Sales & Business Development Manager 6 months internship + permanent position

Job content

Here is our pledge, and this is why we spent about 10 years refining the best EcoCook Program. Food is one of the main causes of health and environmental issues. Restaurants need to become sustainable. And Consumers need to find sustainable restaurants. We developed the first Sustainable Restaurant Certification Program EcoCook to impact positively on restaurants environmental and social impacts and to improve people’s health and the environment. We raise the standard in this industry.

How? A concrete program with the state-of-the-art science based restaurant’s specific sustainability assessment consulting and training, available on site and on-line, through the first on-line catering service sustainability assessment platform of the world, with the best and latest IT technique (v2022), available in EN, ES, FR, IT and DE, made in Switzerland and internationally recognized, so that the most complex assessment becomes easy, from anywhere, and everyone! Oh Yeah! ???? We report restaurant’s results through our social media and our website to help consumers, public and private institutions, travellers and event managers (…) make healthier and more sustainable choices. Restaurants that are sustainable enough acquire a certificate. We are proud to work with all type of restaurants and organisations in Switzerland and abroad. From world leaders to small local restaurants. Last but not least, EcoCook is recognised in public tenders as well as by tourism sustainabilityprograms. More-over, EcoCook’s criteria are aligned with UN SDG’s objectives.

Mission

We are shaping the future of sustainable restaurants in Europe and we are offering a Business Development career opportunity in Switzerland to support our Sustainable Restaurant Certification Strategic Business Unit.

Young dynamic passionate about sales and the HoReCa sector, you help our sales managers in the commercial development of the EcoCook® program.

The ideal candidate is a motivated, well-organized individual who has a deep understanding of prospecting and developing strong relationships with customers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies to drive business in new and existing markets
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to identify and recruit top sales talent - TBC
• Mentor employees to help them achieve individual & team objectives
• You carry out all commercial activities: researching new customers, updating the commercial data base, setting up meetings and acquisition follow-up
• You establish offers
• You carry out quality administrative follow-up
• You participate in initial audits, diagnostics and updates in the digital platform
• You participate in the sustainability certification projects

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business
• 3+ years’ of sales experience
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Master foundational sales: prospecting, customer service, negociating, relation-ship building, emotional inteligence
• Entrepreneurial mindset and Conceptual thinking
• Familiarity with environmental consulting or environmental engineering contracting, strategic account management and market research
• Outstanding analytical skills
• Master in Pack Office (Excel, word, power point)
• Polyvalent, autonomous and methodical
• Passion for HoReCa, sustainability, environmental social issues and food and related sectors
• French
• German / Swiss German
• English is a must
• Italian or Spanish are +

Various

· Activity: 90%

· Date to start : ASAP

· Swiss Nationality or B/C Permit