Business Development Representative- French Speaking

Recruiter
Anonymous
Location
Yeovil
Salary
Bonus Package
Posted
05 Jan 2017
Closes
25 Jan 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Business Development Representative - French Speaking

??17,290.25 Basic with an attractive commission package

Permanent Position

Full Time - Monday to Friday 8.30-17.30 (1 hour lunch break)

Immediate Start

BA20

Our client is seeking a French speaking Business Development Repetitive who can help improve the organisation's market position and achieve financial growth. The right candidate will be able to build key customer relationships, identify business opportunities, negotiate and close business deals and maintain extensive knowledge of current market conditions. In order to achieve this, you will need to find potential new customers, present to them, ultimately convert them into clients, and continue to grow business in the future. You will also help to manage existing clients and ensure they stay satisfied and positive, often being required to meet or predict their clients' future needs.

Job Purpose

Existing Business Development

- Work towards individual, departmental and business targets and objectives

- To retain, develop and grow existing accounts in a Dutch territory by presenting products, offers and services to customers through excellent communication and listening skills

- Executing excellence and call objectives when working through call cycles with the aim to develop your existing customers and customer retention

- To translate, diagnose and action all customer request in order to achieve total customer satisfaction

- Using knowledge of the market and competitors, identify and develop the company's unique selling propositions and differentiators.

- Track and record activity on accounts and help to close deals to meet these targets.

- Work with technical staff and other internal colleagues to meet customer needs.

- To offer world class customer service when required from Credits, delivery issues, catalogue requests, data input, order process and complaints.

- Understand the company's goal and purpose so that it will continually enhance the company's performance.

New Business Development

- Prospect for potential new clients and turn this into increased business.

- Lead generation - Cold call as appropriate within your market or geographic area to ensure a robust pipeline of opportunities.

- Excellent communication and listening skills

- Identify potential clients, and the decision makers

- Research and build relationships with new clients.

- Set call objectives, plan approaches and pitches.

- Participate in pricing the solution/service.

- Handle objections by clarifying, emphasizing agreements and working through differences to a positive conclusion.

- Present an image that mirrors that of the client.

Key Personal Requirements

- Managing Oneself: The ability to achieve performance through personal organisation, showing self confidence in own skills, abilities and capability and a positive attitude

- Achievement Drive: The drive, focus and tenacity to achieve quality performance and to achieve targets, objectives and goals to the highest standard.

- Communication: The ability to receive, understand and convey information. Understand-Adapt-Communicate.

- Customer focus: irrespective of sector, a strong customer focus and an understanding of customer needs plays an important part in winning business.

- Building relationships: the ability to instigate and maintain strong, productive relationships with a whole network of connections is essential.

- Tenacity and persistence: the ability to overcome rejection and the determination to tackle obstacles head-on.

- Flexibility and innovation: flexible approach and are prepared to adapt and innovate.

- Goal-driven and realistic: forecast realistic targets and will thrive in a results-driven environment.

- Business and Market Acumen

We will also require the following:

* Valid Passport or Full Birth Certificate
* Employment references covering the previous two years

To apply for these positions please register your CV via our website for "Business Development Representative- French Speaking"

In line with the requirements of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. As part of the recruitment process, you will be asked to provide documented evidence of eligibility.

City Centre Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer.

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