Apprentice Sales Office Support Coordinator

Alfa Laval UK&I are looking for 4 Sales Support Apprentices Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers and society.

Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping.

As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.

About the Role Alfa Laval UK&I are offering a 18-month fixed term contract opportunity for 4x Sales Support Apprentices. The successful candidates will be working alongside our experienced teams throughout the business within our head office, currently based in Camberley.

This is a full-time role .You will be working towards a Level 3 Business Administration qualification, for which you will be required to attend Farnborough College of Technology 1 day in every 2 weeks during your working hours.

For the role itself, you will be supporting the customer service, sales teams and business support functions with their daily activities across the business including our three divisions, Food &Pharma, Energy and Ocean.

Key roles include: · Accurate entry of orders received via email and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange); with a focus on Right First-Time accuracy · Manage and communicate with own customer base effectively to ensure the highest level of customer service is maintained · Answer all internal and external customer queries effectively and in a timely manner · Monitor systems to ensure orders have been dispatched within agreed timescales Working alongside our Service Operations team ensuring engineers are booked on work correctly and Health and Safety standards met · Liaise with Manufacturing and Distribution Centre’s to ensure delivery is effectively coordinated · Resolution of claims · Build external relationships with existing and new customer base · Identify any continuous improvement initiatives · Managing open order backlog on a daily basis to secure timely invoicing · Assisting and working alongside our sales teams, customer service and shared services Who you are and what you know · You have great Communication skills · You have solid IT and administrative skills · You have great attention to detail · You have good organisational skills · You are customer focussed · You have good problem solving skills · You work well in a team as well as individually For this role and apprenticeship course we will require you to have achieved a GCSE Level 4 (C) or above in Maths and English.

Why work for us Alfa Laval UK&I currently provides a wide range of benefits, schemes, and initiatives to our employees including: · We are offering a healthy apprentice salary.

We are a well-established business with a lovely working environment and culture. · Holiday entitlement of 25 days + Bank holidays · Simply Health – Health cash plan available to enter worth over £2500 annually · Life Assurance – 4X annual salary when you remain in the pension · Training and Career Development potential · Cycle to work scheme · Tech scheme benefit Our commitment to integrity We care about diversity, inclusion, and equity in our recruitment processes.

We also believe behavioural traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

Playing the games is mandatory. For more information, please contact Reece Watmore, Talent Acquisition Partner,  reece.watmore@alfalaval.com Closing date for applications – 7th November 2027.

This role will remain open until a suitable candidate has been selected. As part of the recruitment process you will need to show your right to work in the UK.

Please note that, due to GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), we do not accept applications sent via email. We look forward to reviewing your application!