Sales Executive - UK (London) or France (Paris)

Colt Data Centre Services; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the data centre industry is seeking a dynamic Sales Executive in London. This role involves leveraging technical expertise to generate sales opportunities and manage client relationships in a rapidly growing market. Candidates should possess substantial sales experience and fluency in English; knowledge of additional languages is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Sales Executive role within data centre/cloud sectors.
• Fluency in English, additional languages greatly beneficial.
• Diligent with timely data input and strong organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support creation of sales opportunities using technical expertise.
• Manage existing customer contracts and seek new business.
• Demonstrate proactive, commercially creative sales approach.

Skills

Sales experience in data centre/cloud industry

Building and maintaining a sales pipeline

Strong performance track record

Fluency in English

Knowledge of other European languages

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Job description

Sales Executive - UK (London) or France (Paris)

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Colt DCS designs, builds and operates data centres for global hyperscalers and large enterprises.

Our global portfolio includes 13 operational data centres, with an additional 9 in development across 11 cities in the UK, Europe, and the APAC region.

We enable our customers to effectively plan for the growth of their business while also providing them with peace of mind. We provide secure, resilient, well-connected infrastructure with planned future capacity growth potential. We have over 25 years of experience in the data centre industry, delivering on our vision of being the most trusted and customer-centric data centre operator in the market.

We put the environment at the heart of everything we do by recognising this as a fundamental responsibility towards our planet. That’s why we’re taking ownership to reduce our environmental impact globally and make sustainability a key strategic driver. As part of our sustainability planning, Colt DCS has set comprehensive near-and long-term Science Based Targets to cut our emissions in line with the SBTi’s latest Net Zero Standard. As the only data centre provider to secure the highest M&O certification by the Uptime Institute, our operational standards are recognised as industry-leading. Data centre services is offering a carrier neutral data centre setting and new commercial and operational solutions for our customers.

Colt Data Centre Services has over 20 years’ experience in designing, building and operating energy-efficient, reliable data centres - hosting significant financial, media, corporate and cloud wholesale providers across the world.

We became an independently focused business in 2016 and at the same time, supported with the strong backing and investment of Fidelity. We expand our footprint in Asia and Europe which enables us to invest and leverage our real estate and infrastructure to expand our current sites and open up new ones. You’ll be part of a dynamic, agile , forward thinking team of individuals that are looking significantly grow the business.

This is an exciting time for Colt DCS.

Our vision: to be the most customer centric data centre provider.

We are currently looking to hire a Sales Executive to join our Commercial Sales Team. This role can be based in either the UK (with a London home office) or France (Paris) but with remote working.

Sitting within the DCS Commercial Sales Team, reporting to the Head Sales Europe, the primary purpose of this role is to support the creation of sales opportunities by using technical expertise of the Data Centre industry. Focussed on the customers that are looking for Data Centre services in London, Paris & Frankfurt. This role will be focused on seeking out new logos and new business from existing customer in our Data Centres in the region, as well as looking after the existing customers contract and taking care of renewing these existing contracts before contract expiry. The ideal candidate is a “hunter” type individual with a proactive, self-driven and commercially creative approach who can negotiate the existing renewal contracts.

Skills that you can bring to the role:

• Proven experience of a Sales Executive role within the data centre / cloud industry

sector.

• Proven experience building and maintaining a healthy sales pipeline.

• Able to demonstrate a strong performance track

record.

• Fluent in English both written and spoken.; other European language like French or German will be highly beneficial.

• Diligent in approach; timely and accurate data inputting.

• A results orientated approach with the self-motivation to work autonomously without the need for close management and the credibility to manage expectations in order to deliver without over promising.

• Excellent forward planning and organisation skills, with the ability to prioritise those items with maximum positive impact on Colt's business and customers.

• Degree level or equivalent is desirable

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Data Infrastructure and Analytics, Business Consulting and Services, and IT System Design Services

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