Why We Work at Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet unlocks the power of data through analytics, creating a better tomorrow. Each day, we are finding new ways to strengthen our award-winning culture and accelerate creativity, innovation and growth. Our 6,000+ global team members are passionate about what we do. We are dedicated to helping clients turn uncertainty into confidence, risk into opportunity and potential into prosperity. Bold and diverse thinkers are always welcome. Come join us! Learn more at dnb.com/careers.
The Inside Sales function is responsible for selling the Company’s products and services to new and/or existing clients and developing or expanding accounts remotely via telephone or other electronic means. Primary responsibility is to maintain and grow the revenue stream through renewal management, cross-sell and up-sell of new opportunities.
Essential Key Responsibilities
- Fulfill the role of trusted advisor on Dun & Bradstreet solutions through the development of strong, positive relationships with clients
- Retain and grow customer’s annual spend through an expanded product or service-related relationship by providing world-class, in-depth service
- Manage a customer’s Dun & Bradstreet credit file on their behalf, helping them to achieve their business objectives in relation to their credit file, and identify other Dun & Bradstreet services and solutions to help grow their business
- Complete a needs-based assessment with a customer in order to develop insights into the challenges faced by the customer organization; provide recommendations based on connection points to Dun & Bradstreet data in a non-technical manner
- Establish a plan of action to be taken on behalf of the customer to maximize opportunities to improve the accuracy of their risk-related scores and ratings
- Coach and consult Concierge customers on the basics of building a credit policy, interpreting a business credit report, guidance on steps to become a government contractor, and advice on how to separate business and personal
- Assist in the interpretation of credit reports to help evaluate prospective vendors, customers, or business partners, to help determine whether to do business with a company and what level of credit to extend
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's Degree: Required
- Master's Degree: Preferred
- Years of Relevant Experience: 7+ years
Essential Skills and/or Certifications
- Minimum of seven (7) years of experience with business credit management
- Highly driven, focused and committed with a proven track record of consistent sales achievement
- Proven ability to work independently as well as a member of a team with flexibility to adapt and manage change effective in an ever-changing environment
- Ability to manage and report on opportunities throughout the various stages within the sales pipeline; Salesforce expertise a plus
- Ability to operate in a high velocity, metrics driven sales organization
- Positive “can do” attitude, sense of urgency and strong desire to be successful
- Strong phone presence with active listening, negotiation and closing skills
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Show an ownership mindset in everything you do; be a problem solver, be curious and be inspired to take action, be proactive, seek ways to collaborate and connect with people and teams in support of driving success
- Continuous growth mindset, keep learning through social experiences and relationships with stakeholder, experts, colleagues and mentors as well as widen and broaden your competencies through structural courses and programs
Key Stakeholders
- External Clients, Pre-sales, Account Managers, Client Success, Marketing, Data, Product, Delivery and Customer Service Team members
Benefits We Offer
· Generous paid time off in your first year, increasing with tenure.
· Up to 16 weeks 100% paid parental leave after one year of employment.
· Paid sick time to care for yourself or family members.
· Education assistance and extensive training resources.
· Do Good Program: Paid volunteer days & donation matching.
· Competitive 401k & Employee Stock Purchase Plan with company matching.
· Health & wellness benefits, including discounted Wellhub membership rates.
· Medical, dental & vision insurance for you, spouse/partner & dependents.
· Learn more about our benefits: http://bit.ly/41Yyc3d.
All Dun & Bradstreet job postings can be found at https://www.dnb.com/about-us/careers-and-people/joblistings.html and https://jobs.lever.co/dnb. Official communication from Dun & Bradstreet will come from an email address ending in @dnb.com.
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What We Do
For almost 200 years, Dun & Bradstreet has helped clients and partners grow and thrive through the power of data, analytics, and data-driven solutions. Our more than 6,000 employees around the world are dedicated to this unique purpose, and we are guided by important values that make us the established leader in business decisioning data and analytical insights. Our data & insights are valuable at all phases of a business lifecycle and whatever the economic environment.
Why Work With Us
We are at a transformational moment in our company journey, and we’re excited about it. Each day, we are taking steps to transform our culture into one that activates our people’s best work, exploring what needs to change to accelerate creativity and innovation, and challenging ourselves to think differently about how we interact.