Sales Executive

AO have an exciting opportunity for a Sales Executive to join our growing team based in Manchester. We are offering a highly competitive basic salary of £20,000 per annum with a realistic OTE of £41,500 (uncapped) with top earners taking home in excess of £60,000.

AO started small. An infamous £1 pub bet led to our launch in 2000. Fifteen years later, we have over two million customers, 1.7 million Facebook fans, with one in every four appliances bought online purchased through us. Our mission is to be the Best Electrical Retailer in Europe!

We are on the lookout for people who are driven to learn, have the ability to have fun as well as being smart and bold enough to try the unknown. Genuine, caring people make the difference, that’s why we only recruit people who embody the AO DNA.

Why not start your AO journey today?

What's the sales executive role all about?

- The basic salary for the role is £20,000pa with a realistic OTE of £41,500 (uncapped) with top earners taking home in excess of £60,000

- Defined career path as 79% of our Sales Managers have been promoted internally

- Market leading ISMM Endorsed Training Programme

- Warm calling existing customers selling a value added service

- Dynamic fast paced sales office

- Excellent Manchester city centre location

What will my responsibilities as a sales executive be?

- As a sales executive you will be building relationships, understanding customer needs, relating back and close deals

- Adopting a consultative approach to the sales process

- Working within a dynamic fast paced sales office

What skills does a sales executive need to have?

- Experience of working in a high activity outbound sales role

- Can demonstrate a clear understanding of the full sales cycle

- Experience of working in a consultative sales role

- A highly motivated attitude to targets

- Goal orientated with a passion to succeed

Why choose us?

At AO, you’re not just starting a job, you’re starting a career. People are our biggest asset and our vibrant and engaging culture is our biggest differentiator. We ensure that we create a happy, stimulating and challenging environment for all our employees to thrive in and be the best they can be.

We are a fast-paced, rapidly growing company, with endless career progression stories to tell. Our great office facilities and everything you need in one location, mean it’s no great surprise we were named “Retail Week Award’s Employer of the Year 2015.”

Every member of the AO family also gets to enjoy the following benefits:

- 33 days holiday – Including Bank Holidays for the perfect work/life balance

- New Year bonus for 100% attendance – (subject to start date)

- Free breakfasts, snacks & drinks all day, every day, plus heavily subsidised lunches

- Hugely discounted NCP car parking

- A hugely discounted gym membership

- Childcare vouchers to take care of the little people

- An enhanced Maternity and Paternity package for those with a new arrival (subject to length of service)

- A cycle to work scheme to encourage wellbeing

- Staff discount on ao. com products

- Contributory company pension scheme

- A world-class management training program

- Our Engage Me programme – we’ll stump up 50% of the cost of any activity you fancy doing with your work friends. So far we’ve done everything from snowboarding to scuba diving.

- Huge companywide social events every year…because we like to play hard as well as work hard

- Make a Difference days – 2 extra days paid leave to spend helping out a charity or worthy cause of your choice

Why not be a part of our future as a Sales Executive and click apply- your career journey starts now!