What are the responsibilities and job description for the Account Executive position at Flexport?
Account Executive, Copenhagen
CopenhagenThe opportunity:
Flexport is experiencing huge growth with nearly 2500 Flexporters across 15 global offices and we’re just getting started! This is an amazing opportunity to help scale the European Business as well as drive Flexport’s growth globally. You will be joining a team of like minded entrepreneurial Account Executives that make up Flexport's growth engine. In this role you will be empowered to make decisions and grow your career.
This is a rare opportunity to really be part of something bigger - help fuel our expansion!
If you are on a journey to become a top sales executive, you’ll thrive at Flexport. Not only will you work alongside some of the most successful Account Executives in the country, but you will also be coached and guided to continuously develop your sales skill set. You will have a real chance to progress in the sales organisation, if that’s where your interest is. You will also have an active role in improving the company by working on side projects and driving business improvements. By joining Flexport you will become part of an incredible journey.
You will:
As an Account Executive your goal is to drive growth by closing new deals and building a diversified portfolio of clients. In doing so, you will be given a lot of freedom and responsibility, as well as guidance and coaching, in understanding how to best achieve that goal. Examples of activities you might be dealing with on a normal day range from leading a discovery call with a prospect to uncover more about their supply chain processes, discuss an onboarding strategy with a fellow Flexporter in our Shenzhen office, jumping in the car and travel to a prospective client to set up a trial project, or sharing your best practices with the broader sales team in a peer learning session.If you enjoy diversity in your role this is the opportunity for you as no two days are the same! You are responsible for all aspects of deal management , included but not limited too:
- Identifying good fit clients- both self-prospected and generated by a SDR
- Consulting with new clients to understand their supply chain needs and pains
- Creating a value add solution, demonstrating our capabilities through remote and in-person meetings
- Closing the deal- goes without saying!
- Leading the onboarding process by leveraging internal resources and teams
- Identifying opportunities for account growth while retaining and expanding revenue within book of business
- Leading a squad in partnership with a Client Solutions Manager to drive client success and revenue generation
You should have:
We are looking for high energy people who have experience in a quota carrying sales role, managing the full sales cycle from prospecting to closing deals. You are not afraid to pick up the phone and cold call a prospect if you believe there might be some business to win. You also have a genuine interest towards your clients, which you leverage in leading value adding discovery calls to uncover current processes and pain points. Despite being a hunter, you also embrace your key role in managing accounts by taking the lead in creating an outstanding experience for your clients. Above all, you are a fast learner, you have a strong work ethic, and you have a burning desire to grow into a top 5% sales executive in the country.
You also speak Danish and English fluently (oral and written).