Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named as one of the top 15 European Fintechs to work for by AltFi. We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments, and API integration.
Country Manager - Belgium
Office based in Brussels
This is an excellent opportunity to join Ebury at an exciting time, joining as Country Manager to continue to develop and grow our established Belgium operation.
As a Country Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing all operations within your respective country, ensuring the growth and success of Ebury’s services related to payments and collections, business lending, and FX risk management.
The role will be responsible for hiring and managing a team of salespeople, establishing sales objectives, implementing sales programs, and maintaining and improving sales performance through training, managing, and developing the team members.
Responsibilities
1. Establish sales objectives developing annual sales quotas for the region; accurate forecasting of expected sales volume.
2. Implement regional sales programs for sales action and training plans.
3. Implement and ensure adherence to company-wide sales methodology and sales administration processes.
4. Lead and manage the Sales floor and manage related support staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training, counseling, and disciplining where needed; planning, monitoring, and appraising job performance against quota and other metrics as needed.
5. Work closely with Marketing, Corporate Development, and Product to ensure we are communicating the appropriate product messages, and to provide feedback for positioning and development of products and product positioning/messaging.
6. Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
7. Contribute to team effort by accomplishing specific results as needed.
8. Work with our Talent Acquisition team to recruit as fast as necessary to keep pace with demand in the region.
Experience (Essential and Desired)
1. Demonstrable track record of sales leadership within financial institutions, ideally within FX or Payments.
2. Strong commercial experience and network of contacts in the Belgium market.
3. Experience of working in a commercial bank (one or several) selling to mid-size corporates. Experience in an environment different from a bank (this could be start-up vendor, FX specialist, cash management, etc.) is useful.
4. Experience of the local market & “at-scale” recruitment.
5. Fluent in English, French, and Flemish (spoken and written).
Competencies and Personal Characteristics
1. Proven ability to bring passion, energy, and motivation to a team.
2. Proven track record of exceeding sales quotas and market share goals.
3. First-class communication skills, able to win people's commitment and buy-in to a common vision and clearly stated goals.
4. Direct experience assuming control and able to set clear objectives and execute against them with a significant (but appropriate) degree of executive autonomy.
5. Demonstrable ability to mentor, manage, and develop people.
6. Able to provide effective leadership and direction to the sales organization whilst ensuring smooth collaboration within the broader matrix.
7. Able to provide leadership and commercial support in the field; develops sales strategies, techniques, and tactics based on customer feedback and market environment; presents key selling points, features, and benefits while focusing the message on customer needs and expectations.
8. Able to build and leverage relationships at senior levels within SME customers.
9. Skilled negotiator; negotiates or mediates discussions competently, making concessions while accomplishing goals and protecting interests.
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