Sales Development Representative

Overview

Job Description

Role: Graduate Sales Development Representative

Sector: Financial Sales

Location: London

Salary: 28K – 30K + Uncapped Commission (OTE 45K)

The Company:

My client offers a bespoke financial and innovation consultancy service to other businesses to help them grow by aiding with their investment. They have successfully helped their clients save over £250 million due to their consultative and well thought out approach.

You’d be joining a company that has an 90% recommendation from colleagues to work there! This is a great graduate opportunity to learn from experienced salespeople.

Your role will predominantly include lead generating, prospecting, engaging with clients and booking in meetings for senior executives to attend. You’ll start out in the Sales Development function, and you will be given all the tools needed to research, profile, and reach out to new clients across the UK.

Once you’ve mastered client engagement, you will open the routes to a client facing future, where the path is tailored to YOUR preference. That could be becoming a Business Development Manager, or a Research and Development Executive within the Technical or Operations department or going through the Investor and Accountant Partner Management pathway. There is always room for progression for driven people!

The Benefits:

• Scope of a market which is near enough endless (Innovation is changing or modifying a current product/service, which most business in almost every sector will be doing!)
• Full Market and Sales training including a curated external sales training programme after induction.
• Loads of socials, and a fun dynamic grad culture where every member of the sales team has come through Prime!
• Opportunity to attend industry events and get out of the office.
• Flexible benefits platform with 2% of salary contribution.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Modern and well-appointed office in St Albans.
• Expenses policy for travel and subsistence.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Company contribution pension.
• Life assurances benefit up to 3 times of basic salary.
• Employee Assistance Program

The Role:

• You will pro-actively contact new clients and build relationships and book outbound meetings.
• You will be innovative with your research and prospecting techniques.
• Use a research-led approach that set’s them apart from their competitors.
• Using multiple tools e.g., the CRM system, LinkedIn, patent data insights, investment data, various paid for data services to build a coherent picture of your target clients.
• Using a variety of channels to contact clients including phone, emails, and other platforms.
• Achieve monthly targets with a focus on quality of meetings booked.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Educated to degree level, perfect for a new or recent graduate as all training is provided.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a desire for a client facing career.
• Confident in using multiple communication channels to hit targets
• Ability to understand complex subjects and articulate them in a simple way.
• Self-motivated with a strong work-ethic.
• Outgoing personality.
• Energy, passion, and enthusiasm for sales.
• Detail-oriented.
• A can-do attitude.