Sales Executive Level 4 Apprentice

CarFinance 247; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading digital car finance broker as a Sales Executive Apprentice and embark on an exciting journey to develop your sales skills. This apprenticeship offers hands-on experience across various departments, including Customer Onboarding and Sales Processing, ensuring you gain the knowledge needed to excel in a fast-paced environment. With opportunities for career progression and a supportive team, you'll thrive while learning and contributing to a dynamic business. If you're eager to grow and make an impact, this role is your gateway to a successful career in sales.

Benefits

Subsidised Onsite Parking

Free fruit, barista bar and juice bar

Onsite gym

Free transport to and from Piccadilly

Birthday off

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay

Time off for fertility appointments

Discount club

Healthcare Cash plan

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in customer service preferred.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Support customers throughout their car buying journey.
• Maintain accurate systems and achieve targets set by management.
• Complete apprenticeship coursework on time.

Skills

Customer Communication

Organizational Skills

Independence

Punctuality

Education

GCSEs (4-9 in 5 subjects including English & Maths)

Job description

About The Role

We are the leading digital car finance broker in the UK, we are a growing, fast paced exciting business and are keen to develop future sales talent and leaders through our Apprenticeship scheme. Our philosophy is to “grow our own” talent through providing strong learning and experience foundations that will allow you and us to succeed together. If you want to be rewarded for hard work, work in a fast paced, but fun environment and learn on the job developing skills that will set you up for a successful career then this could be the role for you.

Apprenticeship Assessment Date: 14th May 2025

Hours: 9-6 Monday to Friday (there may be some late shifts 10-7) and a requirement to work weekends as part of a rota (no more than 1 in 2 Saturdays and 1 in 4 Sundays) a day of in the week will be allocated when a Saturday or Sunday forms part of your rota.

Job Purpose:

As a Sales Executive Apprentice at CarFinance 247 you will be responsible for helping and supporting customers at every stage of their car buying journey. During your 18 months Apprenticeship you will be given rotations in Customer Onboarding, Sales Processing, Underwriting, Customer Care and Sales. This will provide you with exposure to all customer facing departments in our business and provide you with the skills and foundations to be a successful Account Manager on our sales floor.

Key Responsibilities:

• To represent the company in line with our brand values always providing excellent customer service
• To maintain all systems accurately ensuring that all information is up to date and correct
• To achieve your targets and KPI’s provided by your Departmental Manager
• To keep up to date with your apprenticeship course work ensuring all projects are completed on time
• To utilise the 20% of your working week allocated to college work in an appropriate manner
• Carry out day to day transactional administrative tasks, managing admin processes through the full employment life cycle from new starters through to exit
• Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues & key stakeholders at all levels
• Responding to ad hoc requests for information and support from our colleagues
• Lead by example, demonstrating integrity and respect aligned to the Group’s behaviours
• Communicate effectively to all employees at all levels

About You

Key Experience Required:

• Work experience dealing with customers and communicating in a busy environment is preferred
• A confident communicator, comfortable with speaking on the phone in a professional manner
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Good organisational skills with the ability to juggle multiple activities at any given time
• A hard worker who is punctual and willing to work hard to succeed
• 4-9 in 5 x GCSE subjects including English & Maths

About Us

• Subsidised Onsite Parking.
• Free fruit, barista bar and juice bar.
• Onsite gym.
• Free transport to and from Piccadilly.
• Birthday off!
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay.
• Time off from day-one for fertility appointments.
• Discount club.
• Healthcare Cash plan.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme.
• Excellent career progression across the business.

Car Finance 247 is an award-winning business just outside of Manchester City Centre. We create personalised and high quality customer experiences driven by outstanding tech, streamlined process and most importantly, amazing people. Over the next 12 months we have exciting upcoming projects to cement our position as market leaders in every aspect of our business and that journey starts with attracting the best talent.

As an equal opportunity’s employer, the 247 Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the 247 Group.