About the Company
The client is a is a lifestyle and entertainment app built to manage and book all going-out activities in one place. It serves as a single platform for discovering, planning, and paying for leisure experiences outside the home.
As a Merchant Acquisition Manager you will:
- Acquire new merchants and strengthen existing partnerships
- Proactively identify potential merchants through market visits, networking, and outreach (Cold Calling, Blitzing or LinkedIn Networking - just to name a few channels)
- Manage the full sales cycle — from prospecting and pitching to negotiation and closure.
- Verify, collect, and process all required documentation related to merchant agreements and offers.
- Comply with daily meeting, cold calling and outreach soft targets
- Onboard and train merchants to ensure they understand how to use the platform effectively.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams (content, operations, marketing, finance) to ensure smooth onboarding and ongoing merchant satisfaction.
- Track and report daily activities, progress against KPIs, and deal status updates.
- Conduct in-trade compliance checks and maintain up-to-date market knowledge, including competitor activities and trends.
- Help implementing company initiatives
You'll enjoy and succeed in this job if:
- You are persistent – you don't take no for an answer and easily come up with a solid argument and negotiate professionally; you go above and beyond to get what you need.
- You are customer focused – you listen, you understand, you are able to determine your clients needs and deliver speedy and quality results that will benefit both parties.
- You demonstrate initiative – you don't have to be told to get your feet on the street and start signing new merchants; you are able to work independently without a close supervision from your manager and do not have to be chased for results.
- You are highly organized – you are detail oriented and excellent at prioritizing to getthings done in a fast-paced environment; you're not easily overwhelmed and able to lookafter multiple accounts at the same time.
- You are data driven – you love using data to create case studies & make projectionsand present them to the clients.
- You are a great communicator – you love meeting new people and buildingrelationships with them; you can start a conversation with anyone at any time, you knowhow to communicate tactfully, whatever the situation and adapt accordingly.
- You are highly adaptable – you welcome change and have the ability to problem solve,prioritise and execute within short time frames.
