Country Manager France (m/f), Köthen

In the last ten years Mercateo has become a leading procurement platform for business customers on the internet in Germany and Austria. The company is growing continuously at an above-average rate.
Over 775,000 companies and self-employed individuals meet their requirements at Mercateo from a range of over 5 million items. With its eProcurement suite Mercateo also represents a solution for the procurement problems of small and medium-sized companies, as well as major groups. Our customers include, for example, the energy utility RWE.
Mercateo stands for innovation, transparency, credibility, clearly-focused strategy and technological progress, the company currently employs a workforce of 150 employees. Mercateo boasts outstanding unique selling points in its competitive field.

As of 2011 Mercateo is extending its offer to cover further European countries.

In order to support the further internationalisation of our company we are looking for a:

Country Manager France (m/f)

Your tasks

• Implementation of efficient strategies and business development measures for the French market
• Market observation, market analysis and market evaluation
• Identification of potential suppliers and customers
• Development of sales potential
• Negotiation of conditions, conclusion of contracts
• In particular to begin with: very high amount of travel

Your profile

• Completed studies in the field of Business Management or similar
• Initial professional experience
• Native language: French
• Fluent German skills
• Fluent English skills
• Secure familiarity with PC (MS Office) and internet
• Communication skills, perseverance, negotiating strengths, team spirit, determination, structured working methods, high degree of motivation and willingness to accept responsibility

We offer

• Employment at one of the top companies in the field of electronic procurement
• Involvement in a rapidly-expanding company
• Experienced management and colleagues in a young company with flat hierarchies
• Chance of a long professional career at Mercateo
• In the first 3 - 6 months you will gain detailed knowledge of our corporate model at our site in Köthen (Anhalt)