Business Development Executive

Job Title: Business Development Executive

Location: Leeds

Salary: Up to 30k + commission

Key duties and responsibilities

• Generate new business: Conduct outbound prospecting activities, primarily through cold-calling.
• Build relationships: Establish and maintain positive relationships with prospective clients to understand their needs.
• Sales process management: Manage and progress a full sales pipeline, from initial contact and qualification to demo delivery and successful closure.
• Product demonstration: Clearly articulate the value proposition and provide tailored demonstrations to key stakeholders.
• Achieve targets: Consistently meet or exceed monthly and quarterly sales targets.
• CRM management: Maintain accurate and detailed records of all sales activities and client interactions in the company's CRM system. (HubSpot)
• Market research: Stay updated on industry trends, competitor activity, and changes.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with other internal teams, such as marketing, product & customer services to provide feedback and refine sales strategy.
• Reporting: Prepare and deliver regular reports on sales performance, pipeline status, and market feedback to the Head of Sales.

Skills and qualifications

• Proven experience in a B2B sales or business development role, within a recruitment, SaaS or technology environment.

Benefits

• Join a fast-growing AI SaaS company with global ambitions
• Strong commission structure
• Significant opportunities for career progression