Business Development Executive - Junior

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is a great place to work. You can see it in our team members. The diversity of the team and their unique contributions set us apart from the competition. Our success is based as much on our future friendly team as the innovative technology solutions we offer.

Our team members include people like you – enthusiastic, innovative, passionate and energetic. We believe that you'll find our high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging and financially rewarding.

Here’s the impact you will make and what we will accomplish together

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is leveraging our world-leading technology and innovation to create better producer-to-consumer outcomes. To do this, we are creating a unified, trusted and sustainable value chain that enables the most efficient production and logistics outcomes, while lowering the impact on the environment. We deliver actionable digital solutions and data insights that connect global supply chains, improving the safety, quality and sustainability of food and consumer goods, all in a way that's traceable and clear to the end consumer.

We offer an unmatched suite of innovative solutions and purpose-built applications for every participant in the supply chain, from seed manufacturers and farmers through to grocery stores and consumer goods companies. Our solutions consist of the latest technologies that enable our customers to optimize their businesses and move goods through supply chains with more accuracy, efficiency and profit to get the right products to shelf, at the right time and at the right price, creating more sustainable production and consumption outcomes.

As part of our Food, Beverage and Consumer Goods team, you’ll help our customers connect business processes and leverage data-driven technology for better visibility, agility and responsiveness. We are recruiting a Business Development Executive who is at the earlier stages of their career. This role is fully remote, with the option to attend their local office in Bratislava, working withthe broader Sales team to drive funnel in the UK & European market. This will be done through a high rate of consistent calling, emailing & approaching potential clients via LinkedIn, as well as managing web driven leads. The desired candidate will have proven knowledge and experience in cold calling and is a great move for someone looking to grow their sales career.

Here’s how

• Drive sales funnel by sourcing and qualifying customer opportunities
• Work with Marketing and Sales to identify industry-specific lists of potential customers to pursue.
• Present, promote, and sell TELUS Consumer Goods services to prospective customers.
• Build relationships with potential customers and quickly establish trust and rapport.
• Report on relevant sales data including calls, emails, etc.
• Leverage tools like phone, email, virtual meetings, etc to connect with potential customers.
• Make use of LinkedIn Sales Navigator to build prospective leads lists.
• Meet KPIs for the Inside Sales role.
• Keep all customer and activity information live and up-to-date in Salesforce.

What you bring to this role:

• Excellent written and verbal communication in English is essential, as well as another European language (Slovakian included)
• Excellent at managing your own schedule and priorities.
• Excellent at asking questions and performing discovery to uncover a prospect's pain points, determine buying criteria, and timeline.
• Highly activity-oriented when it comes to number of communications sent (email, phone calls, etc)
• Ability to generate interest from cold calling, emailing, etc in order to move to the next step in the sales process.
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of TELUS Consumers Goods software platforms and hone in on specific solutions to solve specific customer needs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• Able to work independently while being a team player.
• Proficiency with CRM software and virtual meeting tools.
• Resilience, you view a 'no' as one step closer to a 'yes.'

Employee perks, benefits 

• Annual bonus up to 10% of yearly salary 
• Fully covered food coupons (11.00€) 
• Multisport card 
• Teambuilding and sport events 
• English language courses 
• Employee referral bonus of 1700€ 
• Wide range of opportunities for your career progression 
• Gift cards in sum of 350€ for special life occasions such as your own wedding or child birth
• Company Recognition Program 
• Snacks and refreshment in the office

Salary

Base salary starting at €20,000 gross per year. Actual salary is likely to be higher depending on each individual candidate.

Join us

Collectively, our talented team and integrated solutions uniquely position us to transform collaboration within the industry at a global level, empowering and connecting producers to consumers for a more efficient, sustainable future.

Everyone belongs at TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do or how you do it, at TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods, your unique contribution and talents will be valued and respected. Because the more diverse perspectives we have the more likely we are to crack the code on what our customers want and our communities need.

Do you share our passion for enabling remarkable human outcomes?

Together, let’s make the future friendly.

Accessibility

TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.

This is Full-Time, Remote working