Account Executive Network Growth - French Speaker

Account Executive Network Growth - French Speaker

• Full-time

Work smart, have fun and make an impact!

Our purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world. EcoVadis is the leading provider of business sustainability ratings. Our solutions are backed by an international team of experts and powerful technology. We analyze data and build sustainability scorecards that give companies actionable insights into their environmental, social and ethical risks.

Why apply to EcoVadis?

Be a part of the global sustainability change in business. Grow your career. Work with extraordinary people. Feel valued for your contribution.

Frontline employees engage and support all companies to leverage EcoVadis solutions in order to foster continuous improvement of sustainable business practices in global supply chains.

Your responsibility would be to ensure the acquisition of new Southern Europe suppliers in order to grow the EV network of assessed companies, boost response rates, and drive value throughout the EcoVadis onboarding experience.

You are a trusted advisor and can influence everything the customer touches in their first (and future) experience with us. This position interacts with all EcoVadis customers (buyers & suppliers) as well as multiple business units internally to provide high touch service that respects the relationship of the customers to EcoVadis and is a true EcoVadis ambassador.

Responsibilities:

• Engage with customers via phone, email, tickets, webinars, etc. to accompany them during the onboarding process, solve their queries and increase response rates for the Southern Europe markets and ultimately convince them to adopt our EV solution.
• Identify and target “high value” customers (i.e., outreach with customized approach) and take appropriate steps to engage them successfully by using Sales tactics.
• Manage, monitor and drive your portfolio to maximize conversion.
• Be proactive to nurture and build your pipeline, re-engage customers and maximize inflow.
• Be autonomous to manage all your tasks efficiently, display commercial awareness to identify proactively business opportunities.
• Identify risks to the customers' successful completion of the EcoVadis evaluation process and actively work to mitigate issues before they happen; Become a CSR expert to overcome objections.
• Capture and record internal and customer-sourced insights, then proactively report and contribute as necessary with the Team Leader, Management and other EcoVadis BU’s (Sales, Customer Success, etc.) to bridge gaps that may exist between customer expectations & participation.
• Be accountable to drive a set of KPIs (Conversion rate, Quality score, etc.).
• Additional responsibilities related to the function may be required.

Qualifications:

• Experience in sales or upselling / inside sales preferred - comfortable with proactive outreach to EcoVadis network members.
• 2+ years experience in a customer facing role.
• Ability to interpret data to identify actions.
• Fluent in English and other languages are a definite plus: French.
• Comfortable presenting to large groups.
• Team player.
• Autonomous and proactive.
• Experience with Salesforce or CRM software preferred.
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, high-growth environment.
• Enthusiasm and motivation to improve customer experience.
• Proactive in suggesting, designing and implementing ideas and improvements.

Location: Barcelona - Hybrid (4 days a month from the office)

Contract of Employment: Full time

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment.
• Wellness allowance for mental and physical wellbeing.
• Access to professional mental health support.
• Learning and development.
• Sustainability events and community involvement.
• Employee-led resource groups.
• Hybrid work organization (from the office or from home).
• Remote work from abroad policy.
• Meals and Transportation Vouchers (Cobee card).
• Life & Accident Insurance + Private Health Insurance.
• Paid moving day (1 / year).
• Time off: 1 Community Service Day + 1 Personal Day.
• Summer Hours in July and August (36 hours per week).
• Hybrid Monthly Allowance for electricity and Internet.

Please, share with us your English CV and we can guarantee a response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique.