Sales Development Specialist - German and English Speaker

  • Full-time

Company Description

At EcoVadis, we envision a global marketplace where sustainability intelligence influences every business decision – improving economies, people's lives and the planet we all depend on. EcoVadis counts industry leaders like Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal, Nestlé, and Michelin, among the 55,000+ businesses on its network.

With an ambitious, purposeful mission to provide the world's most trusted business sustainability ratings, EcoVadis is driven by a diverse team sharing the core values of commitment, customer-focus, courage, integrity, kindness and happiness.

EcoVadis offers you exciting career opportunities in an innovative and dynamic environment. We are looking for passionate team players from a variety of disciplines – from CSR and sustainability experts to customer engagement and engineering talents – to join us to make a real impact on the environmental and social practices of companies worldwide. Join us!

Job Description

EcoVadis seeks a Sales Development Specialist to join our highly successful Sales Team.

Candidates for this position must be highly-motivated, tenacious and self- starters. If you are interested in being part of something extraordinary and like working alongside people who are smart, organized, thorough and take pride in initiating meaningful relationships with future customers, then this is the team for you.

Responsibilities include:

  • Generating new business opportunities to fuel revenue for EcoVadis

  • Scheduling discovery calls for Account Executives

  • Conducting high-level discovery and educational conversations with Senior Executives (Directors of Sustainability or Procurement) in Target Accounts

  • Evangelizing the importance of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility for the supply chain of Global 500 companies

  • Leveraging your teammates (Marketing and Account Executives) to develop targeted lists, call strategies, and messaging in order to drive opportunities in regional areas

  • Maintaining a call volume of 25+ activities per day with the intent to qualify leads and create pipeline growth

  • Meeting or exceeding your quota

  • Staying up-to-date on industry trends and competition

  • Recording and documenting all calls and communications in Salesforce in order to identify trends for improvement

  • Monitoring social networks for sales opportunities and leads

  • Reporting on weekly results, both qualitative and quantitative

Qualifications

You must have an outgoing personality along with an exceptional level of drive and a desire to learn new skills and to build a career in sales and marketing. You should have excellent verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and active listening skills, as well as the ability to easily connect with others.

Specific qualifications for the role include:

  • University degree
  • At least 1 year of experience in Sales, Marketing or Communication
  • Fluency in English and German is a must, fluency in other languages would be a plus
  • Experience working in Sustainability, B2B Software or Procurement would be a plus
  • Proficiency with Salesforce, LinkedIn would be a plus
  • Energetic phone skills
  • Positive attitude
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, team environment
  • Being highly motivated, driven and self-starting 
  • Being open minded and flexible
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Good time management with strong organizational skills

Additional Information

Beginning: ASAP

Full time position

Location: Warsaw, Poland - Rondo ONZ, Spektrum Tower

In return for your expertise and energy, we offer:

  • Challenge and possibility to work in an autonomous way in an environment where your ideas are valued;
  • Casual and very friendly atmosphere;
  • Competitive salary aligned with experience;
  • Training;
  • Flexi-time and home office;
  • Benefits (covered or co-financed): health care, Multisport card, life insurance, French and Polish classes.

For more information about EcoVadis please visit: www.ecovadis.com & intro.ecovadis.com.

EcoVadis does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected category.

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