Details:
- Salary: £35,000 - 45,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: London
- Date: 6 days ago
Description:
French speaking Sales Executive
Location
London - hybrid working option!
Language Requirements for the job
Fluency in French & English
About the Company
Our client is an international manufacturing and design commercial brand, successfully exporting a superb range of business products across the globe.
The Role
They now wish to hire a French speaking Sales Executive to manage the sales growth of their products into France and other French speaking parts of the world. Your job will focus on building strong export sales partnerships and delivering exceptional customer experiences with all French speaking clients (governments, retail groups for example) in the export sales process.
Key Responsibilities of the job:
* Take ownership of sales development within a defined geographic territory in the French market, identifying and converting new business opportunities
* Build and manage relationships with customers in France, understanding their needs and providing tailored solutions
* Proactively generate new business through outbound activity, inbound enquiries, and existing customers
* Deliver engaging online product demonstrations and presentations to customers
* Work closely with French and UK offices to support collaboration and customer engagement
* Prepare quotations and respond to customer enquiries via email, webchat, phone, and video calls
* Manage the sales process from initial enquiry through to order completion
* Coordinate with logistics teams to ensure timely delivery and smooth fulfilment.Identify, onboard, and nurture new distributors based in France while strengthening relationships with existing partners
Candidate Profile:
* Fluency in French and English
* Experience in direct sales or customer facing roles
* Comfortable and confident delivering online product demonstrations
* Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
* Commercial awareness with a proactive, results-driven approach
* Strong interest in business development and global markets.
* Commercial awareness with excellent communication skills.
* IT literate and proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
Salary & Benefits:
Fantastic base saalry of c£35,000 (very competitive!) + generous bonus and benefits.
Excellent benefits include: 33 days paid holiday (rising to 38 with service), performance bonuses, sick pay scheme, employee Assistance Programme (EAP), compassionate leave, Cycle to Work scheme, On-site gym and changing facilities
To be considered for this role, please send your CV to Jonathan Grimes