COMPANY BACKGROUND 
Based in Cambridge, our client is a world leading data and software technology, working with some of the world's leading companies. 


JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
In order to develop new business sales opportunities in Europe, they wish to recruit a French speaking Business Development Executive. Your role as French speaking Business Development Executive will include the following duties and responsibilities:

• Engaging with new prospective customers across your region, identifying all potential business opportunities.
• Identifying key decision makers whilst developing and qualifying new business opportunities within the targeted markets through cold calling, event recruitment and high-level prospecting.
• Articulating the value proposition and helping the customer understand how it will improve their business’s information security.
• Earning trust and developing relationships with senior executives by displaying knowledge, professionalism and relevance to business issues.
• Meeting set targets and working closely with Marketing and Sales by methodically working on and following up on a variety of sales campaigns.
• Maintaining quality relationships with your manager and external customer-facing Account Executives to support new business growth.
• Consistently achieving quarterly and annual KPIs.
• Booking direct one-to-one meetings at customers' sites and at trade shows.
• Writing succinct emails to highlight the capabilities of our offering.

CANDIDATE SPECIFICATION

• Fluency in either French is essential
• Be a university graduate (at least a 2:1 level and from one of the world’s top 400 universities) 
• Previous commercial business experiences - previous sales experiences in an advantage but not essential.
• Be very motivated to work in sales
• Goal and target motivated
• Competency with professional written communication