Job Description
About the Role
- The ultimate aim of a sales development representative is to expand a company's customer base.
- You will generate leads, solicit new potential customers, and connect these customers with the right salesperson.
- We are looking for a friendly, well-spoken sales development representative to assist our company in expanding our customer base.
Responsibilities
What you will be doing:
- Conduct market research to identify selling possibilities and evaluate customer needs
- Create potential customer’s lists in the UK, US, Middle East and Asia
- Actively seek out new sales opportunities through cold calling, networking and social media
- Set up meetings with potential clients and listen to their wishes and concerns
- Identify prospect's needs and suggest appropriate products/services
- Build long-term trusting relationships with prospects to qualify leads as sales opportunities
- Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market
- Set up meetings or calls between (prospective) customers and sales executives
- Report to sales manager with weekly, monthly, and quarterly results
- Performing regular follow-up calls or emails and facilitating communication with existing customers to ensure their satisfaction and identify new potential needs.
- Collaborating with sales executives to ensure the company's goals and targets are met.
Qualifications & Experience
You should apply if you:
- Have a Bachelor's Degree in Sales, Marketing or Business related fields
- Have 2-3 years of sales experience, with a history of exceeding lead targets
- Have strong communication skills via phone and email and customer service skills.
- Have proven creative problem-solving approach, time management and strong analytical skills
- Have a strong desire and ability to move up within a sales organization
- Have the ability to focus on Market research and create leads
- Having successful completion of coursework in sales techniques, marketing, and communication may be advantageous.
- Have computer literacy skills.
Key Competencies
For successful performance in this role, the candidate must possess:
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- The ability to influence and negotiate with others
- Commercial awareness
- Customer service skills
- Self-motivation
- Resilience
- Ability to think creatively and strategically.
Benefits
- Our people are the heart of the business, so we prioritize welfare and offer a wide range of competitive benefits including but not limited to:
- All the latest technology you need to do your role including a laptop and accessories
- Competitive salary
- Fast and expanding career progression
- Private health insurance
- Free lunch in the office
- Budget for French language classes
- One-time home office set-up allowance
- Hybrid; remote + office hours and flexible working conditions
- Access to Klasha Sessions development training courses
- Diesel and fuel allowance for remote working
- Work-from-anywhere weeks: Work from anywhere for three weeks in a year
- Paid birthday day off
- Team building events
- Bank holidays swap
- Access to mental health wellness services
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off.