Business Development & Sales Manager

What do we do ?

Born in 2021 from the desire to make cities less polluted and less noisy , Electra is helping to shift usage towards electric mobility by tackling the main obstacle of recharging .

Electra is constantly innovating to facilitate the recharging of electric vehicles with a network of fast recharging hubs (15 to 30 minutes maximum) and a user experience simplified to the maximum. Based in Paris, Lyon, Brussels, Milan, Zurich, Vienna, Madrid and Munich Electra's teams aim to deploy a network of 14,500 charging points by 2030 ; proud to participate in the energy transition in France and Europe. For cities without noise and pollution! In 3 years we have :

• Provided more than 800 fast charging points
• Secured enough stations to make Electra a market leader
• Opened several offices in France and Europe
• Assembled a team of over 190 talented people... and that's just the beginning
• Joined the French Tech Next 40

Your Mission

As a Business Developer, your core mission will involve creating partnership with hotels, restaurants, malls, cinemas and all car park operators , offering them multiple and attractive services. With a unique state of the art equipment (software and hardware), you will also bring value to station hosts through product integration driven by data analysis. The idea is to create interaction with host CRM, generating revenue opportunities and enhancing Electra stations attractivity. Joining our local sales team, you will play a vital role in achieving our targets.

️Your responsibilities

• Building a partner network that has potential space for our charging stations.
• Securing locations for our charging stations.
• Spreading the Electra brand and vision in the German market.

Your tasks on a daily basis:

• You are the daily contact for our potential and existing customers and partners.
• You develop and maintain a local partner network.
• You negotiate framework agreements within your partner network.
• You analyse the cities and potential locations in your sales area with the support of our business operations and strategy team in Paris.
• You are responsible for the acquisition of new areas and the signing of the associated lease agreements in collaboration with the legal department.

Your profile

• You have between 1 to 3 years of experience in business development, demonstrating your ability to build strong customer relationships and consistently achieve sales targets.

• Your experience spans across various industries, including retail, hospitality, real estate, and fleet management.

• You possess a solid understanding of the electric vehicle recharging market and preferably have gained some experience within the industry.

• You excel in proposing innovative solutions tailored to client needs.

• You are passionate about electric mobility, driving your commitment to its advancement.

• As a proactive individual, you communicate fluidly, transparently, and with clarity.

• Your adeptness in organization, analysis, and synthesis thrives in dynamic, rapidly evolving environments.

• You embody team spirit and readily offer assistance to your colleagues.

• You are fluent in German and in English.

• Your flexibility allows for travel up to 2 days per week.

️ What Electra offers you

• An entrepreneurial journey
• A motivated, driven and passionate team of 170+ professionals
• A flexible, inclusive and international work environment
• An attractive package
• A great professional challenge in a fast-growing scale-up