
Business Development Representative
- Southampton
- Β£55,000-60,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Impact: Play a critical role in our growth plans, being the first point of contact for prospective customers and enabling businesses to provide a remarkable employee experience to their workforce
- Learning & Training: Learn from top sales people, as well as having dedicated people managers (including a Top 50 UK SDR Manager) who will work with you to develop your new business skills.
- Customers: Work with well known logos to help them improve employee engagement, retention and wellbeing. Example customers include: Microsoft, Selfridges, Grant Thornton, Xerox, Slalom and many more
- Earning potential: Alongside the Β£35,000 salary, it is realistic to earn a further Β£20,000-25,000 per year in commission
- Progression: Opportunities to move into our Global Enterprise accounts, work towards becoming an Account Executive or move into people management
- Top 10 Employer, Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards
- Work for a profitable, fast-growing market leader in the online reward and benefits space
- Outbound meeting and lead generation predominantly achieved through warm calling
- Develop and nurture existing and potential customers through marketing campaigns and subsequent campaign follow up
- Research prospective customers and maintain data quality, relevant information about prospects and history of campaigns and leads
- Maintain prospective customer relationships in a polite and professional manner
- Work alongside all Benifex departments to ensure that prospective customers are effectively and appropriately supported
- Assist the wider team in the writing and distribution of outbound e-mail campaigns
- Follow up on inbound leads and distribute information where requested
- Maintain confidentiality and professionalism within all aspects of the job role.
- Proven experience in new business sales: prospecting, outbound calling, multi-channel approach and lead generation
- Experience selling complex or enterprise SaaS solutions.
- Excellent communication skills, being able to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- Consultative approach, able to successful relationships with customers and be seen as a trusted partner
- Excellent time management skills, able to self-prioritise and organise your workload
- Driven and motivated with a desire to exceed targets
- Experience using Salesforce (or a similar CRM)
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience in Employee Benefits
- Experience selling to HR, Benefits, Rewards, People Directors/decision makers