Account Executive - Sydney

Toast Toast · Enterprise · Australia · Remote · Sales : International : Horizon 2

This is a founding Account Executive role in Sydney, Australia, for Toast, a company focused on empowering the restaurant community. The role involves prospecting, building relationships, and closing new restaurant clients using a consultative approach. The company mentions using AI tools to empower employees across various disciplines, including sales, and also uses AI in its hiring process for tasks like note-taking and summarization.

What you'd actually do

  1. Generate list of prospective restaurants and manage the entire sales cycle from prospecting, initial call to close (experience with self-sourcing clients is a huge plus)
  2. Conduct demos and develop a solution that best meets the prospect’s needs
  3. Partner with teams across the business to ensure that expectations set during the sales process are met in delivery
  4. Leverage Salesforce (our CRM) to manage all sales activities
  5. Understand the competitive landscape and determine how to best position Toast in the market

Skills

Required

  • 2+ years experience in a sourcing or closing sales role, restaurant operations, or a relatable field and industry
  • Founder mentality
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced and new environment
  • Reliable transportation
  • Strong communication, organisational and presentation skills
  • Ability to sell and negotiate at all decision-making levels
  • Proven track record of success in meeting and exceeding goals
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial and team environment
  • Self-motivated, creative, and flexible
  • General technical proficiency with software

Nice to have

  • experience with self-sourcing clients is a huge plus

What the JD emphasized

  • founding member of our Australian team
  • build something meaningful from the ground up
  • early member of our team
  • cornerstone of this function in this region
  • lay the foundation for sustainable success
  • create frameworks, processes, and initiatives that will define the region’s growth for years to come
  • experience with self-sourcing clients is a huge plus
  • Founder mentality to work on 0-1 deals
  • ability (and enjoyment) to navigate ambiguity, balance competing priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced and new environment