Job Description:

Job information Trade Sales Apprentice from the Company EDA Apprenticeship plus, this latest Trade Sales Apprentice job vacancy is located in the city Gateshead NE QD located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate Bachelor Degree . Job Vacancies in this Customer field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Title: Trade Sales Apprenticeship

Location: Gateshead NE11 - Team Valley Trading Estate

Hours: 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday to Friday = 40hrs per week with 1hr Lunch break.

25 days paid holiday plus all bank holidays.

Summary of the Apprenticeship Role

As a Trade Supplier Apprentice, you will be working in all aspects of the business from Administration, Customer service and sales. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone like you to start your career in the Electrical Wholesale sector.

We are looking for a highly motivated apprentice to join our busy branch. After full training, responsibilities will include:

• Liaising with customers on the trade counter
• Completing the sales paperwork in the office
• Raising quotations
• Taking payments
• Sales calls to customers/suppliers
• Processing orders on the computer system
• Answering customer enquires

Apprenticeship Training

As an apprentice you will complete a Trade Supplier Level 2 qualification with a national Training Provider. Your apprenticeship Training will focus on your job, is completed at the workplace, and you will be allocated a tutor and a study session in your working week.

Components of the Trade Supplier Level 2 Apprenticeship

· Competence/Knowledge based qualification

· Functional Skills - Maths/ English (if required)

· End Point Assessment - Final Knowledge Test, Observation and Discussion

Skills and Qualities we are looking for

• Confident when speaking to people on the telephone and face to face
• Can work well in a team
• Good communicator
• Excellent Maths and English skills (GCSE Grade A-C/9- 4)
• Hardworking individual who is self-motivated
• A positive approach
• Efficient
• Flexible
• Ambitious and keen to work and learn

Benefits

· Training and support to gain your nationally recognised and accredited qualification

· Excellent pay rate

· Access to further inhouse training

· Career progression in the company

Once you have successfully completed your apprenticeship, and all being well, there will be a full-time role with the company. From there you could progress to other job roles such as external sales, team leader, assistant manager and even Branch Manager.

Company Description:

Park Electrical

Park Electrical Distributors has over 30 years of experience and expertise in the wholesale industry. As the largest privately-owned wholesaler in the North East, we are focused on delivering the very best in service, value and quality. With an adaptive and forward-thinking company ethos we ensure that we meet our customer needs in every aspect of electrical wholesale, supply and solution based services.

How to apply and what we need from you

· A full CV detailing all your experience as well all school grades and any other further education grades

· Questions that are supplied need to be answered in as much detail as possible

· You will need to be contactable via phone and Indeed Message during the first week of your application as we will contact each candidate to check if they are still available.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £16,744.00-£26,208.00 per year

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Application question(s):

• Can you drive or are you taking lessons?
• Why did you apply for this role?
• How will you travel to Team Valley Trading Estate NE11 and how long will it take you?

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Gateshead NE11

Keywords : Gateshead jobs
Closed Date : 2025-08-20