Groupon is seeking a Business Developer in Lyon to join its team focused on prospecting and convincing local merchants to grow their business through the Groupon marketplace. The role involves acquiring new partners across various sectors like restaurants, beauty, leisure, and automotive services. Responsibilities include sourcing, conducting appointments, closing deals, onboarding partners, updating CRM, and contributing to the company's positive image. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator, sales-driven, and challenge-oriented.

Must Have

• Source and convince new partners to schedule appointments
• Conduct appointments: discover, promote, establish commercial partnership offers, and close deals
• Accompany partners during their onboarding process
• Update CRM Salesforce
• Contribute to the development and positive image of the company
• Be a good communicator
• Be hunting-oriented
• Be driven by challenges

Perks & Benefits

• Team Leader support and guidance
• 15-day onboarding and continuous training
• Advantageous salary package: fixed + variable between 42k€ and 55k€ with uncapped commissions and attractive bonuses
• Ability to work 100% remotely from home or with local team colleagues
• RTT (Reduction of Working Time) days
• Telework / phone allowance
• Swile meal card loaded with 8€/day
• Monthly discounts on the Groupon application
• CSE (Social and Economic Committee) benefits: holiday/culture/Christmas vouchers
• 2 days of volunteering per year to support causes
• Opportunity for international career development

Business Developer - Lyon

France; Remote - France

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Groupon is a marketplace where customers discover new experiences and services everyday and local businesses thrive. To date we have worked with over a million merchant partners worldwide, connecting over 16 million customers with deals across various categories. In a world often dominated by e-commerce giants, we stand out as one of the few platforms uniquely committed to helping local businesses succeed on a performance basis.

Groupon is on a radical journey to transform our business with relentless pursuit of results. Even with thousands of employees spread across multiple continents, we still maintain a culture that inspires innovation, rewards risk-taking and celebrates success. The impact here can be immediate due to our scale and the speed of our transformation. We're a "best of both worlds" kind of company. We're big enough to have the resources and scale, but small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact.

Who are we?

Groupon is the marketplace for local businesses!

Created in Chicago, Groupon connects customers with local merchants.

Our goal: to help businesses grow while allowing our subscribers to enjoy services at attractive prices!

Who are we looking for? 💎

We are looking for a Business Developer to join our fabulous team responsible for prospecting and convincing merchants to increase their activity and sales potential thanks to Groupon.

📍 Where? You will be based in Lyon (max 30 min distance from the city).

Your mission, should you accept it… Develop the acquisition of new partners in very varied fields:

• 🍴 Catering (dinner cruise, Michelin-starred restaurant, bistro, brunch, world cuisine, urban food etc.)
• 💇‍♀️ Beauty and Wellness (spa, hammam, beauty salon, hairdresser etc.)
• 🏄 Leisure centers & events (amusement/water park, zoo, aquarium, hot air balloon, escape game, virtual reality, etc.)
• 🚗 Automotive services (driving license, car wash, technical inspections etc.)

As you can see, no room for boredom every day!

To give you a little overview of what you will do with us:

• 📞 Source and convince new partners to make an appointment with you;
• 📆 Conduct appointments: discover, promote, establish commercial partnership offers and close 💸;
• 📄 Support the partner in their onboarding;
• 📊 Update your Salesforce CRM;
• 🚀 Contribute to the development and positive image of the company 💚

You are a good communicator, hunting-oriented and you are driven by challenges? Join us!

Here are some good reasons to apply:

Because it seems that life is very good with us:

• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 A Team Leader to support you and help you in your first steps at Groupon;
• 🎓 15-day onboarding and continuous training;
• 💰 Advantageous salary package: fixed + variable between 42k€ and 55k€ with uncapped commissions, attractive bonuses, … 💸 enough to challenge you to the maximum!

Our top performers even exceed 75K€!

Exercise your activity 100% from home! Or with your colleagues within your local team.

• 🏖️ RTT (Reduction of Working Time)
• 💶 A telework / phone allowance
• 🥗 Restaurant tickets: we have a Swile card loaded with 8€/day
• 📱 Monthly discounts on the Groupon application!
• 🎁 A CSE (Social and Economic Committee) with benefits: holiday/culture/Christmas vouchers

Do you want to join us? Here is our recruitment process 🤝:

• 1st 15-minute phone call with Manuel from the recruitment team;
• A video interview with your future manager Thibault (by the way, if you want to know a little more about him: here is his Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thibault-schacht-63890a27/) + a business case with a Team Leader;

And welcome to us! 🎉

Wait, we forgot some info!

Joining us means being part of an international company with colleagues of all nationalities and cultures, you will evolve in a caring environment, promoting inclusion and diversity.

We currently operate in 12 countries and are established in 13 (United States, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, Poland, Italy, United Arab Emirates, Australia, India).

With us you will also have the opportunity to:

• Benefit from 2 days of volunteering / year to support causes that are dear to you 💚;
• Benefit from international career development 🚀: the opportunity for you to flourish in another country and always with us!

This time we are really done!

We look forward to meeting you. See you soon at Groupon! 💚

Groupon is an AI-First Company

We’re committed to building smarter, faster, and more innovative ways of working—and AI plays a key role in how we get there. We encourage candidates to leverage AI tools during the hiring process where it adds value, and we’re always keen to hear how technology improves the way you work. If you’re passionate about AI or curious to explore how it can elevate your role—you’ll be right at home here.

Groupon’s purpose is to build strong communities through thriving small businesses. To learn more about the world’s largest local e-commerce marketplace, click here. You can also find out more about us in the latest Groupon news as well as learning about our DEI approach. If all of this sounds like something that’s a great fit for you, then click apply and join us on a mission to become the ultimate destination for local experiences and services.

Beware of Recruitment Fraud: Groupon follows a merit-based recruitment process without charging job seekers any fees. We've noticed an increase in recruitment fraud, including fake job postings and fraudulent interviews and job offers aimed at stealing personal information or money. Be cautious of individuals falsely representing Groupon's Talent Acquisition team with fake job offers. If you encounter any suspicious job offers or interview calls demanding money, recognize these as scams. Groupon is not responsible for losses from such dealings. For legitimate job openings (and a sneak peek into life at Groupon), always check our official career website at Groupon Careers

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