Business Development Manager - France (m/f/d)
Pliant
ABOUT US
Since 2020, Pliant has been on a mission to rethink payments and empower companies to grow by providing a smart way to pay that scale with their business. With our app and API-based solutions, Pliant allows companies to issue physical and virtual credit cards, automate payment processes, track spending, and seamlessly integrate these data into their finance stack.
Pliant is growing quickly. With our expansion into 30+ international markets, we believe that people, passion, and diversity are the key ingredients to our future success. Our growing team of 180+ Plianteers come from 35 nationalities and work remotely or in a hybrid environment from our headquarters in the heart of Berlin. And we’re looking for more talented and committed people to join us on our journey!
ABOUT THE ROLE
You support Pliant as Business Development Manager - France (m/f/d) and build up our sales unit there. You convince our potential customers that Pliant's digital credit card solution is THE payment method of the future, from which our customers can sustainably benefit through time and cost savings. You will work closely with your colleagues from Customer Success, Underwriting and Product Management.
This role will be based in France, with access to our office in the Paris area.
ABOUT THE ROLE
- Analyse: You're up for sourcing the current market of small and large businesses and finding exciting customer segments that can benefit from our Pliant payment solution
- Select Channels: You have a desire to work creatively and select different channels and strategies for customer outreach
- Customer advocacy: You take ownership and communicate skilfully to contact potential customers and build a strong customer pipeline
- Understanding: It's important to you to know your contact's needs and problems, ask the right questions and listen to them in order to pick up your customers where they are at the moment
- Advise: You put yourself in your customers' shoes and identify for them how we at Pliant can deliver the most value to them
- Go-to-market: You are spearheading the expansion within the respective country and define our local strategy as well as shape the product for local specifics
WHAT YOU`LL BRING
- You are numbers driven and can drive your team to success
- You enjoy working with customers, are communicative and know how to relate to your contact persons
- You are always asking yourself how you can improve in individual situations, you are happy to receive and give feedback and are eager to develop yourself further
- You have energy, like to work independently and are strongly motivated by clear goals
- You are interested in FinTech and the digitalisation of the financial industry
- You speak fluent English and French both spoken and written
- Experience of sales within the travel industry would be a real advantage for this position
WHAT WE OFFER
- The opportunity to work in a growing team with big responsibilities that thrives on a strong exchange of knowledge and excellence
- Attractive remuneration
- Your choice of preferred OS, Windows or Mac
- Flat hierarchy and transparent communication in a relaxed, professional atmosphere
- Opportunity to develop your talent in a dynamic team with ambitious goals
- Flexibility and possibility to work remotely
- Company card with a monthly allowance for lunches, coffee, etc. with co-workers