French speaking Sales Associate /Assistant - Financial Services
A great opportunity has arisen for a sales associate / sales administrator with fluent French to join the international sales team of a leading global Investor Relations company. This is a temp to perm role reporting into the Head of Sales to start as soon as possible. Owing to the nature of the role the ability to speak and write English to mother tongue standard is essential as is perfect fluency in French
Duties will include assisting the Head of Sales with:
- Proactively managing and building a pipeline of prospects through e-mail and cold calling in English AND French
- Building strong relationships with new and existing clients
- Keeping eyes peeled for upselling opportunities
- Drafting business proposals, tenders, presentations, reports, contracts
- Arranging meetings and events
- Handling sales enquiries and following them up in English AND French
- Reviewing and formatting the sales teams proposals
- Maintaining the sales CRM / database
- Storing and inputting data
- Assisting with any ad hoc sales and administration duties as required
- Attending industry events
This is a fantastic opportunity for a French speaking sales administrator/ sales team assistant who is wants to get more involved in the sales processes instead of just dealing with administration. In the long term, this role can potentially evolve into a Business Development (BD) executive and manager role for the right individual.
Profile
- English to mother tongue standard is essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Fluent written and verbal communication skills in French
- Advanced Word and PowerPoint
- Proven experience supporting a sales team
- Financial Services experience highly desirable
- Investor Relations (IR) experience a distinct advantage
- Proven experience as a team assistant / administrator / PA / EA
- Experience making cold calls / telesales
- Experience liaising with clients at mid to senior level
To apply, please send your CV in Word format to Hannah, CVs in any other formats will not be accepted. If you have applied for any other languagematters vacancy there is no need to re-apply, as your CV will be considered for all vacancies that match your language skills and work experience.
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NB: Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK or hold a valid work permit. Please note that we contact successful candidates within 3-4 working days. We will consider you for all our vacancies now and in the future. Please do not reapply unless requested to do so. Language Matters is acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.
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