Summary
Start your career in a busy sales office with a leading construction products supplier. You’ll handle customer enquiries, prepare quotes and manage orders from enquiry to delivery, while completing a Level 3 Business Administrator apprenticeship.
What you will do at work
- Handle calls and emails from contractors and installers, and find out what they need
- Learn to prepare accurate quotations for stock products and cut-to-size panels
- Process orders from first enquiry through to delivery, keeping customers updated along the way
- Liaise with the workshop, warehouse and transport teams on stock, lead times and delivery dates
- Keep customer, order and project records accurate and up to date on company systems
- Support sales colleagues with follow-ups, existing accounts and new opportunities
- Learn how commercial targets work and help the team achieve them
- Provide general administrative support to the wider team
- Suggest improvements to how orders are handled and how customers are looked after
Requirements and skills
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
Qualifications
- GCSE English (4) – essential
- GCSE Maths (4) – essential
About this employer
Our client is a leading UK distributor and fabricator of façade cladding, building boards and fire protection products. They supply contractors and installers across the construction industry. They have been established for over 25 years, and in Hull for over 20. They stock the major cladding brands, cut and shape panels in-house, and deliver straight to site with their own fleet.
They are a relationship-led business with a supportive, experienced team, and they have taken on apprentices before. This role is the start of a long-term career, not a short-term placement.
After this apprenticeship
This is a long-term career opportunity. For someone who works hard and wants to progress, routes include:
- Specialist Product Management
- Project Management
- Area Sales Manager
- Sales Office Manager
- Branch Manager