French Speaking Business Developer

Salary: £36,000 per year

FRENCH SELECTION UK

French speaking Business Developer

Salary: £36,000 pa to £35,000 pa depending on experience + bonus scheme

Location: Lincoln, Lincolnshire (hybrid working – 1 to 2 days/ week in the office))

At commutable distance from Lincoln, Gainsborough, Newark-on-Trent, Redford, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire

Ref: 5323F1

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The Company:

Our client is a well-established UK company undergoing developments in Europe – France is their biggest growing market

Main duties:

To develop and maintain relationship with new and existing clients in order to further develop the business on the French market.

The Role:

– To proactively contact new food manufacturing factories

– To establish & nurture business with prospects using proven sales techniques.

– To proactively develop sale accounts by telephone and face to face

– To react in a fast and professional way to all incoming enquiries from both customers and non-customers in France

– To work closely with the rest of the commercial team internally (project managers, customer service team, sales managers, etc.)

– To research through various sources and prospect to find more new potential customers, adding to marketing database.

– To glean new product ideas from customer base and report to relevant people in the company

The Candidate:

– Fluent in French in addition to English

– Previous experience in a similar role desirable

– Motivation and inner drive

– Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

– Team player

– Able to work under pressure in a fast pace environment

– Proactive and dynamic personality

– Computer literate (Excel, Word, Outlook…)

– Happy to travel to France when required

Salary: £36,000 pa to £35,000 pa depending on experience + bonus scheme

French Selection, leading UK-based consultancy specialising in the recruitment of bilingual and multilingual professionals for international business (industries and services). We are the leading recruitment consultancy for German, French, Italian and Spanish speaking positions. Also recruiting for positions with other languages such as Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian languages, Mandarin, Japanese and Arabic.