Role overview

Qualifications

Minimum 3 years proven experience as a Sales Executive (selling services)
Expert in lead generation and cold calling
Experience in localization preferred
Proficiency in English; solid understanding of marketing and negotiating techniques

Responsibilities

Actively seek out new sales opportunities through cold calling and social networking
Attend local business events to generate leads and win new sales
Set up meetings with potential clients, assess requirements, and deliver presentations; negotiate/close deals; handle objections
Collaborate with team members to achieve monthly targets and maintain customer relationships

Key facts

Remote from: Africa
Full time
Mid-level (2-5 years)
BDR - Business Development Representative
English

Hard skills

Cold Calling Lead Generation Foreclosures Marketing Social Marketing Overcoming Objections Market Penetration Customer Complaint Resolution Prospect Management Calendar Management Consultative Selling Customer Relationship Management Presentation Training Inbound Sales Business Networking Sales Management Services Marketing Language Localisation

Other skills

Negotiation
Active Listening
Teamwork
Communication

About the company

Future Group Translation Services

Language could be a barrier, we make it a facility Future Group Translation Services was founded in 1994 and in a few years the company became one of the largest global translation and localization companies. Currently, Future Group Translation Services employs over 1200 native, linguistically-competent translators with a global network of specialized resources. - Our global reach is growing.. Twelve "in-country" production and project management offices have made us easily accessible to many of our global clients. - Our technical infrastructure is growing.. Our relentless obsession with process improvement has enabled our clients to have implicit trust in the value of our services. - Our expertise is developing. Hundreds of diverse localization projects in more than 50 languages have given us valuable experience. Future Group Translation Services company provides translation and localization services for: - American and Western Europe languages (English, French, German, Spanish, …) - Asian\Pacific languages (Japanese, Thai, Malay, Vietnamese, Chinese, …) - Central Asian languages (Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Armenian, ...) - Middle Eastern languages (Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Dari, ...) - African Languages (Africans, Somali, Swahili, Zulu, …) - Eastern European languages (Turkish, Albanian, Bulgarian, Polish, …)

Company details

Company typeLarge

Company size1001 - 5000

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Job description

We are looking to hire Business Development Executive (Based in Johannesburg) to manage the Outbound new sales for South Africa Market,

The responsibilities include discovering and pursuing new sales prospects, negotiating deals, maintaining customers relationship & satisfaction.

Responsibilities:

Actively seek out new sales opportunities through cold calling & social networking,
Attending local business events to generate new leads & won new sales,
Setup meetings with potential clients and listen to their requirements & needs,
Prepare and deliver appropriate presentations on the provided services,
Negotiate/close deals and handle complaints or objections,
Collaborate with team members to achieve better results
Aiming to achieve monthly targets.

Requirements:

Minimum 3 years proven experience as a Sales Executive (Selling services)
Expert in leads generation, penetration & cold calling,
Having previous experience in localization will be preferred,
Proficiency in English
Thorough understanding of marketing and negotiating techniques