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Account Executive FR

Join Greenly, a global leader in carbon accounting and a B-corp certified company. As an Account Executive, you will play a critical role in growing the business by finding high-quality leads, closing sales, supporting existing clients, and formulating innovative sales strategies. You will manage a client book, proactively reach out to clients, and continuously search for new business opportunities. Your contribution will be essential to achieving shared goals and long-term success at Greenly.

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Permanent contract
Paris
A few days at home
Salary: Not specified
Skills & expertise
Sustainability awareness
Motivational skills
Negotiation skills
Collaboration and teamwork
Excel
Key missions

Comprendre les enjeux et les attentes en matière d'empreinte carbone et de stratégies ESG.

Pitcher Greenly à des prospects (Mid-Market) de différents secteurs d'activité et de complexité.

Gérer l'ensemble du cycle de vente, de la recherche d'un client à la conclusion d'un accord.

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🌱 About us

Our journey began in 2019 with Alexis, Matthieu and Arnaud as our founders. Today we are a global leader in carbon accounting , we’re B-corp certified and a recognised member of the French Tech 120.

Our innovative climate suite combines smart data collection with advanced features, making it the most intuitive carbon accounting solution in the world. With Greenly, companies can precisely measure, actively reduce, and report on their progress. Additionally, our clients receive dedicated support from our climate experts throughout their journey.

Greenly supports over 3,000 companies across more than 20 countries to measure their carbon footprint (through carbon assessment and life cycle analyses), reduce their emissions (SBTi trajectory and action plan quantification), and comply with new regulations (CSRD, CBAM, ISSB).

We are a team of 270 people from 38 nationalities based in Paris, London, Barcelona and New York, which allows us to strengthen our international presence.

Today, our impact is measured in tons of carbon under management, with over 110 million tons of CO2 tracked through our platform. Our next milestone : serving 10,000 clients and managing one billion tons of CO2 to make carbon management as essential as financial management.

🌱 Our Values:

  • Ambition for climate : Minimize GHG emissions, maximize climate impact
  • Deliver with agility : Work in small increments: fail fast, learn fast, win fast
  • Own your opportunities : Achieve outstanding results by showing initiative and accountability
  • Feedback paves the way : Succeed as a team by helping others progress

Curious to know more ? Check out both our blog and our youtube channel


General Purpose  🌱

As a new member of our team, you will be joining a team of over 10 experienced Account Executives (FR) who are passionate about the industry and dedicated to achieving success. 

You will work in various fields and play a critical role in growing Greenly's business by finding high-quality leads, closing sales, supporting existing clients, formulating innovative sales strategies, and effectively communicating the value of our products to clients.

As part of your responsibilities, you will manage a client book and proactively reach out to clients to ensure their satisfaction and retention. In addition, you will continuously search for new business opportunities and close deals to drive the growth of the company. Your contribution to the team's efforts will be essential to achieving our shared goals and long-term success here at Greenly.

As an Account Executive, your role will be to convince as many companies as possible to track and improve their carbon footprint and develop their ESG strategies. You will need to communicate and persuade any person in charge of implementing a ESG policy, such as ESG Managers, CFOs, founders, and others, in order to gain deals.

Duties and Responsibilities 🤝

  • Understand the issues and expectations in relation to carbon footprint and ESG strategies
  • Pitch Greenly to prospects (Mid-Market) from different sectors of activity and complexity
  • Follow up on your prospects and KPIs
  • Take part or lead internal projects in order to continuously improve our processes
  • Create detailed business plans designed to attain predetermined goals and quotas
  • Manage the entire sales cycle from finding a client to securing a deal
  • Discover new sales opportunities through networking and turn them into long-term partnerships
  • Remain in regular contact with your clients to understand and meet their needs
  • Negotiate agreements
  • Maintains all sales databases necessary to report sales activity and customer information.
  • Attends all sales meetings and training sessions as required by management.
    Please note that we are a fast-growing company, therefore, this list is not exhaustive.

Perks & Benefits

  • 📍Beautiful offices in the heart of Paris (9e arrondissement)
  • 🏠 Flexibility to work remotely
  • ⚒️ Top-notch tools to enhance your talent and support flawless delivery
  • 🩺 Private medical insurance with Alan (incl. mental wellbeing) paid to 100%
  • 🚅 Transportation reimbursement 50% (Navigo)
  • 🥗 Lunch vouchers by Ekip for a more sustainable way of consuming! 
  • 🤸 We cover a part of your Gymlib subscription, for a healthier lifestyle 
  • 🤝 A culture of autonomy and transparency and a team of highly talented and committed individuals.

🌱 Greenly is a team built through the power of differences coming together. We embrace individuality, support human growth, and recognise the value in second chances. We are not looking for a person who will fit the mold, we need individuals who can add to our culture. If this role interests you and you believe you would excel at it, please apply even if you do not check 100% of the required criteria.

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