Graduate Sales Executive

Job description

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 to join us as a Graduate Sales Executive. 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 Graduate Sales Executive role all about?

- The basic salary for the role is £20,000pa with a realistic OTE of£36,600 to £38,000 (uncapped)

- Defined career path

- ISMM Endorsed sales training

- Warm calling existing customers selling a value added service

- Working within a dynamic fast paced sales office

- As a Graduate Sales Executive you will be building relationships, understanding customer needs, relating back and close deals

- Adopting a consultative approach to the sales process

What skills does a Graduate Sales Executive need to have?

- A highly motivated attitude to target

- Goal orientated with a passion to succeed

- Career driven

- Professional and credible

- Flexibility to go the extra mile in order to achieve personal and team targets

- Competitive attitude with a resilience and determination to succeed

- Educated to Degree level

- Commercial exposure. i.e. retail, sales or telesales

Utterly brilliant benefits

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

- A hugely discounted gym membership at Bolton Arena

- 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 part of our future as a GraduateSales Executive and click apply- your career journey starts now!