Business Development Executive - DE (m/f/d)

We are partnering with a global market research company, who are looking for a (Junior) Business Development Executive to join their growing sales team in Germany. The position is based in the German head office in Düsseldorf, it is a permanent, full-time role and offered as hybrid (3 days office/ 2 days home-office).

This entry-level sales role is perfect for an ambitious person looking to advance their career in B2B sales. You will work closely with experienced salespeople and leverage your interpersonal skills to establish new customer contacts, schedule appointments, support the sales process with relevant insights. If you are ambitious, performance-oriented, and business-savvy, this could be the right role for you!

What you will do:

• Schedule new business appointments through networking and lead sourcing activities (cold calling via email/phone/networking).
• Conduct discovery calls to qualify opportunities.
• Monitor and record sales activities and opportunities in the CRM system
• Present to and consult with the client
• Work towards daily, weekly and monthly KPIs
• With time also negotiate and close deals
• Work with sales technologies such as LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Groove, and Salesforce.

• Ideally University degree in Business or an equivalent education
• Some experience in direct sales B2B
• Ideally experience within either business development, telesales, inside sales, outbound call centre, lead generation, telemarketing or sales support
• Excellent relationship building skills
• An interest in market research and marketing
• Strong communication skills
• Fluent German and good English

Our client is offering you a diverse and challenging role in a dynamic and fast-growing company. They see this as an entry role and will offer you training and room to grow. Within 6-9 months you will be able to take on more responsibility and grow within the team. They offer a competitive salary, consisting of a basic salary and a performance-based commission. I would be happy to discuss this further with you upon receipt of your CV.

Interested? If you meet these criteria then please send your full application via email with reference 354194 to Karin Furberg or call me at 069-219 32 218. I look forward to hearing from you!