Job Description
French Speaking Commercial Executive
Location: Birmingham, UK
Salary: £34,000 – £37,000
Overview
We are hiring a French speaking Commercial Executive to join a world-leading specialist engineering and manufacturing company. As part of a global group, you will work alongside motivated, thoughtful, and passionate colleagues who collaborate with clients across the world on complex design and production projects.
The Opportunity
As the French speaking Commercial Executive, you will manage relationships with clients from France, supporting their long-term order processes and coordinating closely with colleagues in the European sales, design, and manufacturing teams.
This is a highly administrative and customer-focused role, combining new business development, customer service, and support for the product management and pricing teams. You’ll handle quotations, order entry, data tracking, and reporting, ensuring efficient communication between clients and internal departments.
Key Responsibilities
1. Generate daily quotations with external customers in line with company targets
2. Verify customer purchase orders for compliance and enter them into SAP for contract review
3. Maintain and update live quote registers daily, ensuring accuracy and follow-up with customers
4. Support internal reporting and distribution of daily and weekly sales metrics, including pipelines and conversion rates
5. Collaborate with Operations, Finance, and Sales teams to support administrative tasks for product management, including pricing and demand planning.
6. Update and manage annual pricing agreements
7. Coordinate with external customers and finance teams to ensure timely payment processing.
8. Communicate regularly with customers via Teams, phone, and email to provide updates and support.
9. Contribute to inventory management meetings, providing relevant data and insights.
Qualifications & Skills
10. Fluency in French and English (additional European languages, such as German, are an advantage)
11. Strong IT proficiency, particularly in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office applications
12. SAP experience preferred (training provided if required)
13. Experience in a customer-facing, sales, or quoting environment.
14. Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced setting.
15. Excellent written and verbal communication skills for professional interaction with internal and external stakeholders.
16. Resilient and target-driven, able to thrive in a sales-oriented environment.
17. Strong relationship-building and networking abilities.
Salary & Benefits
18. £34,000 – £37,000 per annum
19. 25 days holiday
20. Training and career development opportunities within a global organisation
21. Excellent career progession opportunities with the company
How to Apply
Please send your CV and cover letter to:
Contact: Jonathan Grimes