Partner Acquisition Sales Executive – Italian Speaking
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Partner Acquisition Contractor onboarding 100 Italian fashion brands to Lyst, a global fashion shopping platform. Managing autonomous outreach, negotiation, and partner acquisition before Peak season.
Responsibilities:
- Leverage an existing network to onboard 100 Italian fashion brands to the Lyst platform ahead of Peak season
- Independently build high-quality target lists
- Proactively pitch prospective partners
- Own the Italian-market sales cycle from initial outreach and objection handling through final negotiation
- Hand over signed partnerships to the technical onboarding specialist
- Use existing relationships within the Italian fashion industry to secure conversations and quick wins
- Operate autonomously with minimal intervention from the wider team
Requirements:
- Fluent/Native Italian speaker
- Candidates based in Italy preferred; Italian native speakers based in London considered with deep understanding of the Italian fashion landscape
- Deep, working knowledge of the local Italian fashion space
- Existing connections and established rapport with relevant fashion brands
- Proactive, self-reliant self-starter able to build a pipeline and close deals autonomously
- Proven ability to handle objections, negotiate terms, and articulate a clear value proposition
- Genuine interest in the business of fashion and the e-commerce/affiliate landscape
- Ability to build compelling business cases for brands to join Lyst
- Experience using CRM tools such as Salesforce or Apollo
Benefits:
- Contract role
- Immediate start
- 2–3 month project


















