Bloomberg New Business Sales recruitment

The Role:
Bloomberg is looking for a number of highly motivated, financially astute and experienced sales people to join our rapidly expanding team in promoting our leading technology and services.

The successful candidate will join a highly motivated desk based in London and be responsible for representing the suite of Bloomberg Professional solutions to both potential and existing clients, including the top tier of financial institutions around the UK and Europe. A proportion of our business is carried out in the local languages, so language skills are desirable.

Successful candidates will be part of a team responsible for building new business and should have experience with cold-calling and the ability to hunt out, build, and develop new profitable relationships across the region.

With a consultative approach, you will identify our clients' needs and demonstrate how Bloomberg solutions will help them make the best investment/trading decisions, by making there day to day business smoother and more profitable. The successful individual will be responsible for building new business and developing existing business. The individual will work with and liaise with other teams and departments to help reach this goal. Our products enable customers to utilize real-time news, data, and powerful analytical tools.

Bloomberg in return will provide training on both the companies¿ technology and market knowledge; we take a pride in educating our staff so that they can add more value to our customers via a true consultative process. Find out more about us at http://www.bloomberg.com/professional

Responsibilities:
- Daily prospecting calls to develop new business.
- Arrange and execute client¿s visits to introduce and promote the Bloomberg Professional solutions
- Follow up leads from other Bloomberg sales colleagues
- Be the face and voice of Bloomberg whilst provide outstanding customer service.
- Stay informed about the financial markets in order to spot trends, look for new opportunities and establish credibility with new clients by understanding their business.
- Engage in self development to maintain and improve knowledge of the Bloomberg system, which constantly evolves as new data and analytical tools are added.

Requirements:
- European Language skills highly desirable
- Experience in or selling to the financial markets is highly desirable and preferred
- Proven new B2B sales skills, with the ability to build and maintain solid client relationships
- Knowledge of the financial markets
- Entrepreneurial and outgoing character
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Familiarity with the Bloomberg Professional Service is desirable but not essential
- Ability to travel throughout Europe

The Company:
Bloomberg is the world's most trusted source of information for businesses and professionals. Bloomberg combines innovative technology with unmatched analytic, data, news, display and distribution capabilities, to deliver critical information via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL® service and multimedia platforms. Bloomberg's media services cover the world with more than 2,200 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. The BLOOMBERG TELEVISION® 24-hour network delivers smart television to more than 240 million homes. BLOOMBERG RADIO® services broadcast via SIRIUS XM Radio and 1worldspaceTM satellite radio globally and on WBBR 1130AM in New York. The award-winning monthly BLOOMBERG MARKETS® magazine, Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine and the BLOOMBERG.COM® financial news and information Web site provide news and insight to businesses and investors.

Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other classification protected by law.