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Account Executive - UK & Ireland

Base.com ยท Brighton, UK

Base
Not disclosed
OTE
Not disclosed
Quota attainment
Not disclosed
Posted
2mo ago

Why it matters: OTE tells you what you could earn. Attainment tells you how realistic it is.

Ask: โ€œWhat percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?โ€

Still open ยท checked 1h agoon Base.com's careers page

The job

What you'd do
Find and win new growing brands, retailers and ecommerce businesses across the UK and Ireland, from first call to signed deal. You'll build your own list of target customers.
Who you'd sell to
Still reading the posting. Check back within the hour.
Where deals come from
Mostly you. Expect a lot of outbound: cold calls, emails and LinkedIn.

The Braun Read

Proceed with caution

A few things here deserve a hard look before you spend time on it.

Pay
No pay listed at all.
Transparency
Shares 1 of 5: quota, attainment, deal size, territory, sales cycle.
Pipeline
Mostly self-sourced. Great if you like outbound, rough if you don't.
Time on market
Open 74 days. Ask why it's been hard to fill.
Company hiring
2 sales roles open, hiring at a steady pace.

Red lights

  • "Unlimited earnings," no numbers. It sells uncapped or unlimited earnings but never says what anyone actually earns.

Green lights

  • Pays accelerators. Higher commission rates once you pass quota. Overperformance actually pays.

Based only on what the posting says. Lights are a starting point for your first call, not a final judgment.

Questions to ask on the first call

Built from what this posting leaves out. How they answer tells you as much as what they say.

  1. 1.

    What did the median rep and the top rep actually earn last year?

    "Unlimited" is a ceiling, not a number. You need the median.

  2. 2.

    What percentage of fully ramped reps hit quota last year?

    OTE is what you could earn. This is how likely you are to earn it.

  3. 3.

    What percentage of reps on the team have been here more than 18 months?

    Tenure shows whether people stay long enough to get paid.

  4. 4.

    Has the comp plan changed in the last 12 to 18 months? What changed?

    A plan that changes every year means the goalposts keep moving.

  5. 5.

    Who sits with reps and reviews calls each week?

    Coaching is often what's behind a good or bad attainment number.

  6. 6.

    Why is this role open? Did someone leave, or is it new?

    New headcount is growth. A replacement means someone left. Ask why.

โ€บ When the offer comes

Save these for later. They land better once they've said yes to you.

  1. 1.

    Can I see the full comp plan in writing, including clawbacks and accelerators?

    What's in writing is what gets paid. Read it before you sign.

  2. 2.

    Can I see the actual comp distribution for the team last year, not just the OTE?

    The spread shows what most reps really take home. OTE is just the target.

  3. 3.

    I'd be walking away from earned commission to join. Is there room for a sign-on bonus to help cover that?

    Leaving money behind is a fair reason to ask. The worst answer is no.

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Full posting
We are a technological powerhouse for sellers worldwide, providing an innovative all-in-one system. Our mission is to simplify the lives of online entrepreneurs by helping them automate processes, dynamically scale their businesses, and efficiently manage sales across multiple platforms. All of this is thanks to our passion for innovation and the use of modern technologies. We operate globally, partnering with thousands of marketplaces and industry leaders such as Amazon, eBay, Shopify, DHL, and FedEx, and our international team of experts works in Poland, Europe, the Americas, and Asia. We are proud of our spectacular growth โ€“ we're more than just another tech company. As one of the fastest-growing platforms in the industry, we've seen dynamic growth over the past three years, expanding our revenue and our global customer base. We are building a culture centered on real impact and collaboration, because our team is the heart of our innovation We're already working in the market, building relationships across the ecommerce ecosystem and growing our UK customer base. Now we're investing in the next stage of that journey and we're looking for an ambitious Account Executive to help accelerate it. This gives you the best of both worlds. You'll join a proven international technology company with an established platform, global customers, significant integrations and experienced teams behind you while still having the opportunity to influence how we scale o ๐Ÿš€ The opportunity As an Account Executive, you'll own the full new-business sales cycle across the UK & Ireland. You'll work with scaling brands, retailers and ecommerce businesses, engaging Heads of Ecommerce, Marketplace, Operations and senior leadership to understand where operational complexity is limiting growth. From there, you'll demonstrate how Base can help them scale. Requirements You're an experienced B2B SaaS Account Executive who knows how to create opportunities, navigate complex sales cycles and close new business. We're looking for: - 3โ€“5+ years of B2B SaaS sales experience - A strong record of achieving or exceeding quota - Full-cycle new-logo sales experience - Excellent discovery, demonstration, negotiation and closing skills - Confidence engaging senior decision-makers - Experience navigating multi-stakeholder sales - Strong pipeline management and forecasting discipline - A proactive, commercially curious and high-agency mindset Experience across ecommerce, retail technology, marketplaces, fulfilment, WMS, OMS or supply-chain technology would be a major advantage. But deep ecommerce experience isn't our only route to a great hire. If you're an exceptional SaaS seller with the curiosity and capability to quickly learn the ecommerce ecosystem, we want to hear from you. Responsibilities As an Account Executive you'll: - Win strategic new-logo customers across the UK & Ireland - Build and manage a high-quality pipeline of target accounts - Run consultative discovery and value-led product demonstrations - Develop commercial business cases linked to measurable customer outcomes - Manage multi-stakeholder opportunities from first conversation through to close - Build relationships across our agency, 3PL, marketplace and technology ecosystem - Work closely with Marketing, Partnerships, Implementation, KAM and Product - Bring market insight that helps us continually strengthen our UK GTM strategy Benefits Why Base? - Established business. Growth-stage opportunity. We're not asking you to join an unknown startup and prove the concept. Base already operates globally with an established technology platform and customer ecosystem. Your opportunity is to help accelerate our next phase of UK growth. - Make an impact. The UK organisation is growing, which means your ideas, customer insight and market knowledge can genuinely influence how we develop. - Sell something that solves real complexity. As ecommerce businesses expand across marketplaces, warehouses, countries and fulfillment partners, their operations become increasingly difficult to manage. Base exists to simplify that complexity. - Global capability behind you. You'll have the technology, product expertise, international experience and wider organisation of an established global business supporting you. - Strong earning potential. Competitive base salary with uncapped commission and accelerators for over-performance. - Career runway. We're investing in the UK for the long term. As the organisation grows, we want the people driving that growth to develop with it. What we offer ๐Ÿ  Hybrid working centred around our Brighton office ๐Ÿ’ฐ Competitive base + uncapped commission and accelerators ๐Ÿฅ Private medical insurance & wellbeing support ๐Ÿ“ˆ Clear career progression ๐ŸŒ International environment and global exposure ๐Ÿค Collaborative UK and international teams ๐ŸŽฏ The opportunity to directly influence our UK&Ireland growth
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