French speaking – Design Sales Executive

TITLE: French speaking – Design Sales Executive
SECTOR: Luxury Dining & Hotels (Hospitality Sector)
LOCATION: London
SALARY: UP TO £25,000 + OTE (5k)

The Company:
Fashionable and beautiful design-led furniture for the luxury hotel and restaurants market. This company operates within Catering, luxury dining, fine wines, hospitality, restaurants and the leisure/hotel sectors. Products are exclusive and bespoke.
The role

This role will suit a French speaker interested to work in Sales. This is a very exciting opportunity ideal for someone driven and who likes to take initiative. You will be able to put in practise your negotiation skills and you will stablish relationships with your prospects and distributors.

*Providing administrative support to the field sales team of 30 distributors based in the Middles east and Europe
*Providing top-drawer customer care, and regular training, to Distributors so that they are fully briefed on the product range
*Sending marketing materials to the Field Sales team of Distributors including samples, and new catalogues
*Providing quotations and Sales order processing
*Assisting the field sales Distributors with updating their website, all new pricing information etc
*Work closely with the marketing team
*Lead Generation: researching new leads (online, through the trade press and via the phone) and passing those leads onto the Field Sales Distributors for them to contact
*Producing reports and sales-pipeline information

There will be international travel to events up to 3X a year

Requirements
– Fluent in English and French
– Sales experience (someone commercially aware, with good negotiation skills)
– Fantastic communication and presentation skills
– Creative, and problem-solving abilities.
– Team player. Able to work independently as well as part of a team
– Comfortable with cold calling.
– Client focused and pro-active.