Sales Assistant Intern in Slough

Job description

OPPO is a leading global smartphone brand, the 5th largest smartphone company worldwide. Since launching its first smartphone - “Smiley Face” - in 2008, OPPO has been in relentless pursuit of the synergy of aesthetic and innovative technology, Today, OPPO provides customers with a wide range of smart devices spearheaded by the Find and Reno series, ColorOS operating system, as well as internet services such as OPPO Cloud and OPPO+.

OPPO operates in over 40 countries and regions with a workforce of over 40,000+ employees that strive to create beautiful products for the world. We are now in the midst of expanding our Western European business and are looking for an outstanding Sales Assistant Intern to drive our UK business.

The Role:

The Sales Assistant intern would be dedicated to OPPO UK’s sales team. We are currently looking for a bright and enthusiastic team member with experience in mobile phone stores or electronics and knowledge to assist our department to provide creative ideas to help achieve our goals. Understanding the devices, language and industry would be a beneficial start to this role. 

As a Sales Assistant intern, you will collaborate with our sales team in all areas and ideally be looking to progress your career in sales, account management. Your insightful contribution will help develop, expand, and maintain our sales channels.

This internship will help you acquire sales execution skills and provide you with knowledge of various sales strategic planning. Ultimately, you will gain broad experience in sales and should be prepared to enter any fast-paced work environment.

This role will be a 6-month internship based in Slough.

Responsibilities:

• A self-starter with project management skills.
• Co-ordinating the input and collation of the Channel Seller information requirements.
• Pulling multiple levels of product information from multiple sources into one single data base that can be accessed by external customers as well as internally.
• Analytical with the ability to work with complex forecast and sales tracking modelling.
• Working closely with the sales team and completing all allocated tasks in a timely manner.
• Attending and participating in meetings, workshops and events.
• Liaising with clients, vendors, and suppliers on behalf of the company's managers.
• Ability to present to multiple client contacts internally and with external customers using conference call skills.
• Observing and carrying out sales processes.
• Identifying potential weaknesses and offering improvement suggestions.
• Assisting managers with negotiations.
• Keeping a log of everything learned and delivering presentations to staff and other stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Degree educated
• Ambition to want to progress in a sales career
• Experience in retail sales, mobile phone stores or electronics to understand devices and language.
• Self-starter, able to work on their own initiative with good project management skills.
• Prepared to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ambitious, enthusiastic individual with a sense of wanting to achieve.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted accordingly and will be provided with additional information. If you are not contacted within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

For the purpose of processing your job application, OPPO will process your personal data. We encourage you not to provide us with sensitive information (e.g. racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health information, or sexual orientation) about yourself. Your application will be transferred to the local OPPO department posting this job. For information about how OPPO processes your personal data, please send your request with your application.

Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Other

Location

Slough

Working hours per week

4 - 40

Type of Contract

Full Time Jobs

Profession type

Training

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English