Business Development Representative (German-speaking)

Are you ready to help open doors at the top of the sales funnel?

Coveo is seeking an energetic, motivated, and ambitious Business Development Representative (BDR) to prospect and identify new sales opportunities in our Service and Workplace lines of business. This role requires a challenger and provocative individual to relentlessly penetrate our target market profiles through outbound calling, emailing, and strategic outreach. 

The BDR holds a key and unique position which works closely with sales, partner managers, technical team, and marketing to bring in prospects at the top of the funnel. You are the first impression of Coveo when a lead comes in or when you're cold calling and it is your job to deliver a personalized and highly credible experience, as well as initial sales qualification. 

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Build pipeline by outbounding to IT decision makers & executives to set discovery calls in a personalized and targeted fashion
• Following up on inbound requests and marketing qualified leads
• Continually test, improve, and refine our strategies and messaging in close collaboration with the Marketing team
• Develop and execute strategies for digital & virtual events hosted by Coveo and third parties in close collaboration with the Marketing team
• Collaborate with Coveo’s Partner & Alliance team to generate interest, and qualify sales opportunities
• Work with Account Executives in North America to progress qualified leads through the sales process
• Research and build intelligence on accounts to figure out the best strategy to land business with them
• Be a Coveo evangelist by demonstrating a deep understanding of the platform, our competitive differentiators, and the value we provide our customers
• Stay up to date on trends in the industry and marketing developments in the industry

Ready for a great challenge?  

Relevance is what creates winners in digital experiences. Coveo is the world’s leading cloud-based relevance platform. Using applied AI, the Coveo Platform™ is the intelligence layer that transforms digital experiences, starting with intelligent search, through to specialized implementations for ecommerce, service, and workplace.

To support our Growth, you’ll ideally have:

• Drive: Self-starter, street smart with excellent influence, persuasion & motivation skills
• Business Acumen: You can quickly assimilate and navigate a variety of B2B B2C organizations as well as their structures & workflows
• Excellent Communication Skills: Fluent in English and German for external communication and collaboration, with strong internal communication skills to continuously enhance our strategies.
• A strong team spirit: Much of the work is highly collaborative & cross functional in nature
• Charisma: To earn support, trust, and develop long-term partnerships
• Time Management: This role has a higher volume of inbound leads and demo requests, so ensuring that both inbound and outbound work is being completed is essential

Nice to haves:

• Familiarity with the Salesforce ecosystem and Salesforce CRM
• Account-based selling and buyer-centric messaging experience
• Being comfortable working with remote teams

Do we have a fit?

Send us your resume and a cover letter, and convince us that you are a must-have rather than a nice-to-have.

Even if your background does not check every single box above, please consider applying. Experience comes in many forms but passion goes a long way and we appreciate that skillsets are transferable.

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