Business Development Representative (BDR)

Work set-up: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Full time
Experience: 
Entry-level / graduate
Work from: 
United Kingdom

Offer summary

Qualifications:

College graduate or 1+ year of successful outbound lead generation experience in technology., Strong communication skills, both verbal and written., Ability to work independently and in a team environment., Experience with Salesforce.com and LinkedIn is preferred..

Key responsibilities:

  • Partner with Account Executives to develop territory strategies and qualify leads.
  • Engage in outbound prospecting through cold calling, emailing, social media, and video.
  • Support and progress sales opportunities through the sales pipeline.
  • Qualify leads using BANT criteria and track activities within Salesforce.com.

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Job description

Job Summary:
TradeCentric is developing a best practices organization for Business Development to support bestinclass cloud software technology and solutions. This position will support Account Executives performing new business acquisition in the EMEA market.

As a Business Development Representative, you will be joining a social, highperforming team required to collaborate with peers to effectively attract and qualify prospects evaluating the purchase of TradeCentric solutions. The successful incumbent will be comfortable cold calling, cold emailing & engaging via social media and video. It is important that you have a basic understanding of B2B lead generation and business development. If you are energetic, tech savvy, motivated and creative, this position will challenge and enhance your skillset. This is a quotacarrying role for career–minded individuals that offers a strong introduction and foundation for a future role in Sales, presales, solution consultancy or management with a global software organization. You will receive a bestinclass onboarding and continuous on the job coaching and personalized development to support your professional growth.

BDRs are responsible for partnering with the Account Executives in the field to develop a territory strategy for discovering, nurturing, and qualifying a pipeline of leads, and converting those leads to Salesqualified opportunities and revenue. BDRs are also responsible for working with their Sales & Solution Engineering Teams to actively support & progress opportunities through the sales pipeline funnel to close. Their prospecting activity is split between outbound prospecting, strategic sales–driven prospecting, and following up on inbound leads generated from partner and customer engagement Marketing. Success in this position is measured by generating Sales Qualified Leads which result in Account Executive pipeline creation and activitybased metrics in place to achieve this outcome.

Report to: VP of Sales

What Youre Great At:
  • Outbound prospecting: This role uncovers & develops new business opportunities via outbound cold calling into targeted accounts by working strategically with an assigned Sales team of fieldbased Account Executives, articulating business value through personabased research, storytelling, social selling, etc.
  • Inbound lead development: This role is responsible for qualifying and developing new business leads that come from partner and customer engagement across our campaigns and digital events to generate Sales Qualified Leads (SQLs).
  • Opportunity progression: BDRs will be assigned opportunities to progress working as part of a ‘winteam’ with an Account Executive and Solution Engineer. Activities include reengagement to understand any blockers, changes in the buying team or decision making process, change in organizational priorities, as well as nurturing additional relationships to move the opportunity forward.

  • Prospecting Activity:
  • This role will act as a trusted business advisor and build customer relationships via outbound telephone coldcalling and the use of email, social media and video engagement.
  • This role identifies key contacts and target accounts through Salesforce.com and research tools (e.g., LinkedIn & ZoomInfo).
  • All lead generation activity, progress & forecasting is tracked and managed within Salesforce.com using the approved processes and tools. BDRs provide weekly progress & forecasting updates in their manager 1:1 meeting
  • BDRs qualify leads using the B2B BANT criteria: Budget, Authority, Need, Timeline and against best in class prospecting strategies.
  • Sales Qualified Leads (SQL) are approved and monitored for quality via our SQL definition process agreed with Sales.

  • What it Takes to Excel:
  • College graduate or 1+ year of proven successful outbound lead generation experience in a technology environment preferred
  • Achievement of quarterly targets
  • Strong interpersonal and effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to listen and understand a prospect’s business challenges
  • Ability to work unsupervised and within a team environment
  • Creative, cando attitude when researching leads and cold calling prospects
  • Ability to adapt in a fastpaced, highgrowth tech environment only constant is change
  • Strong organizational, planning and prioritization skills
  • Goaloriented, positive, selfstarter with strong analytical skills and a track record of autonomy, ownership, and execution
  • Ability & desire for continuous learning
  • Experience with Salesforce.com and LinkedIn preferred
  • About Us:
    TradeCentric is a leading innovator at the crossroads of eCommerce and eProcurement, transforming how B2B buyers and suppliers connect, automate, and scale their operations. Recognized for our rapid growth, TradeCentric has earned a place on the INC. 5000 list of the fastestgrowing private companies in America for the three consecutive years. Backed by private equity, we continue to expand our bestinclass B2B Connected Commerce solutions and technology platform to enable frictionless trade for thousands of businesses worldwide.

    Our purposebuilt solution integrates with every leading eCommerce and eProcurementERP system to help suppliers and buyers seamlessly automate and accelerate their missioncritical transactions. By eliminating the complexity of disconnected systems, TradeCentric drives efficiency, lowers costs, and powers growth for our partners.

    Here is an overview of the TradeCentric Platform.

    Company Benefits:
    At TradeCentric, we have a strong and innovative team dedicated to transforming the way our clients do business. It is our people who make it happen and we strive to take care of our employees in every way we can. Below is a list of benefits that are offered to employees, once eligibility is met:

    🕒 Flexible Time Off
    🕒 Volunteer Time Off
    🩺 Health Benefits Reimbursement Program
    📈 Pension with Generous Company Match
    👶 Paid Parental Leave
    🏠 WorkFromHome Allowance
    🎓Career Development Reimbursement Program


    TradeCentric is an equal opportunity employer (MFDV).
    We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

    Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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    Experience

    Level of experience: Entry-level / graduate
    Spoken language(s):
    English
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    Hard Skills

    Prospect ManagementForce.ComLead GenerationSocial MarketingCold CallingOpportunity AnalysisAccount ManagementLinkedIn Recruiter

    Other Skills

    • Analytical Skills
    • Adaptability
    • Communication
    • Analytical Skills
    • Teamwork
    • Organizational Skills
    • Prioritization
    • Social Skills
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