The RoleWe are looking for a Sales Lead.This is a rare opportunity to become a founding and important member of a growing, well-funded startup. You’ll collaborate with Italy’s most premium and regarded restaurants. As a member of the local sales team, your role will focus on developing new relationships with restaurants.   More specifically, you will:

• Lead, coordinate and mentor a team of Business Development Managers
• Work directly with the Head of Sales to facilitate business meetings with groups of restaurants considered high profile.
• Generate new business opportunities through meetings with restaurant groups.
• Conduct business negotiations for the acquisition of new customers.

Requirements

• You must be comfortable with targeting new business and have sales experience
• 2+ years of experience managing a team
• The job requires experience speaking with partners, whether it be face-to-face, through phone or email
• Experience in demonstrating product and industry knowledge to clients
• You will need to be comfortable with negotiations
• Knowledge of the restaurant industry is a significant plus
• You will need to be tenacious

Life at DeliverooWe are a growing team, with very large impact, looking to answer some of the most interesting questions out there. We move fast, we’re always looking for new ideas and we’re very transparent about the decisions we make and why we make them.   Benefits and DiversityAt Deliveroo we know that people are the heart of the business and we prioritise their welfare. We offer different great benefits in areas including health insurance, dental insurance and life insurance, family, finance (pension), community, convenience, growth, time away and relocation.We believe a great workplace is one that represents the world we live in and how beautifully diverse it can be. That means we have no judgement when it comes to any one of the things that make you who you are - your gender, race, sexuality, religion or a secret aversion to coriander.

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