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About the Role
Electroverse is expanding its Octopus Fleet Team and growing its presence across the Channel. This role will drive the growing French market while bridging the gap with UK operations, acting as a bilingual business hunter experienced in electric vehicle charging, fuel cards, and fleet solutions. The role involves advising and supporting customers transitioning to sustainable electric vehicle fleets, requiring a passion for customer experiences and sustainability.
Responsibilities
- Develop and establish sales pipeline from lead through delivery, meeting targets.
- Shape and drive new customer acquisition, generating leads and utilizing shared leads.
- Manage pipeline progress in the CRM system.
- Account manage onboarded customers for the first 6 months, then hand over to Business Operations.
- Record customer satisfaction and best practice measures.
- Plan, attend, and run customer launch events for electric charging and EVs.
- Provide excellent customer service during sales and after-sales care.
- Collaborate with wider teams to iterate B2B market propositions and materials.
- Strategically build pipeline by fostering internal and external relationships.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of sales experience in a B2B environment.
- Working proficiency in French to support French and UK customer base.
- Proven track record of excellent customer experience.
- Previous B2B consultative sales experience.
- Strong passion for Electric Vehicles / Energy and Decarbonisation.
- Excellent listening and communication skills in B2B roles.
- Ruthless focus on the customer, going above and beyond.
- Ability to demonstrate a completer finisher mentality and understand business processes.
- Start-up / entrepreneurial mind-set, adaptable to change in a fast-moving business.
- Knowledge of the car leasing and fleet market is advantageous but not mandatory.
Skills
- Sales pipeline development
- Customer acquisition
- CRM management
- Account management
- Customer service
- Event planning
- B2B sales
- Consultative selling
- Electric Vehicles
- Energy
- Decarbonisation
- Communication
- Relationship building
- Adaptability
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- French language proficiency
Location
- France
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2+ years sales experience in B2B
Salary/Compensations
- Salary is discussed during the recruitment process to match experience.
Benefits
- UK top company to work for in 2025
- Ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026
- Culture of learning, decision-making, and quick building
- Autonomy and collaboration with co-owners
- Projects that break new ground
- Perks that employees care about
- Supportive recruitment process
- Customizable interview process for accommodations and preferences
About the Company
- Electroverse is building the future of electric vehicle public charging, creating Europe's largest eMobility charging network with over 1.4 million connected chargers globally.
- Octopus Fleet is a B2B offering utilizing the Electroverse platform to help businesses transition vehicle fleets to zero-emission transport.
- The Electroverse team is cross-functional, working across the app and fleet offerings with a shared passion for EVs.
- Octopus Energy Group fosters a unique culture where people learn, decide, and build quicker with autonomy.
- The company values rewarding hard work with perks employees care about.
Equal Opportunity
- As an equal opportunity employer, Octopus does not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute.
- Commitment to providing equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.
- Encourages applications from all candidates, even if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements.
- Seeks genuinely decent, honest, and empathetic people.