Regional BD Manager
Description
What you’ll do:
WorldFirst is shaking up the financial services industry. As part of Ant Group, our mission as a FinTech is ‘to make it easy to do business anywhere’. Our BD team in London, UK is responsible for growing the business in the country, and extension coverage into broader EMEA region. We are looking for experienced BD professionals to join our journey.
As a Regional BD Manager, you’ll be targeting international mid-large sized companies and e-commerce merchants. You’ll be responsible for expending our client base in UK & EMEA promoting the benefits of WorldFirst and the Ant Group ecosystem at prospective clients and to decision making units.
Our team vision is to be a high-potential and high-performing sales team, and we want to be the best place to work in the industry. Our purpose it to attract, win and onboard new customers, while we achieve sales excellence and enjoy our job.
- You will be responsible for originating new business and achieving commercial targets, through managing various inbound & outbound lead channels and cooperating with Global Telesales, Marketing, Partnerships and supporting functions within the firm.
- You will own the full sales cycle from lead-to-customer.
- You will engage in marketing operations and events, grow your network, and work closely with cross-functional teams within Ant Group and Alibaba Group to support business development
- You will build your brand as thought-leader at events, online and to our prospective clients by sharing industry trends and in-depth knowledge of our products and solutions
- You will focus on client’s business objectives, challenges & needs and apply value-based selling
- You will make optimal use of CRM tools (SFDC) and other sales enrichment tools to navigate sales with data-driven approach.
What we’re looking for:
- You have a proven track record of exceeding new business sales & account growth targets in B2B market
- You are a payment expert with over 3 years’ experience in e-commerce or international trade
- You are focused, pro-active, engaged, disciplined, responsible and courageous in your sales role
- You enjoy executing daily sales activities, building a healthy pipeline and achieving sales targets
- You are able to connect with the decision-making unit and to win commitment and get buy-in
- You build networks with clear understanding of stakeholders’ interests (internal & external)
- You have an existing network of international SME-sized B2B traders in ecommerce (pre)
- You have excellent convincing communication and presentation skills (verbal & written)
- You have the ability and willingness to work autonomously, remote and independently
WorldFirst is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where our people feel that they belong and can reach their full potential. We believe our differences are our strengths and are committed to recruiting, developing and retaining a team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.
We encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnership.