Sales Associate- Chinese desk (Part Time)

Are you a commercially minded native Chinese professional willing to make a next step in your career? Would you be interested in a role in a well-esteemed international legal organization where you will be solely in charge of all business development activities and together will a team of lawyers become a reliable local business partner to the Chinese community in the country. If so please continue to read.
Our client, a leading Benelux law firm, delivering high quality tax advice and legal services in nearly all legal fields is looking for a native Chinese Sales Associate for their Asia desk.

Responsibilities:

• New client acquisition and growth on existing accounts to help achieve market revenue goals;
• Research of prospects, clients;
• Uncover client needs and communicate acquired market information to the lawyers;
• Develop and attend local events and actively work to develop and maintain a robust professional network;
• Create all China desk sales activities and client information within the CRM;
• Translate client requests and legal responses when needed;
• Meeting and exceeding individual sales targets/goals.

Requirements:

• Undergraduate/Graduate degree; Economic/commercial or political/international study background would be an advantage;
• Native speaker in Chinese and excellent command of English;
• 2 + years of previous business development in professional services preferred;
• Available to work 3 days per week;
• Commercial feeling; willingness to participate in seminars, client visits and other business development activities;
• Drive and entrepreneurial spirit to develop the client base, grow the company and exceed sales targets;
• Track record of working in team-based environment that requires collaboration to be successful;
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to close opportunities.