Skills

Communication Sales Prospecting Training Coaching Marketing Recruitment business development E-commerce

Job Specifications

About The Job

Since Alma's creation in 2018, our growth has been exceptional with hundreds of new merchants adopting our solutions every month. We currently collaborate with 19 000+ merchants across 10 European countries, and the acquisition of new accounts is a pivotal focus for us. As a Business Development Representative, you will play a crucial role in expanding our SMB customer base and contribute directly to Alma's sales success.

As a Sales Development Representative (SDR), your impact at Alma will be immediate and tangible: you will directly contribute to increasing payment volumes processed by Alma while growing our SMB merchant portfolio (for French and Spanish market). You will have the satisfaction of helping the team closing deals within weeks and in manifesting Alma as a European player.

About The Mission

Reporting to the Head of Sales SMB, your main responsibilities are:

Develop Alma's sales activity using the tools available (telephone/email/social networks, Sales navigator...) and closely work with the Growth team to actively prospect on a defined block of verticals with merchants having an annual turnover of less than EUR10MEUR
Generate lists of prospects in collaboration with the Growth and Marketing teams
Implement a prospecting strategy and actively follow-up targets in order to qualify their needs and identify potential projects
Obtaining qualified appointments for your Account Executives
Track and monitor your activity and find the best methods to improve the prospecting process.

You will also benefit from an ongoing coaching/training program that will enable you to develop strong commercial, e-commerce and payment skills.

About You

You will be a good fit for the role if:

Experience: 1-2 years of experience in a similar role (internships and apprenticeships included). Experience in selling B2B solutions and knowledge of the e-commerce will be a plus!
Language: native French speaker (or bilingual in French) with fluency in both Spanish & English
Strong communication skills: you are very at ease when interacting with prospects, clients or any stakeholders of the industry, and you always ensure the appropriate level of reporting internally
Structured: you are a quick learner who rapidly gets up to speed in understanding the challenges faced by merchants
Rigorous and organized: you advance in a methodical manner and follow your prospects to the end
Ambitious and driven by challenge: you have a strong desire to exceed your goals
You want to make an impact and drive excellence in a fast growing company

About The Recruitment Process

Phone interview with Recruiter (30 min)
Remote interview with Hiring manager (45 min)
A written case study to complete at home, following by an on-site/remote case study presentation (60 min)
On-site Final interview with VP Sales (30 min) & Team Fit interview (30 min)
Reference check

About the Company

At Alma, we are convinced that trade must be well balanced to be sustainable. Because finance has a key role in business, our mission is to put it back in its rightful place : at the service of merchants and consumers! That’s why we create financial products that empower merchants to sell more, and help consumers purchase better products while never encouraging them to get over-indebted. Our tech solutions are accessible to all, easy to implement, and that eliminate purchase friction. For merchants, our instalment and deferr... Know more