Business Development Representative, German speaker
Posted 11 days 13 hours ago by Proofpoint
We are currently seeking a highly motivated and energetic individual to join our Business Development team to generate qualified sales opportunities for our Commercial sales team.
As part of the Business Development team, you will be working closely with the regional sales and marketing teams to generate sales accepted leads via multiple channels with a mix of inbound (lead follow-up) and outbound (prospecting) activities.
As a Business Development Representative, you will be responsible for gathering intelligence and developing a deep understanding of your assigned accounts. You will then action this intelligence to connect our sales team with influencers and decision makers within the prospect accounts and across all vertical markets.
You will work closely with both Account Management and Marketing to define and execute a successful account-based sales strategy for the DACH region.
Your day-to-day- Qualify and develop inbound and outbound sales accepted leads and respond to product inquiries
- Gather actionable intelligence (competition, projects, purchase intent, etc.) for the list of accounts that you will be responsible for
- Follow-up on all leads generated by marketing and convert initial interest into sales accepted leads
- Manage email campaigns to generate new sales prospects
- Manage cold calling telephone based campaigns to generate new sales prospects
- Complete accurate tracking of communication with current and potential customers in
- Schedule demonstrations between the Sales team members and potential customer
- Highly motivated individual with a competitive personality, and good attention to detail
- Previous experience with solutions that can be deployed in private or public clouds a plus.
- Experience working with or other CRM is a bonus.
- Excellent phone and interpersonal communication skills (verbal and written) as well as organisational skills
- Previous experience working and succeeding in a goal driven environment preferred.
- Fluent German & English language skills required.
- Competitive compensation
- Comprehensive benefits
- Career success on your terms
- Flexible work environment
- Annual wellness and community outreach days
- Always on recognition for your contributions
- Global collaboration and networking opportunities
Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.