Business Development Manager - French Speaking

Work for an iconic brand in a truly global environment. Inventors of Brand Power - the most powerful, iconic TV ad platform driving brand sales. Creators of Home Tester Club - the world's largest digital community of shoppers delivering social proof content.

Must enjoy the challenge of prospecting to new clients. Industry-leading package – 5 weeks’ annual vacation & 3 days remote per week.

The Role: We're on the hunt for seasoned sales guns eager to join our team in London to get our amazing advertising solutions in front of the world’s biggest packaged goods brands. As a Business Development Manager, you’re a bona fide hunter who lives for the challenge and opportunity to sell by cold outreach to new and existing clients. With strong performance comes genuine opportunities to grow your career with options to transfer to one of our international offices in destinations including Sydney, Toronto or New York. Ideal candidates will be open to live and work in a different country at some stage in the future.

The Brand Power Company pioneered Third-Party endorsement advertising and has been the absolute global leader in educational ad content for 34+ years. Working with the world’s biggest CPG and OTC brands, our platforms, including Brand Power, Medifacts and Experts Review, have driven phenomenal sales growth for the world’s largest tier-one marketers across all media touchpoints from TV, digital/social to our latest innovation, Augmented Reality at Point of Sale. True to our origins of providing maximum time and cost efficiencies, and measurable ROI, we also run the world’s largest e-community of shoppers. hometesterclub.com is the only global partner delivering ratings & reviews, user-generated content, insights, word-of-mouth, research, and compellingly authentic rich video content for brands worldwide.

We’re all about expert testimony and peer-to-peer endorsement that can say more about a brand than a brand could ever say about itself. And the only measure of our success is the sales success of our clients. As big fans of authenticity – not just in the solutions we provide, but in the people we welcome to our team – we’re looking for a genuine team player who shares our love for collaborating, creating, and celebrating awesome results for our clients.

Responsibilities:

• Prospect new and existing clients at a high level, hunt for new business and confidently sell by cold outreach, which may include new verticals.
• Set up meetings with top-tier CPG, FMCG and OTC companies across Europe to educate about our platforms and how they can serve their business, using various tactics such as e-mail, telephone, LinkedIn etc.
• Use online CRM tools, including Salesforce, to maintain detailed information on contacts, accounts, meetings, and opportunities.
• Work effectively with multiple internal departments, including our in-house Creative & Production team, to sell, execute and manage campaigns.
• Research and manage potential leads and prospects through LinkedIn and industry database subscriptions to understand market dynamics and key players.
• Become an expert in product categories and advertising best practices in order to persuade marketers to consider Brand Power tools.
• Prepare quotes for qualified prospects and opportunities.
• Providing leadership, training and ongoing support to potential direct reports.

What you can do is more important to us than what you have done previously. We value an open mind, a desire to succeed and good old fashioned hard work over a laundry list of skills. If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every box, then we absolutely encourage you to give us a shot. We’d love to meet and get to know the real you, as well as seeing what else is in your toolbox.

Our Qualifications and Experience Wishlist:

• University Degree (Business or Marketing preferred) or relevant experience.
• 3-5 years of sales experience (CPG exposure is highly desirable).
• Multi-lingual candidates highly desirable.
• High levels of initiative, self-motivation, and time management.
• Competitive and ambitious nature, demonstrating a strong aptitude for sales.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel skills.
• Experience in leading a team is highly desirable.
• Proficiency in English and French, with additional language skills in either German, Spanish, Italian, Swedish or Finnish is a strong asset.
• Ideal candidates will be mobile and open to an opportunity to live and work in a different country if desired at some stage in the future.

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary and uncapped commission.
• Loads of leave entitlements including 5 weeks’ annual vacation.
• Hybrid work model – work 2 days in the office, the rest from home.
• Excellent international career opportunities in a high growth company.
• Training, training, and more training – delivered by some of the industry’s best.
• Relaxed and fun advertising agency environment with a commitment to professional development and progression.

We’re big fans of authenticity. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to who we are, and what has always made us tick. We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We don’t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability.

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