Sales Development Representative - French

About Us

Perk (formerly TravelPerk) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management. Built to tackle the time-consuming, manual work that gets in the way of real work, our tools automate everything from travel bookings to expenses, invoice processing, and more. By eliminating this shadow work that wastes hours, erodes morale, and saps innovation, we’re on a mission to power real work, with real impact.

We’re trusted by more than 10,000 companies worldwide, including Wise, On Running, Breitling, and Fabletics, and we’re tackling the 7 hours of lost productivity per employee each week, a $1.7 trillion problem.

Founded in 2015, Perk has grown into a global company of more than 1,800 people across 12 offices globally, with headquarters in London and Boston. We combine innovation, control, and simplicity to transform how businesses work and how people feel at work.

At Perk, we’re driven by our values, like being an owner, delivering a 7-star experience, and working as one team. We value curiosity, purpose, and mindset, not just knowledge, to unlock the power in your potential. Our talent team brings together leading minds from the travel and SaaS industries, representing over 70 countries. If you’re excited about having a real impact and shaping how millions of people experience work, we’d love you on the team.

Visit www.perk.com to learn more.

 The Role

We are currently looking for a Sales Development Representative (SDR) to help us to achieve our ambitious goals within the French Market. As an SDR, you must be a persevering and focused professional. Reporting to the SDR Manager, your focus will be feeding our sales funnel by qualifying and engaging with prospective Perk customers. This is an excellent opportunity to join Perk, be part of a fresh but seasoned A-players Sales Team, and be in a position with substantial professional development possibilities.

You will learn from the best people and work within a fun and collaborative culture. Help us scale by selling a disruptive product that changes how organizations budget, book and manage their business travel!

What you will do:

• Understand the travel technology landscape through industry research and competitive selling.

• Gain SaaS sales experience by working within our SMB and Enterprise segments to generate interest and qualify leads for our Sales Executives.

• Generate outbound activity, and run outreach campaigns using a combination of phone, email, and social touches to identify, contact, and qualify potential customers.

• Evaluate leads, and schedule product demonstrations between our Sales Executives and potential clients.

• Understand the needs of our target prospects and articulate the value that Perk provides.

• Become a valued SaaS technology expert by learning about our partner landscape and advising on end-to-end software solutions along the value chain.

• Learn corporate selling strategies by running meetings and high-level conversations with C-level executives (Office Managers, CFO or Travel Managers) to explain the Travel Perk Value Proposition

• Collaborate cross-functionally with multiple teams to understand all the moving parts of a successful startup company.

• Use Salesforce to generate and manage a pipeline of leads and opportunities.

What you need:

• Native level of spoken and written French.

• Being a highly proficient English speaker is also a must.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills both spoken and written.

• Ability to build great credibility over the phone with prospects.

• Good understanding of B2B solution selling with a short sales cycle.

• A goal-oriented person with strong character and perseverance.

• Hungry and ambitious, yet ethical and sound.

• Strong character and perseverance.

• Able to work as an individual contributor, but bearing in mind you are part of a team.

• Customer-centric mindset.

• Proactive and capable of thinking outside the box to generate leads.

Bonus points for…

• Previous Business Development or sales experience is a plus.

• Knowledge of Salesforce or similar is also a plus.

Our Benefits

• Receive competitive compensation and equity ownership in Perk

• Rest and recharge with our generous allocation of vacation days plus public holidays

• Take control of your physical health with your choice of private healthcare or a gym allowance

• Know that your loved ones are protected financially through your Life Insurance if the worst were to happen

• Join our unforgettable Perk events, including our spectacular annual summer party

• Always feel supported with Spring Health, our market-leading wellbeing partner, providing fast, comprehensive access to 12x therapy and 12x coaching sessions for you and your loved ones

• Make your money go further with our flexible compensation plan

• Focus on your family with 17 weeks’ paid parental leave during your child’s first year

• Contribute to your community with 16 paid hours per year to spend volunteering for your dearest charitable causes

• Broaden your horizons with up to 20 "Work from Anywhere" days per year

• Nurture your language skills with in real-life English, Spanish and Catalan lessons

• Follow your passions and take a four-week, fully paid sabbatical once you reach 5 years

• Let us help you move to one of our hubs with relocation support

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Le Poste

Nous recherchons actuellement un Responsable du Développement Commercial (SDR) pour nous aider à atteindre nos objectifs ambitieux sur le marché français. En tant que SDR, vous devez être un professionnel persévérant et concentré. Sous la responsabilité du Manager SDR, votre mission principale sera d'alimenter notre entonnoir de vente en qualifiant et en engageant des clients potentiels pour TravelPerk. C'est une excellente opportunité de rejoindre TravelPerk, de faire partie d'une équipe de vente A-players fraîche mais expérimentée, et de bénéficier de possibilités de développement professionnel considérables.

Vous apprendrez des meilleurs et travaillerez dans une culture amusante et collaborative. Aidez-nous à nous développer en vendant un produit innovant qui transforme la façon dont les organisations budgétisent, réservent et gèrent leurs voyages d'affaires !

Que ferez-vous ?

• Gérer des campagnes de sensibilisation en utilisant une combinaison de téléphone, d'e-mail et de réseaux sociaux.

• Qualifier les prospects lors d'un appel téléphonique (s'assurer qu'ils répondent à toutes les exigences que nous recherchons chez nos clients), les engager et les programmer pour des consultations ultérieures dans le calendrier d'un responsable commercial.

• Chercher à comprendre les besoins de nos pro