
Sales Specialist – Arbitrage
Kpler
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Houston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Own and grow a defined book of business for Kpler’s arbitrage products within the AMER region — including both prospects and existing Kpler clients.
- Drive the full sales cycle, from prospecting and qualifying opportunities through to pitching, negotiation and closing deals for Kpler arbitrage/KAFT solutions.
- Achieve and exceed annual revenue targets, demonstrating consistent pipeline development and deal conversion.
- Develop a deep understanding of Kpler’s offering, positioning Kpler’s arbitrage/KAFT suite of products as strategic solutions for clients.
- Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with key stakeholders and decision-makers within client organisations.
- Collaborate closely with the Product and Data teams to ensure client feedback informs product development and positioning.
- Monitor and report sales performance, pipeline health, and key metrics through Salesforce, ensuring accurate forecasting.
- Maintain competitive awareness by tracking market developments and rival offerings, sharing intelligence with internal stakeholders.
- Represent Kpler’s arbitrage solutions at regional industry events, conferences, and client meetings to strengthen market visibility.
Requirements
- 3+ years’ experience in a commercial or sales role, selling data-driven or research-based products.
- Strong understanding of the commodities markets (Oil market exposure is imperative), including physical and financial pricing mechanisms, such as arbitrage tools.
- Proven experience managing a regional or defined book of business, demonstrating ownership of pipeline generation, client engagement, and renewals.
- Strong analytical and data interpretation abilities, capable of identifying market trends and linking them to client opportunities.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to deliver clear, compelling value propositions to senior stakeholders.
- Proficiency in CRM tools (preferably Salesforce) and disciplined management of pipeline and forecasting activities.
- Commercially driven and goal-oriented, maintaining focus on revenue growth while building long-term client partnerships.
- Collaborative and adaptable, able to work effectively with cross-functional teams across time zones and cultural contexts.
- Curious, proactive, and resilient, demonstrating initiative in exploring new opportunities and persistence in overcoming challenges.
Benefits
- Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment.
- We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community.
- We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
sales cycle managementpipeline generationdata interpretationmarket trend analysisnegotiationdeal closingarbitrage toolsrevenue forecastingclient engagementrenewals management
Soft skills
communication skillspresentation skillsrelationship buildingcollaborationadaptabilitycuriosityproactivityresiliencegoal-orientedanalytical thinking