Business Development Executive - Retail

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If you're interested in Business Development jobs in London and you want to kick-start your career at a rapidly growing retail technology company, this fantastic business development graduate job could be the one for you!Company profileIn this Business Development graduate job, you will be joining a retail technology company on a mission to get people back into high street shops. Their platform drives footfall by making in-store products visible to the millions of people searching for them nearby. Google are already using their bespoke technology to help people search for products locally, and that's just the start. Their goal is to connect every product, in every shop, on every high street to the web so it's easier to find something nearby than buy it online. With a recent round of funding closing at £2 million they are poised to further grow their London team!Job descriptionIn this Business Development graduate job, they are looking for several high-energy, driven sales executives to join the partnerships team and play an integral role in helping hit serious growth goals in 2020. You'll be working at the very front of the business, communicating with potential clients on a daily basis from the Shoreditch-based HQ to convert them into users of their technology. Whether this is your first role, or you're looking to move into sales from another field, they're looking for someone who's keen to learn. This is a period of massive growth for this business and you'll have loads of opportunities to take on responsibility and rapidly develop your career. As a fast-growing startup they're rapidly learning and evolving themselves and will look to you to do the same.Key responsibilitiesIn this Business Development job, your responsibilities will include:

•Contacting and speaking with local shops, to get them excited about the product•Being an expert on the product, and distilling this into a form local businesses can understand•Converting interested shops into clients, before passing them to the onboarding team to get them up and running•Tracking and exceeding sales targets, helping to build a quality network of brilliant shops•Following up promptly on prospective shop enquiries, grabbing the plate while it's hot!•Qualifying interested shops, ensuring that they're a good fit for the technology•Sharing shop feedback with the wider sales and product teams, helping them constantly refine and improve the product and messaging•Managing your own sales pipeline, and the CRM tools that go with it•Proactively identifying new opportunities, driving growth into new areas

Job requirements

•A University degree•Some sales, retail or technology experience•Interest in all things retail!•Excellent relationship-building and communication skills•Highly driven and results orientated•A strong communicator, both written and over the phone

Benefits of the job

•A competitive basic salary of £24,000 with OTE of £30,000 in year one•Fantastic offices in Shoreditch•Weekly company drinks•Annual budgets for Learning and Development so you can keep upskilling•Monthly budget for wellness to spend as you please!•Stock options in the company•Office dogs... Need we say more?

Looking for Business Development Executive jobs in London and want to join a fast-growing retail technology company in the heart of the city? If you're an ambitious graduate with great communication and interpersonal skills, apply for this Business Development job today!Discover more Sales & Business Development roles in London and the UK.EE-IND