Careers

This is a fantastic opportunity for a pro-active person looking to develop a successful career within Sales. Your enthusiasm will be rewarded with a great working environment and huge amounts of support to help you succeed. You will report directly to the Sales Administrator supporting in all elements of the sales delivery process.

What will the apprentice be doing?

- Telephone and email communication with customers and suppliers, with occasional face to face contact
- Processing sales orders for customers
- Ordering from suppliers
- Building relationships with customers and suppliers
- Sales support tasks such as administration, scanning, photocopying and filing
- Stock taking

What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?

- The successful candidate will undertake Sales Executive Level 3 Apprenticeship standard
- This is a work-based apprenticeship and you will have an allocated Professional Coach that will visit regularly and support in the workplace

What is the expected career progression after this apprenticeship?

- Possibility of a permanent role upon completion of apprenticeship for the right person

The successful candidate will have the following skills and personal qualities:

- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental

They will also have GCSE or equivalent Maths and English at grade 4-9. It would be beneficial to have excellent IT skills.

The apprenticeship is expected to last 18 months. The successful candidate will be required to work 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 5.00pm with an unpaid 1 hour lunch break each day.

Applicants must be aged over 18 to meet health and safety requirements on site. Though the role is mainly office based it may involve some time in the on-site Warehouse (to check stock etc.).

James Latham is one of the UK’s largest independent distributors of timber, panels and decorative surfaces. We supply products to a broad range of customers, from contractors and merchants, through to designers and makers. Our people are as important as our product ranges. With a history reaching back over 260 years, Lathams have always been innovators. We consistently push the boundaries of materials selection, from our origins in timber products, panels and doors, through to the modern day, where we sit as one of the sectors’ most recognised suppliers of cutting edge materials technologies, including decorative laminates, veneers, thermoplastics and acrylics. With specialist product managers enabling us to offer solutions and advice in the most challenging of applications. Operating from twelve branches throughout the UK and Ireland, we work with merchants & distributors, construction professionals, designers, architects and more, enabling the most demanding designs and construction projects to become reality. With this knowledge, experience and product range at our disposal, James Latham are the all round answer to your construction and design needs.