German Speaking Sales Development Representative - Enterprise Data Sales, Financial Solutions

German Speaking Sales Development Representative - Enterprise Data Sales, Financial Solutions

Location

London

Business Area

Sales and Client Service

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Description & Requirements

Bloomberg is a global leader in business and financial information, news and insight, and we use innovative technology to deliver trusted data and bring transparency to the financial markets. Our customers around the globe rely on us for the information and tools they need to make critical investment decisions and remain connected across all sides of the financial community. And, to ensure the best experience for our 26,000+ employees across more than 150 locations around the world, we provide the spaces and systems that allow our teams to work together with agility, productivity and collaboration, no matter where they are.

The Bloomberg Financial Solutions department is at the forefront of ensuring success for our customers and employees alike. Our team comprises several key pillars: sales, service, operations, culture and brand. As a department, we are united by a common goal: We create meaningful relationships with clients by understanding their needs and delivering exceptional end-to-end support from sales and implementation, through their ongoing relationship with Bloomberg.

Our Team

We're Bloomberg. We sit at the heart of the financial markets, from the largest sell-side institutions right through to the two person hedge fund - we're an integral part of the financial markets workflow in every corner of the world. We provide our users with up to the millisecond market moves and analytics as well as connecting them with their counterparts and the wider community of 350,000 Bloomberg Terminal subscribers.

Our Sales teams are industry renowned for their subject matter expertise and platinum service levels. You'll have industry renowned training, not just when you join us, but continually throughout your career here. Just like we invest in our products, we invest in our people. It gives us the edge.

Bloomberg Enterprise Data (ED) is continuing to experience a prolonged period of unprecedented growth. Our Data and Technology solutions focus upon the acquisition, organisation and distribution of content around financial firms. With ground-breaking innovation across Bloomberg products, we work in partnership with our clients by taking out the heavy lifting, enabling them to do more with less.

As Enterprise Data continues to enjoy success and year on year revenue growth, we have a spot open to join the Sales Development team in EMEA. This job is perfect for an individual keen to work on sales and specialise in our suite of data and technology solutions. The successful candidate will be responsible for lead generation, new business strategies and marketing, managing relationships with assigned accounts as well as hunting for growth opportunities. The career path from the Sales Development role is normally to our Generalist or Specialist teams, with more focused coverage on key accounts in a region, or wider opportunities within the group.

We'll trust you to:

• Generate and progress sales leads and pipeline

• Maintain and grow revenue within existing accounts

• Proactively prospect within your assigned region via calls, meetings and events

• Foster new and existing relationships with your clients to be seen as a trusted business partner

• Collaborate internally to build strategies for generating new business

• Stay informed about the evolving financial markets in order to spot trends, look for new opportunities and establish credibility with our clients by understanding their business

• Contribute innovative ideas that anticipate and address client needs

• Participate actively in new projects that drive departmental and firm-wide initiatives and goals

• Seek out additional ways to demonstrate leadership and make an impact, such as mentoring, involvement in training, running campaigns, and active involvement in product enhancement

You'll need to have:

• Experience in building and maintaining client relationships both externally and internally

• Proven consultative sales skills, including competitive market research, lead generation, prospecting, business development and closing sales

• Entrepreneurial spirit and commercial awareness

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Comfort with a fast pace, changing environment with clear sales targets

• Fluency in written and spoken business German

Bloomberg is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, color, gender identity or expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, marital status, national or ethnic origin, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, parental or caring status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or parental leave, protected veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Bloomberg is a disability inclusive employer. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for the recruitment process. If you would prefer to discuss this confidentially, please email