Description:
The Business Development Manager will be a pivotal member of our EU Seller Team. Based in Ireland, this role will play a crucial role in our team's success by focusing on seller acquisition - with a key emphasis on Poland and the Netherlands.
You will be defining and implementing initiatives to acquire new sellers. Your role will touch diverse range of teams across the organisation, including Finance, Marketing, Customer Service and Trading and Seller Management teams from other markets.
This role requires a self-starter and organised individual with the willingness to focus and commit to achieve results! If you are passionate, driven and like taking ownership, we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities include:
- Supporting and driving seller acquisition strategy, taking ownership of seller acquisition objectives
- Identifying and maintaining strategic channels to drive seller acquisition, including conferences, trade shows, publications, strategic partnerships, online channels and others.
- Representing eBay on external events with current and prospective sellers. This can include speaking publicly in front of large audiences, moderating panels, 1:1 interactions or others.
- Working with Marketing teams to define channel strategy for seller acquisition, build relevant content and materials, measure results and identify and implement improvement opportunities
- Working with Finance to align on budget requirements, reporting, as well as accounting and invoicing support
- Ensure clear event planning, execution and reporting, with clarity along the process and measurable goals.
- Supporting onboarding and commercial teams in seller onboarding and management
About you:
- Fluent in Polish and/or Dutch.
- Relevant experience: 3-5 years of sales, new business acquisition or business development.
- Retail/ ecommerce experience and experience or passion in car parts & accessories or home & garden advantageous.
- Have experience coordinating events and attended plenty of trade shows or similar as a speaker
- Self-directed work style with minimum supervision
- Ability to plan ahead, prioritize, clear about goals, objectives and how to get there
- Ability and willingness to travel as needed
- Have excellent communication and time management skills and have shown that can work well independently and in a team.