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Ideal Candidate

6+ years of experience selling B2B SaaS to US customers

Prior success as one of the first AEs at a startup; comfortable working in a fast-paced, early stage startup environment

Track record of consistently beating your quota

Solid hustle and entrepreneurial mindset; Thrive under the uncertainty that comes with an early stage setup

Strong project management skills and proactiveness, given the long sales cycle and pilot (free trials) heavy nature of deals.

Strong first principles understanding of business fundamentals; Ability to understand the product at a granular level; Ability to empathise with the end user, and understand their pain points

Strong first principles understanding of different stages of the sales funnel, and experience with good CRM hygiene

Strong first principles understanding of sales processes e.g. MEDDPICC

Willingness to get your hands dirty and do the grunt work in the early days.

MANDATORY - Willing to work in the US time zone (~4 am IST) on weekdays (Mon-Fri) because the majority of our clients are based in the US. You have flexibility on when you want to start your day in the afternoon (IST), or take breaks (e.g. family time, gym etc). This role will require you to stretch outside your comfort zone.

• Graduate+ in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Economics, Business, Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• Total experience of 5+ years with at least 2 years in managing data quality for high scale data platforms.
• Good knowledge of SQL querying.
• Strong skill in analysing data and uncovering patterns using SQL or Python.
• Excellent understanding of data warehouse/big data concepts such data extraction, data transformation, data loading (ETL process).
• Strong background in automation and building automated testing frameworks for data ingestion and transformation jobs.
• Experience in big data technologies a big plus.
• Experience in machine learning, especially in data quality applications a big plus.
• Experience in building data quality automation frameworks a big plus.
• Strong experience working with an Agile development team with rapid iterations. 
• Very strong verbal and written communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to quickly understand business rules.
• Ability to work well with others in a geographically distributed team.
• Keen observation skills to analyse data, highly detail oriented.
• Excellent judgment, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills; can balance attention to detail with swift execution.
• Able to identify stakeholders, build relationships, and influence others to get work done.
• Self-directed and self-motivated individual who takes complete ownership of the product and its outcome.

We are looking for a competitive and trustworthy Sales Executive to help us build up our business activities.

Sales Executive responsibilities include discovering and pursuing new sales prospects, negotiating deals and maintaining customer satisfaction. If you have excellent communication skills and feel comfortable reaching out to potential customers to demonstrate our services and products through email and phone, we’d like to meet you.

Ultimately, you’ll help us meet and surpass business expectations and contribute to our company’s rapid and sustainable growth.

http://getsimpl.com/">Simpl partners with popular online brands and offers their customers the ability to make purchases without paying for them at that very moment.

Over the years, additionally, it has also developed a range of offerings including a one-time checkout feature; Bill Box, which allows customers to automate their recurring expense payouts, and splitting a bill in three parts, to build a “full-stack solution,” said Nitya Sharma, co-founder and chief executive of Simpl, in an interview with TechCrunch.

Some of Simpl’s partners include telecom network Jio Platforms, food delivery service Zomato, pharmacy 1MG, grocer BigBasket and ticketing platform MakeMyTrip.

Know More About Simpl

[ https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/30/india-fintech-simpl-raises-40-million">https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/30/india-fintech-simpl-raises-40-million ]

[ https://getsimpl.com/about-us/">https://getsimpl.com/about-us/ ]

Java 1.8 or later/Golang/Ruby on Rails,
Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, SQL / NoSLQ , REST APIs , Redis , Kafka, Rabbit MQ, Docker, AWS

B2B / B2C / Cloud (AWS/ GCP) / SAAS Products ,  Software Best Practices , REST / GRPC , Domain Driven Design, Event and Message Driven Systems , Data Structures , Algorithms, OOPS, System Design, JUnit, Mockito, Fitnesse, Cucumber, HTML/ CSS / Javascript, Git , Bitbucket, Maven, Asynchronous / Functional / Reactive Programming in Java

• An Engineering Degree - B.E/B.Tech/MS/PhD in any stream – Computer Science preferred.
• 7-12 years of relevant experience in building highly resilient, highly scalable systems
• Understand the product management space with Agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership for development and design of least one cloud-based product - Experience in building microservices / platforms is desirable.
• Strong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly. Proficient in new and emerging technologies.
• Ability to balance the long-term “big picture” and short-term implications of design decisions.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills - including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus building skills; ability to influence and persuade, without direct control.
• Mentoring / coaching Junior and Senior Engineers.
• Focus on reusability, frameworks, patterns and configuration tools for faster development.
• Excellent in Engineering excellence – code quality, performance tuning / chaos engineering, operational excellence etc.
• DevOps and TechFinOps mindset to problem solving and product development.

• The ideal candidate is adept at using large data sets to find opportunities for product and process optimization and using models to test the effectiveness of different courses of action.
• Mine and analyze data from company databases to drive optimization and improvement of product development, marketing techniques and business strategies.
• Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
• Develop custom data models and algorithms to apply to data sets.
• Use predictive modeling to increase and optimize customer experiences, revenue generation, ad targeting and other business outcomes.
• Develop company A/B testing framework and test model quality.
• Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy.

• Experience using statistical languages (R, Python, SQL, etc.) to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets.
• Experience working with and creating data architectures.
• Looking for someone with 3-7 years of experience manipulating data sets and building statistical models
• Has a Bachelor's, Master's in Computer Science or another quantitative field
• Knowledge and experience in statistical and data mining techniques :
• GLM/Regression, Random Forest, Boosting, Trees, text mining,social network analysis, etc.
• Experience querying databases and using statistical computer languages :R, Python, SQL, etc.
• Experience creating and using advanced machine learning algorithms and statistics: regression, simulation, scenario analysis, modeling, clustering, decision trees,neural networks, etc.
• Experience with distributed data/computing tools: Map/Reduce, Hadoop, Hive, Spark, Gurobi, MySQL, etc.
• Experience visualizing/presenting data for stakeholders using: Periscope, Business Objects, D3, ggplot, etc.

Job Responsibilities

· International Freight agents are responsible for matching authorized and reliable transportation carriers to the shippers and coordinating all of the shipping needs for many companies.

· Maintain current clients, generate leads and attract new prospects and develop a sales pipeline.

· Acquire new business through prospecting, cold calling etc. Contract with freight shipping carriers and negotiate the best rates and services for our customers.

Skills Required :

· Excellent Communication skills.

· Demonstrated ability to meet sales targets.

· Good understanding of the Freight Industry.

· Proficiency in office software, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook Express.

· Proficient negotiating skills.

· Excellent problem-solving abilities.

NOTE: Minimum 6 months of experience in freight brokerage is MANDATORY.

Location: Mohali , Delhi, Dehradun, Gurugram