Sales Development Representative – German speaking

Sales Development is the sales & talent pipeline driving the EMEA business. At Zendesk, we provide the best sales training ground that enables you to enhance your skills and accelerate your career trajectory. We focus on recruiting and inspiring high potential talent and coaching for sales excellence.

This role could be the start of an incredible career journey in sales for you, and is an integral part of the continued success and growth of Zendesk across EMEA. We are looking for exceptional sales talent that will play a key role in driving new business for our sales organisation.

Zendesk is the world’s leading Customer Support Platform and we are growing our EMEA business incredibly fast on the back of the success and value that our suite of products deliver for our customers. This is a great opportunity to join a team of incredibly versatile, ambitious and fun sales professionals who embody Zendesk’s outstanding culture. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of overachieving in a fast paced dynamic environment.

What you will do:

• Be a key team member of the sales team, driving new business and delivering on the strategy for your region.
• Manage a high volume of hot inbound leads in our CRM with the goal to qualify as many high value and top quality opportunities for the Account Executives as possible.
• Use excellent communication skills to up-sell and cross-sell before passing it onto our AEs.
• Show creativity and flourish in a Zen environment, finding new and better ways to work.  We want your brains! Just not literally.
• Be motivated to overachieve on targets and metrics.
• Be the face of the brand, 100% focussed on building an outstanding customer experience.
• Learn everything you can to pave the way for your Sales career trajectory.
• Excel in a multicultural team serving markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
• Focus on building a great team environment for a fun and energetic atmosphere.

It would be fantastic if you have:

• Proficient in English and fluency in German
• Passion to kick-start or continue a career in consultative sales.
• Experience in Sales a bonus but not essential if you have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
• Business experience (SaaS sales preferred / business internship), and examples of being customer centric and curious.
• A “Can Do” / “Winner” attitude, with a hunger and ‘self-starter’ commitment to overachieve and succeed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Why Zendesk

• Quality leadership team dedicated to you, your development and your success.
• Hybrid or remote work model (WeWork Flex/All Access, Zendesk Hubs in Barcelona, Berlin, Dublin) with everything you need to be successful (MacBook, home office desk/chair allowance, Sales Navigator, Zoom etc).
• 2 weeks long ‘sales bootcamp’ to help you get up to speed on the industry, our business, our customers and our products. Most meaningfully, an opportunity to build connections.
• Ongoing weekly 1:1 Coaching Sessions and Team Trainings
• Individual Career Planning with your manager to prepare you for your next steps (in sales, marketing, ops, etc.)
• Professional development funding in addition to Zendesk led professional development programs built to accelerate your sales career.
• Opportunity to work in a fun, dynamic and exciting environment.
• Outstanding benefits such as health insurance, Paid time off, pension contribution, mental health, recharge Fridays (for 2022) and many more.

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