S71 3GN

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD

Training course

Trade supplier (level 2)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

• Knowledge and understanding of the organisation’s: communicating confidently to internal and external customers about the company and how it operates
• Knowledge and understanding of the organisation’s: identifying and communicating with the relevant person if a threat or risk to the business is identified
• specialist trade customer profile of the business: using appropriate techniques and forms of communication to put customers at ease and gain their trust.
• specialist trade customer profile of the business: delivering customer service that exceeds customer expectations
• specialist trade customer profile of the business: identifying customer requirements and referring them onwards in an appropriate manner
• trade counter and telesales services: assisting customers in exploring product ranges and alternative and complementary products and services, based on the fundamental underpinning product knowledge
• trade counter and telesales services: identifying the customers’ requirements, matching them to the trade supplier’s products and services
• trade counter and telesales services: delivering accurate product information, to enable the customer to make a decision on products and services and know how to access the detailed technical specification of a product when required.
• trade counter and telesales services: securing a trade sale using appropriate selling techniques, both face to face and on the telephone, and methods to complete the transaction.
• trade counter and telesales services: applying basic merchandising techniques used within the business.
• trade counter and telesales services: applying the key principles of selling in a trade supplier environment, using a variety of methods, which may include unique selling points, upselling, and link selling to secure and complete sales transactions.
• trade counter and telesales services: communicating with customers using various methods and systems appropriate to the situation
• trade counter and telesales services: applying the key principles of administration and working practices to accurately prepare, store, communicate and process businesses documentation.
• trade counter and telesales services: processing information, to the key standards of data protection, security and intellectual property rights.
• key principles of warehousing and stock control: processing and recording the receipt, storage, assembly and despatch of goods.
• key principles of warehousing and stock control: receiving stock, despatching customer orders and processing returns in line with company processes.
• key principles of warehousing and stock control: loading /unloading of supplier and contractor vehicles
• technologies that are appropriate to the role: using technology appropriately and efficiently in line with business policy, e.g. PoS (point of sale) machines, PCs
• technologies that are appropriate to the role: demonstrating the use of various technologies, e.g. bespoke/in house or off the shelf software packages to others.
• legislative responsibilities relating to the business, products and/or services being sold: complying with legal requirements to minimise risk and build customer confidence.
• legislative responsibilities relating to the business, products and/or services being sold: minimising disruption to the business and maintaining the safety and security of people at all time
• legislative responsibilities relating to the business, products and/or services being sold: taking appropriate action if a breach of H&S regulations is identified.
• personal responsibilities and performance contribute to the success of the team and the business: building two-way trust and contribute to working within a team
• personal responsibilities and performance contribute to the success of the team and the business: collaborating with colleagues to resolve problems.
• personal responsibilities and performance contribute to the success of the team and the business: managing personal performance by completing tasks to agreed standards and timescales and by taking action to resolve problems and communicating issues beyond own level of competence.
• personal responsibilities and performance contribute to the success of the team and the business: demonstrating effective time management through planning and prioritising own workload.
• personal responsibilities and performance contribute to the success of the team and the business: identifying own strengths, weaknesses and development needs.

Training schedule

Trade Supplier Level 2 training provided with Learning Skills Partnership

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

• Maths (grade 4/C)
• English (grade 4/C)

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

Other requirements

Working hours will be 40 hours per week 8am-4.30pm, with 30mins lunch, 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Starting salary in excess of apprenticeship basic, dependent on age and any previous experience.

About this employer

Albion Transmission have been a trusted MRO products supplier for over 30 years located in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. We strive to deliver high quality components quickly and efficiently- going the extra mile to keep industries moving no matter how tough the requirement. Whilst providing machining services, we also supply a full range of bearings, pneumatics, power transmission products and engineering consumables.

After this apprenticeship

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LEARNING SKILLS PARTNERSHIP LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343954.

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Closes in 10 days (Tuesday 7 October 2025)

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