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Business developer / KA Manager - North America

Permanent contract
Miami
Salary: $55K to 80K
Fully-remote
Experience: > 7 years
Education: Master's Degree

FITTINGBOX
FITTINGBOX

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Job description

We are currently looking for a full-time Business developer / high-energy KA Manager, with a solid business-to-business international experience in the eyewear industry.

You will play a key role in the strategic positioning and the expansion of FittingBox in the North America market.

Overall, we looking for a hunter capable of building strong long term relationships with eyewear industry Key Accounts (i.e. manufacturers, buying groups, retail chains, opticians and optometrists networks, multi-owners, distributors, etc.).

Your role will be also to :

  • Acquire new market shares and new customers
  • Expand relationships and penetrate further existing clients (i.e., upsell)
  • Ensure that clients renew their contracts with FittingBox (i.e., retain)
  • Define the forecast yearly sales objectives

You will report to the General Manager

  • Consistently meet/exceed established targets and quotas
  • Proactively and accurately report and manage opportunity/pipeline and forecast data in the Company’s CRM application (currently Hubspot)
  • Support the sales & customer success team members during the sales process including, but not limited to qualifying opportunities, building relationships with prospects, attending prospect meetings, negotiating, etc.
  • Monitor technological and competitive intelligence
  • Realize demonstration and/or training session for the sales agents and/or the distributors of the Company for the allocated area
  • Participate in professional optical events, such as seminars, conferences, exhibitions and meetings
  • Drive and supervise the monthly KPIs
  • Seek continuous improvement in all aspects of the sales capability across people, process and technology
  • Represent and broadcast the reputation, the characteristics and values of FittingBox within the US
  • This position will be administratively attached to our subsidiary based in Miami, but can also consider in a remote office.

Success in this role will provide additional opportunities for growth such as significant financial upside.

Frequent travels are foreseeable (North America area mainly) + 1 or 2 trips in Europe per year.

This position does not include team management

Your goal for your first year

1 million turnover (ambitious)

Benefits

  • Work 100% remotely possible
  • Attractive salary package to be discussed in consideration of your experience and expertise
  • Healthcare and dental coverage if desired
  • Preferred experience

For Covid-19, we respecting the health measures recommended.
We work a lot in remote. We use Microsoft Team for video-meeting and chat, email and full others applications.


Preferred experience

Key skills:

  • Minimum of an MBA/CPA or related degree in business or with a big sales experience
  • At least 8-10 years of overall proven professional experience in the eyewear or eyeglass industry as a business developer, especially on the North American market: you are a hunter!
  • Hard skills: high projection and decision-making capability, excellent communication and relationship-building skills, autonomy, pugnacity
  • Fluent in English (excellent level)

Appreciated skills:

  • Proficient in French
  • A third language will be highly appreciated
  • Passionate about new technologies (familiar with SaaS/technical environment would be even better)

Recruitment process

  • Job interview with a recruiter
  • Interview with the Chief of Sales & Marketing and the North America Country Director
  • Interview with CEO 😁

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