Business Development Executive - Scandinavia

Business Development Executive - Scandinavia

LANGUAGES
Scandinavian (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish or Finnish)

LOCATION
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

COMPANY BACKGROUND
Our client, with offices across the world, is a leading eCommerce supply chain company

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
In order to develop new business sales across the Scandinavian regions of Europe, they wish to recruit a Business Development Executive. Your role, which will report to the European Business Development Manager, will include the following duties and responsibilities:

• Meeting sales targets
• Prospecting, cold calling and building the sales pipeline
• Relationship building
• Presentations of portfolio of solutions to customers
• Negotiating the terms of contracts and closing sale
• Capturing customer requirements and presenting product solutions
• Maintaining and developing relationships with existing customers
• Gathering market intelligence
• Representing the organisation at trade exhibitions, events and demonstrations
• Creating detailed proposal documents, often as part of a formal bidding process that is largely dictated by the prospective customer

CANDIDATE EXPERIENCE, SKILLS & PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Fluency in any Scandinavian language - Swedish, Norwegian, Danish or Finnish - as well as English
• Proven track record in sales and / or account management
• A hunter profile - this job requires a high amount of cold calling as well as regular account management
• High standard of written and verbal communication
• High level of customer service competency
• Strong Sales Competency
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong organisational and time management skills

SALARY
Basic salary of £30,000 - £35,000 + commission (OTE £50-£60,000 +)

To be considered for this excellent opportunity to join an award winning, international business, please click the Apply Now button and send your CV to us.