Business Development Representative

Summary

Join Acquia, a company empowering ambitious brands to create impactful digital customer experiences, as an Inbound Sales Representative fluent in French. This critical role involves engaging with prospects, understanding their challenges, and presenting suitable Acquia solutions. The position focuses on driving customer engagement across the UK and France. Acquia seeks a hardworking recent graduate to fill this role. The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying and developing business opportunities and achieving lead qualification objectives. This is an exciting opportunity for recent graduates or those with early sales/customer service experience to thrive in a technology-driven environment.

Requirements

• A degree level education (preferably within a technical or business field) or equivalent experience
• Fluent French Speaking
• Focus on and experience of exceeding targets in professional and personal pursuits
• A professional and inquisitive demeanour, able to engage customers and build relationships
• An exceptional and consultative communication style, with the ability to discover and understand customer needs
• Ability to influence, combined with creativity, determination and persistency
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail, and excellent organisational and planning skills

Responsibilities

• Drive customer engagement / contact across the UK and France
• Identify/develop business opportunities and achieve ‘lead qualification’ objectives
• Establish credible relationships with client organisations
• Utilize a ‘question based’ approach to initiate new client contact
• Display an inquisitive nature, with the ambition and tenacity to achieve specific business objectives/targets
• Identify/qualify/develop new commercial opportunities within the exciting world of digital media solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Some Sales and/or Customer Service experience, within a fast paced environment (preferably within a commercial, target focussed environment)
• Knowledge or experience of software ideally digital media, open source or drupal technology