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 80,000+ 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! 

Learn more about our team and culture on ecovadis.com/careers.

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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.

This role has the opportunity to be the first touch point for the largest Financial institutions and Investment Managers in North America to evangelize the importance of ESG and Sustainability in the financial markets.

Target market: Alternative Investment Managers (Private Equity / Private Debt), Financial Institutions, Fintechs and Investment Managers in North America. 

Job Responsibilities: 

• Generating new business opportunities to fuel revenue for EcoVadis,
• Conducting high-level discovery and educational conversations with Senior Executives in Target Accounts,
• Scheduling initial meetings for Account Executives,
• Leveraging your teammates (Marketing and Account Executives) to develop targeted lists, call strategies, and messaging in order to drive opportunities in regional areas,
• Maintaining an activity (emails, calls, LinkedIn) volume 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.com in order to identify trends for improvement,
• Monitoring social networks such as Linkedin for sales opportunities and leads,
• Reporting on weekly results, both qualitative and quantitative.

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 work autonomously. Specific qualifications for the role include:

• 4-year university degree in Finance, business, or sustainability related areas,
• At least 1 year of experience working in a Sales related function, Finance and/or ESG space,
• Fluent in English,
• Passion about Sustainable Finance and willingness to pursue a career in Sales,
• Proficiency with Salesforce, LinkedIn would be a plus
• Autonomous and self-driven,
• Ability to work under pressure and managing multiple tasks,
• Highly motivated, driven and self-starting
• Good time management with strong organizational skills

• Beginning: ASAP
• Full-time position  (permanent after probation)
• Location: Toronto, Canada

In return for your expertise and energy, we offer:

• Base salary + Bonus plan
• GRSP and TFSA matching program available
• Health, Wellness, and Dental Benefits
• Life Insurance, Critical Illness, Accidental death and long term disability insurance
• Flexi-time 
• Home office program
• Casual and very friendly environment
• Opportunity to work in a truly international atmosphere

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity and inclusion and does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique.