Remote Job: French Speaker Translation Services Tender/RFP Sales Executive

French Speaker Translation Services Tender/RFP Sales Executive Job (100% Remote)

LingvoHouse Translation Services Ltd, is multi-language translation services provider targeting B2B, we are a dynamic and rapidly growing translation agency founded 12 years ago, with clients including Legal 500 law firms, FTSE 250 companies, top tier international banks and other companies worldwide. We are an all-digital company with a multilingual team located across the world & HQ in London.

We are currently looking to expand the team and hire remotely a B2B Sales Executive with specific experience in procurement, RFP & tenders participation. Prior Translation Industry experience will be an additional advantage. This entirely remote job can be either on-demand (freelance), or part-time, or full-time.

Location:

This role is remote/home-based, you can be located in any country and will not be required to travel to the London office, as long as you can work during UK business hours.

Main Responsibilities:

Work with rest of Sales Team on leads/sales enquiries requiring bidding via RFP or similar formalized quotations
Bring in expertise to help with tender & spec evaluations, liaison with stakeholders, developing a winning strategy
Analyze the translation documents with the use of CAT-tools (Trados or Memo Q)
Help to write clear and persuasive sales copy and implement a sales & marketing strategy
Contract/Ts&Cs reviews, contract management
Organizing & coordinating the testing phase
Organize & supervise client onboarding incl. creation of account linguistic assets
Source & develop new leads, and develop a business on your own
Help Sales Team quoting/managing other translation requests
Step-in to project-manage projects end-to-end in CAT, if needed
Supervise translators progress
Cooperate with other managers and support staff to ensure effective teamwork in generating customer satisfaction over long-term
Comply with established processes
Continuously learn about the language industry and develop professional abilities

Alternatively, you can work as a consultant (freelance) helping with RFPs on-demand and compensation will then be on per hour basis (to be negotiated). To start with, we expect 5-15 proposals per month to be written.

Requirements:

Practical knowledge of procurement routes and activities in the translation industry
Experience & understanding of B2B Language Services
Prior Enterprise Level Sales experience
Experience of contributing to project management activities
French on the level of a native speaker
English Language on the level of a native speaker
Any other European language is an advantage
Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Must have expertise using Microsoft Office products, Outlook mail experience
Ability to learn industry tools, soft & apps quickly
Ability to read between the lines and understand stakeholder needs
Strong communication skills to maintain solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and ranks
Ability to work to strict timelines balancing multiple work streams
Self-motivated, flexible and responsible, works well under pressure
Able to work independently as well as within a team
Exceptional Multitasker, can-do attitude
Confidence, success-driven, strong desire to meet and exceed goals
Must be willing to learn new things, be open to challenges and thrive on success

Compensation & Benefits:

consisting of a competitive base £24,000 p/a gross (based on full-time), plus
additional 50-150% of commission on sales, no upper limit (you would typically make up to £48,000 p/a as a total compensation)
flexible working hours possible
work remote from any part of the world
excellent growth opportunities to senior PM/Sales role
training to use company software and platform will be provided.