French Speaking Sales Executive

£20,000 – £25,000 plus commission. French Speaking Sales Executive. Opportunity for bilingual sales professional to join a leading engineering manufacturing company near Scarborough. Full technical training is provided – the emphasis is on sales skills, character fit, ability to understand technical aspects of the product and language skills.

Reference: AD-112849

Working Environment, Opportunities and Rewards:
• Friendly, open and supportive company culture.
• Well organised, expanding manufacturing company with professional, motivated staff throughout the site.
• A small team environment with a company who are experts in their field.
• Good starting salary of between £26,000 – £30,000 with scope to increase through commission. £24,000 – £30,000 OTE.
• Full training provided.

The role will involve:
• Based in the office, you will be solely responsible for expanding the clients reach in the French territories, potentially also looking at other European markets.
• This role will involve a mixture of CRM population, cold and warm sales, account management, up-selling through existing contacts (60% of the time), and servicing incoming enquires (40%).
• Working closely with the Sales Manager to generate leads and then to service those leads.
• Prepare quotations and negotiate sales.

This role will suit:
• An outgoing French speaking sales / commercial person.
• A person with some telesales or sales experience.
• Excellent communicator and a self-starter.
• Someone who is technically minded – an engineering or technical background is preferred but robust training is provided.

This position is commutable from Scarborough, Bridlington, Driffield, Malton, Beverley or similar Yorkshire location.