Business Development Manager (French speaking) - Fully remote

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced sales person / business development manager to join a highly successful team working to drive new business through growing the existing customer base and developing relationships with customers. Our client works with ground-breaking technology. And whilst you won’t be expected to know your Kernels from your Kubernetes from day one, you will need a head for technology, a passion to learn and a drive to be better every day.

About the role Day-to-day

As their Business Development Manager you will be responsible for managing the relationship with key vendors and developing brand awareness in the channel. You will be generating new business sales and opportunities to stimulate sales activity within the resellers. Working closely with their in-house sales and marketing teams you will manage and direct any call-out campaign (end user or channel).

The Business Development Manager role will require flexibility and may require you to spend nights away/travel as and when required for business.

About our client

Our client sells software to resellers both in the UK and across Europe, enabling them to provide software, services, and solutions to end users and businesses. They're an enthusiastic technically led team that is at the cutting edge of new and exciting technology. They are customer-focused and pride themselves on offering various solutions; to ensure they can solve our customers’ problems we invest time in training and personal development. To help the team grow the business, they work hard to give everyone balance – hybrid working, a personal trainer, yoga and an employee assistance program are just a few of the ways we do this.

Benefits for you

• Paid Training
• Individual Personal Development Plans
• Salary plus commission schemes
• Sick Pay
• Holiday Pay
• Staff Referral Scheme
• Personal Trainer Sessions
• Remote working
• Incentives and Rewards
• Social Events/Fundraisers/Staff Parties
• Employee Assistance Programme for 24/7/365 support

All companies say that they have a great culture – they are proud that this is the reality – they put their people first!

About you

As their Business Development Manager you’ll need a minimum of two years of sales experience. You will be self-motivated and driven with the aim of hitting individual and team targets, as well as further growing the company and brand. You will be managing your own workload with great attention to detail, efficiency, and accuracy. 

Their most successful people are commercially minded, focused, supportive, pragmatic and creative. Does this sound like you? Other traits and skills they're looking for:

• Fluent in French
• A competitive, honest, trusted, and reliable personality
• Self-motivated with the ability to start and build relationships with customers and partners
• Understand the complete sales cycle and margin building
• Customer focused
• Strong verbal and written communication skills representing a professional image
• A quick learner and someone who will consistently look to build upon knowledge
• Excellent IT skills
• Proactive and ambitious to progress
• A proven record of onboarding and expanding customer relationships and growing profits

The Business Development Manager salary is negotiable dependant on experience plus commission.

Location: Flexible/Fully Remote