(Freelance) Business Development Manager

At Statista, we’re all about facts and data, for we are the world's leading business data platform. By providing reliable and easy-to-use data as well as various data analytics products and services, we empower people worldwide to make fact-based decisions.

Founded in Hamburg in 2007, we have quickly grown into a global company with offices in major cities such as London, New York, and Tokyo. And we still have a lot of plans. Our constant growth does not only prove our success, but also keeps creating new development and career opportunities for our employees. Are you ready to join us?

Tasks

• Work as a liaison between the sales team, customers and other departments at Statista (research team, product team, etc.)
• Identify prospects and communicate effectively on our value propositions clearly and concisely.
• Draft, conceptualize and share new sales campaigns and ideas within our growing team
• Monitor the advertising and sponsorship of competitive publications and events
• Proactively develop sales opportunities within the industry and allocated territories
• Ability to identify customers’ pain points quickly and recommend suitable solutions to the customer to create a win-win situation. Throughout the process, provide a high level of customer service, display an ability to build strong relationships and achieve a deep understanding of customers’ commercial objectives and motivations accurately.
• A self-starter with strong ownership and accountability to achieve revenue targets independently and quickly
• Acquiring new business and further developing our B2B client base
• Consistently deliver individual sales targets every month
• Build up the Academia and Public Sector vertical in Indonesia and Malaysia

Requirements

• Extroverted and professional character with an ability to put yourself in your customers' shoes
• Willingness to undertake business trips
• Open to remote candidates in Jakarta or Kuala Lumpur
• MUST-Have: outbound B2B direct sales experience / experience in acquiring new business
• Fluency in English AND Bahasa Indonesia or Bahasa Malaysia for development of market
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• 2+ years direct sales experience
• Competitive, aggressive sales nature with a desire to win
• Desire to be part of a rapidly expanding business
• Experience dealing with clients from the Academic/Public sector will be an advantage.
• Keen eye for detail and organization skills
• Proficiency in effective communication and presentation abilities

Benefits

• Professional development
• Great opportunities for personal growth and responsibility
• Extensive offer in the field of health promotion
• Visa Support
• Home Office & Flextime
• A team-oriented transfer of know-how
• Opportunity to grow quickly into mentor and/or leadership role
• Statista University - extensive training offer and individual coaching
• High level of autonomy
• Dynamic, international team
• Sabbatical

The team

What is the goal of our Sales team? That's easy: Step by step, we want to make Statista the number one source of information for making fact-based decisions in both established and new markets. Our team is diverse and international – just like the Statista platform. Together, we constantly acquire new customers and ensure that our existing clients are happy and well informed about the numerous tried-and-true and continuously evolving options on Statista.com.