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Sales Assistant / General Assistant Apprenticeship

Employer
Sussex Skills Solutions
Location
Newhaven, East Sussex
Salary
£168.00 per week
Closing date
22 Aug 2019

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Job Details

We are looking to expand our team with the opening of a sales/general assistant role which will include taking and making calls and emails to existing and new customers, creating documents on the system, picking and packing of orders, supporting customers and speaking to suppliers. Support and training will be provided.

We are a small and friendly team based in Newhaven and are currently looking for an apprentice to fill our company’s need for a sales operative/general assistant.

This role is to support our existing sales team by using our existing customer base to help improve sales and our services. Once confidant at this role the applicant can then add the task of sourcing new customers to improve our existing customer base.

This role will be a mix of duties such as:

General Sales Duties:

  • Taking/making phone calls and emails to existing and new customers – to begin with this will be mainly talking with existing customers to gain confidence
  • Taking care of the customers’ needs and trying to make the most out of our customer base
  • The possibility of dipping into marketing by the creation and sending of a company promotional newsletter / offers etc.
  • Helping to support our existing sales team
  • Taking orders, creating sales estimates, sales orders, sales invoices and as skills increase this could lead to taking online payments

General Assistant Roles:

  • Answering telephone in a friendly and professional manor
  • Develop and maintain general customer service skills
  • When needed should be able to help process orders, this will include picking, checking and the packing of orders
  • Workspace and warehouse maintenance – Keeping their work space clean and clear, sweeping/vacuuming the floors to promote general workplace tidiness

The candidate will be working as part of a team but may have to work on their own if needed. Training will be provided.

Please email Ollie.Drake@leadsdirect.co.uk with your application as well as applying through the “Find an Apprenticeship” website.

If your application is approved, we will then book an informal telephone interview, if successful we can then arrange a visit to the site with the additional option of a work trial to see if this would be something you would like to proceed with.

Requirements and prospects Desired skills

  • You will need to be computer literate and by this we mean you should be able to use computers and Microsoft packages
  • You will need to have English and maths 
  • Your time keeping needs to be excellent

Personal qualities

  • We want you to be able work well as part of a team and to have good communications skills
  • You will fit in well with our team if you are outgoing, friendly and polite

Desired qualifications

You don't need any particular qualifications but we'd like you to be positive and enthusiastic.

Future prospects

Upon completion of the apprenticeship we are expecting to be able to offer a permanent position.

Things to consider

We are located in Newhaven East Sussex and are accessible by public transport, train (either Newhaven Harbour or Newhaven Town) and bus (Newhaven Harbour station being at the end of the road with a short walk). We don’t have private parking as the forecourt is used mainly for moving pallets both in and out but there is parking available in one of the many side roads.

The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

 

Apprenticeship summary

Weekly wage - £168.00
Working week - Monday - Friday: 9.00 - 17.30. Total hours per week: 40.00
Expected duration - 13 months
Possible start date - 01 Aug 2019
Date posted - 09 Jul 2019
Apprenticeship level - Intermediate Level Apprenticeship
Positions - 2 available

About the employer

Leads Direct are a small and growing team based in Newhaven, East Sussex. We source, manufacture, distribute and service products for all kinds of companies and sectors including manufactureing, medical, military, aerospace, industrial, musicm, viedo and computer industries. We mainly supply B2B (Business to Business) throughout the UK and also worldwide but do supply to end users.

We have a client base with thousands of active customers. We ship small parcels, multiple box consignments and pallet loads of goods all over the world.

Employer
Leads Direct

Address
89 Railway Road
Newhaven
BN9 0AY

Company

Bringing an innovative approach to the delivery of apprenticeships and employer-focused skills training in the South East, East Sussex College Group is a joint venture between Sussex Downs College and Sussex Coast College Hastings.

East Sussex College Group is an apprenticeship and skills training specialist serving the whole of Sussex.

Did you know?

East Sussex College Group is a working partnership between Sussex Coast College Hastings and Sussex Downs College, and since launching, has worked with a number of businesses in the South East to help them utilise funding streams and create their own internal training programmes.

Plus, by drawing on decades of experience and expertise from staff at both colleges, East Sussex College Group is able to successfully match the right apprentice in a role that is right for the business and the individual.

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If you would like to find out more about how East Sussex College Group can help you, please get in touch on 030 300 39777, info@sussexskillssolutions.co.uk or at: www.sussexskillssolutions.co.uk

 

 

 

 

Company info
Telephone
030 300 39871
Location
ECAT House
Cross Levels Way
Eastbourne
BN21 2UF
GB

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