EF Education First

Global Account Manager – Denmark

EF Education is the world leader in international education. The company’s mission is to open the world through education and to date has helped more than 15 million people learn a language, discover the world or earn an academic degree.Today, EF Education consists of 52 000 staff with faculty and teachers working in 500 offices and schools across 52 countries.While the company continues to grow, EF Education strives to stay small so as to ensure agility, smart thinking and a fun place to work.

Do you want to join a highly successful Nordic sales team? EF Education First is looking for a sales professional based in Copenhagen with superior consultative selling skills and project management skills.

EF Corporate Solutions is on the hunt for a sales superstar who thrives in identifying new business opportunities and taking existing clients to the next level. This Account Manager will hit the ground running and proactively take charge of opportunities in the Danish market from day one.

 What does EF offer a successful candidate? The opportunity to make a true impact, amazing training opportunities and the chance to quickly build an impressive career in a global company. 

 The role

This is a role that will focus primarily on new business opportunities in a high potential market and with an expanding product portfolio. You will be mapping and identifying new business opportunities in largest companies in Denmark.

 Main responsibilities:

  • Design and implement a strategy to meet your targets – high creativity and analytical ability will have to be put into place
  • Work towards clear KPIs of activity level, new business opportunities closed
  • Sell the whole range of EF Solutions, drive RFP process and tailoring the proposal to the customers’ needs
  • ‘Conduct your own orchestra’; you will be proactive in collaborating with internal stakeholders in order to help you drive the sales process forward, navigating long lead times and high levels of complexity
  • Quickly build a strong relationship with your customers, acting as a trusted advisor and expert consultant who can help them reach their business goals through strategic investments in language learning programs
  • Keep developing yourself sales excellence through Learning and Development initiatives EF Corporate Solutions offers

 Your profile:

In order to fit in to our strong company culture and be successful in the role, we believe you:

  • Are able to manage complex end-to-end B2B sales processes (including conducting a thorough needs analysis and delivering a compelling value proposition to C-level stakeholders)
  • Are passionate about selling high quality solutions and making a strong business impact
  • Always exceeded your goals
  • Take calculated risks: nothing is impossible for you and you are always up for a challenge
  • Be creative and full of ideas and have the willingness to push them forward
  • Make no excuses: own both your successes and failures
  • Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment which demands high activity levels
  • Are a skilled and confident communicator who is not afraid to pick up the phone 

Experience:

  • University graduate, preferably with a Business degree or equivalent
  • Minimum 3 years working experience within sales, customer success, public relations or project management
  • Consultative selling experience
  • Experience selling and working in the Danish market with local customers
  • International experience: study or work outside of Denmark preferred.
  • Native Danish, fluent English speaker
  • Strong network (ideally with HR stakeholders) a plus

About the company

EF is a highly diverse and value driven organisation with a long and successful history. The employees navigate their careers with passion, a can-do attitude and a genuine openness towards change, securing long term success with absolute ownership when delivering top quality solutions to their customers. 

EF Corporate Solutions is the B2B division of EF Education First, the largest privately held education company in the world. We deliver large-scale language training solutions for business, education and government. We currently work with over 2,500 organizations in 116 countries, enabling them to achieve their goals by communicating better both internally and with the outside world. www.ef.com/corporate