Business developer Review

Everyday I go through a call list of our depots customers and try to contact them to generate leads and gain sales. I also go through our daily depot invoice which is a list of all our customer transactions from the last day and if they traded elsewhere I call them and ask why they did that.

My IT and computer skills have increased massively as almost all my work takes place on a computer. Also my vocal skills and confidence on the phone and in person has also increased massively due to talking on the phone so frequently.

I find the general day to day work of my programme very enjoyable and one thing I love about my programme is the variety of activities I do. It feels as if I am never doing the same thing over and over and It never feels like a check box exercise.

My programme is very well structured and varied to my needs.

I find that I receive a lot of support from my employer and fellow colleagues

I dont recieve a lot of support from my training provider as the tutor I have been assigned has only contacted me maybe 4 times in the last year and most of work is unengaging.

I feel that my qualification helps me to perform better in my role due to the over lap in content I learn and then put into practise. For example I have to deal with a lot of customer complaints and in my course for my qualification I have learned how to deal with complaints.

Yes there are many extra curricular activities I am able to partake in through my employer such as depot night outs for example after the sale period the entire depot went to the local pub where we all ate on the company card as a reward for the hard work we put in during the sale.

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When considering whether to recommend howdens employment to friend you must first differentiate the roles. The warehouse line of work is completely different to the role in Business development. But just recommending the Business developer role the work isn't easy but you will be supported through the work and the pay is very good for an apprentice.

Learn doors, Doors are a quintessential part of what we sell and they can differentiate so much through material and size and colour and finish. So to learn doors will be very helpful.