Spanish Speaking Sales Associate

Location: Barcelona or Glasgow

The Company,

Our client a large international scientific company is currently seeking for a Spanish Speaking Sales Associate to work in their offices based in Glasgow or Barcelona.

Job Role

Working with our clients Account Managers, the Sales Associate will undertake prospecting, networking, qualifying leads and closing sales opportunities.

This will be achieved largely through telephone contact with prospective and current customers as well as face to face meetings within the Pharmaceutical and Chemicals markets as well as within academia.

Key Responsibilities:

• Sales, including add on sales to existing commercial, government and academic customers, smaller value sales to new customers, maintenance renewals
• Telephone canvassing to ensure maximum attendance to marketing campaigns
• Weekly interfacing with the Customer Care and Marketing teams to ensure leads are properly qualified and correctly imported into the database.
• Qualifying leads from sources such as marketing campaigns, delegate lists from events, conference attendee lists, internal databases
• Internet research
• Coordinate and assist with visits from Technical Experts across Europe
The Candidate
• Degree-educated with a BSc from a life science background.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Fluency in Spanish is essential
• Credible and confident telephone manner with drive and enthusiasm to help sustain a high call volume.
• Desire to succeed and to achieve sales targets.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build and develop strong professional relationships with customers.
• Ability to quickly absorb product and technical knowledge
• Able to work independently, often to tight deadlines and under pressure, whilst also able to work as a team member.
• Whilst previous work in a telesales capacity or commercial sales role is advantageous, we are willing to consider entry-level candidates with the right personal qualities and ambition to build a successful career in sales

Salary: £18-£22k + £4k Commission

To apply for this role please call Paul Lawton on 0845 226 4748 or send your CV to

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