Who we are
A piece of the moon, a complete dinosaur skeleton, the Pope's hat, the world's smallest book - at Catawiki, we come across exceptional objects such as these every day.
Catawiki is the leading online marketplace to buy and sell special objects. We offer over 75,000 special objects in auction every week — each reviewed and selected by one of Catawiki’s hundreds of in-house experts specialised in Art, Design, Jewellery, Fashion, Classic Cars, Collectables and many more.
We've sold 10 million unique items to date and it’s our mission to become the world’s most popular auction destination for special objects.
We’re an innovative, pioneering and fast-growing scale-up. If you think you can make a difference to our team, go ahead and apply.
About the role
We are looking for a Business Developer to build a strong seller lead pipeline in the Central & Eastern Europe region, for Catawiki’s Collectables business unit. You will identify, contact and convince sellers to offer quality objects via our platform with a specific focus on Collectables (Books, Coins, Toys, Trading Cards, etc.), and provide prospects with a great onboarding experience. You are responsible for generating sustainable revenue opportunities by turning new sellers into committed and fast-growing sellers ready to move to Account Management teams.
What you’ll do
- Identify, qualify and develop leads through call, email, field visit, fair visit and experts collaboration
- Identify and reactivate high potential dormants sellers and organic sign-ups
- Qualify inbound leads by working with data and sales tooling
- Facilitate a frictionless pre and post-sales experience for new sellers
- Build and nurture strong relationships with new sellers to expand Collectables seller network
- In cooperation with experts, quickly learn the important characteristics of categories
- Select and grow high-potential new sellers, and hand-over the best ones to Account Management teams
- Move in sync with Account Managers to develop growth plan for onboarded sellers
Who you are
- Sales mindset with demonstrated in achieving sales targets
- Successful and active networker with ability to establish and nurture relationships with sellers, manufacturers and distributors
- Strong negotiation skills
- Problem solving attitude with a data driven approach
- A passion for the online industry or maybe have a collection yourself so that you are able to understand the language of our sellers
- Open to travel on a regular base within Central & Eastern Europe to meet your leads and sellers
- Familiar with G Suite tools (Google sheet, slides)
- Experience using a sales CRM (Hubspot or any equivalent) is a plus
- Fluent in 2 of the following languages (on top of English): Polish, Romanian, Czecho-Slovak, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian
Where you'll be
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The role is ideally based in Romania or Poland, with a work-from-home arrangement.
Here’s what we can offer you
This is your chance to join our mission to fulfill people’s passions as part of a young and dynamic organization. You'll be part of an enthusiastic, highly motivated team of 800+ Catawikians.
Additionally, you can expect:
- A challenging role in a diverse, international and fast-growing organisation with over 50 nationalities.
- Regular fun activities both on and offline e.g summer parties, boat rides and regular team events.
- Great secondary benefits including a holiday allowance and a fantastic pension plan paid for by Catawiki.
- Hybrid ways of working between home and office. We offer remote and activity-based working, suited to the team and individual responsibilities
- We care about our teams’ wellbeing and offer a holistic wellbeing programme including our Employee Assistance Programme offering clinical services, single-session therapy, wellness support and more.
- Tailored learning and development opportunities to support your personal and professional growth;
We want to help you celebrate special occasions in life by:
- Provide employees with a 100 EURO Catavoucher upon joining and 50 EURO birthday Catavouchers;
- Extra days of annual leave for work anniversaries at 3, 5, 8 and 10 years;
- Additional leave allowances for important life events such as moving, engagement & marriage;
- Each year Catawikians get an additional day’s leave to Pursue their Passion!
Please note that our benefits offering changes depending on which country you are employed in. For our country-specific offering please ask your recruiter.
Our commitment to you
Catawiki’s eclectic team represents an international and intergenerational mix of people from different professional and cultural backgrounds. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly work environment, committed to making every Catawikian feel welcomed and empowered. Whatever your story, we encourage you to bring your unique perspective to the table.
Catawiki stands with Ukraine and encourages people displaced by the current conflict to apply. In addition to the several initiatives we’ve launched, we’re open to ideas on ways we can continue to support the humanitarian effort.
Our offices and way of working
We have sensational offices in Amsterdam, Groningen, Paris and our newest office in Lisbon. Most of our employees are within commutable distance of one of our office locations and enjoy a hybrid work model. This means we expect you to be in the office 2 out of 5 days, roughly 40% of your working time, to collaborate and connect with each other. The exception is of course, if the job description specifically states that the role is 100% remote, as some experts and sales positions are.
Interested?
Apply directly with an English CV and cover letter by submitting your information at the bottom of this page. By submitting your application you agree to Catawiki’s Applicant Privacy Policy.
If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We’re continually incorporating hybrid elements, while employees choose how they split their work between the office and home.
We strive to be an employer where your impact is meaningful, visible and rewarded.
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