Join Lightspeed and Help Shape the Future of Restaurants in Liège!
At Lightspeed, we're on a mission to empower restaurants to thrive by giving them the tools they need to adapt, grow, and get back to doing what they love most: running their businesses. If you’re passionate about the hospitality industry and want to make a direct impact on local restaurants, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
As a Field Account Executive at Lightspeed, you will be at the heart of our growth, helping restaurants transform their operations with innovative, tailored solutions. With a consultative approach, you’ll be identifying new opportunities, building meaningful relationships, and signing up restaurateurs in your local area. If you're ready to put your sales expertise to work and help us build the Lightspeed brand, we'd love to have you on board.
Please note: This role is based in Belgium
What You’ll Do:
- Own the full sales cycle: From identifying and prospecting restaurants to closing deals. Experience with self-sourcing leads is a huge advantage!
- Conduct live demos and presentations to showcase how Lightspeed can enhance restaurant operations and help them grow.
- Collaborate with teams across the business to ensure seamless delivery of services that meet the expectations set during the sales process.
- Use Salesforce to track and manage all sales activities efficiently.
- Stay ahead of the competition by understanding the market landscape and positioning Lightspeed as the solution of choice.
What You’ll Bring:
- Experience in sales, ideally in the hospitality sector or related industries. If you have experience in restaurant operations, that’s a huge plus!
- Fluency in French is essential—this will be key for connecting with clients in your region.
- You’ll be on the move daily, engaging with clients and restaurants in your territory.
- Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to engage decision-makers at all levels.
- A proven track record of success in meeting and exceeding sales targets.
- A self-starter mindset, capable of working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
- Tech-savvy, with experience using CRM tools like Salesforce (a plus, but not essential).
Why Lightspeed?
At Lightspeed, we believe in creating a dynamic, empowering work environment where your efforts are rewarded and your career can flourish. Here's what we offer:
- Career growth opportunities based on performance within a company that's growing fast and always looking for talent to promote.
- Uncapped commission – your earning potential is in your hands!
- A collaborative team of highly skilled professionals who share your passion for sales and hospitality.
- A company culture that encourages initiative and leadership at every level.
- Access to a range of benefits to keep you healthy, happy, and motivated:
- Equity Scheme – because we’re all owners at Lightspeed.
- Health & Wellness Credit – up to €400 per year for gym memberships, wellness activities, or anything else that keeps you at your best.
- Mental Health Support via Modern Health App – meditation, coaching, or counseling, whenever you need it.
- People Experience Benefit – work from anywhere in the world for up to 60 days a year.
- Free access to LinkedIn Learning to help you develop your skills and grow in your career.
- Company Car and other exciting perks like regular team breakfasts and lunches in our Ghent office!
If you’re excited about transforming the hospitality industry and helping restaurants succeed with cutting-edge technology, this is the role for you.
Apply today and let’s shape the future of restaurants together!
To all recruitment agencies: Lightspeed does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. If we have not directly engaged your company in writing to supply candidates for a specific vacancy, Lightspeed will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.
Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.
Who we are:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.
Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.
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What We Do
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed’s one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale and provide exceptional customer experiences.
The cloud solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financing and connection to supplier networks.
Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality and golf businesses in over 100 countries.
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