Business Development Executive

What’s the Opportunity

DoneDeal.ie is Ireland's largest online car marketplace, with 90% of all car dealerships in Ireland advertising on our platform and reaching over 2.2m users monthly. At DoneDeal Cars our mission is to make buying and selling simple for everyone. We do this through constant innovation and building deep relationships with our car dealer partners.

As a Business Development Executive at DoneDeal Cars, you will be an integral part of our Sales Team, responsible for establishing and nurturing relationships with car and commercial dealers. 

Your role will be instrumental in connecting our clients with the vast range of car buyers on DoneDeal Cars whilst always striving for new ways of improving our customer’s performance. We put a strong emphasis on delivering value for our clients so the successful candidate must have a customer first mindset.  

Our culture is centered around mutual support in achieving team and individual goals. Having recently won two Cross-Functional Awards in the past two years, this collaborative way of life is our driving force.

What will I be doing

• Building relationships with key decision-makers to identify revenue opportunities within our extensive dealer client base.

• Becoming a motor and digital industry expert, offering advice to clients to improve their digital performance.

• Proactively identifying sales prospects, both within our existing client portfolio and through active prospecting efforts.

• Consistently meeting and exceeding monthly and quarterly sales targets.

• Demonstrating a strong willingness to become well-versed in our latest products and solutions.

• Anticipating and responding to client needs while sharing valuable insights with management.

• Thoroughly understanding our digital solution portfolio and tailoring offerings to meet customer requirements.

• Developing expertise in CRM systems (experience with Salesforce is a bonus).

• Providing reliable sales forecasts and adeptly managing both short and long sales cycles.

• Ensuring timely completion of required administrative tasks.

• Strategically planning campaigns and creatively developing client accounts that are mutually beneficial.

• Taking a proactive approach to resolving client issues.

What skills and experience do I need

• A minimum of 1 year of experience in online sales.

• Track record of strong, consistent sales performance and target attainment.

• Excellent listening and communication skills, with a collaborative working style.

• Solid experience across a range of account types and sizes.

• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and use initiative.

• Committed to ongoing professional development and staying current with sales best practice.

What’s it like to work here

You will have the opportunity to work with one of Ireland's fastest growing Internet companies. You will get the chance to create a significant contribution to our strategic direction. Projects are exciting and employees are given wide scope for creativity and innovation

Benefits - what you can expect

• Our goal is to maintain a culture where people look forward to work – whether in our centrally located office in Dublin or working from home.

• We do that by making Distilled a place you'll be listened to and trusted to do your job. Where you can have fun, learn and feel appreciated. And where you get focused career development, growth and progression opportunities.

• We want you to feel confident that this is the right place for you, your career, your wellbeing and your future.

• Above all, your health and wellbeing are at the forefront of how we build the business. That means looking after you while you're here and later in life. So you'll receive life insurance, fully-paid healthcare and a 5% contribution towards your pension.

More about Distilled

We exist to make buying and selling in Ireland simple.

We put our people first, creating an inclusive environment where we can develop products that put our users first. We value people’s work and time, creating a community where they have an opportunity to make an impact and grow.

Our challenge is to enhance our market-leading products using insights and empathy to present our users with the perfect match.

What we build is technology, but what we do is create connections for life’s most meaningful moments. We are Distilled and we bring people together.

Our Values

We have five core values: We have a growth mindset. We like to simplify things and make things happen. We collaborate across teams, business units and brands. We're passionate about what we do.

These values give us a framework for leadership and daily decision making. They embody how we behave and present ourselves — as individuals and as a business — both internally and externally for our colleagues, our users and our customers.

We are a diverse bunch of people here in Distilled, and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our Company. We do not discriminate based on gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race and membership of the Traveller community.