Position Overview:
Skillsoft is currently seeking dynamic, ambitious and professional Sales Development Representatives to help us with new account acquisition within a defined territory. Upon successful completion of our in house training program, incumbents will embark upon a rewarding career as Sales Development Representatives. The successful candidate will play a fundamental role in achieving our ambitious customer acquisition and revenue growth objectives. The role of a sales development representative (SDR) is to engage and qualify inbound leads, while also establishing an ongoing outbound lead development cadence of prioritizing target account buying points, and contacting them through a coordinated outreach of email, phone and social media
Position Responsibilities:
Work closely with Sales Management and individual Customer Sales Directors to prioritize targets, call strategies, and messaging to drive opportunities for net new business
Strategize with top-producing Customer Sales Directors (POD) to drive demand, qualify new leads and set sales appointments
Outbound lead generation, lead qualification and pipeline development.
Achieve or exceed monthly quotas of setting sales meetings/Qualified Opportunities/POD Revenue
Uncover prospect’s business challenges and identify relevant new business opportunities
Learn and maintain in-depth knowledge of Skillsoft products, industry trends and competition
The SDR must develop a solid understanding of the prospect’s business imperatives and be able to translate the Skillsoft value wedge/proposition into both written and oral communications with customers
Desired Skills and Experience:
The successful candidate will be a strongly self-motivated and driven individual who is goal-oriented, methodical and tenacious, and can effectively interact with a team.
2+ years minimum lead generation experience using the phone, email, and social media platforms
Passion for finding and identifying those who “want to learn more”
Results-driven, self-starter, persistent, highly motivated to increase earnings despite rejection
Proven verbal and written (email) communications skills
Dynamic telephone presence
Proficiency using Salesforce.com
Apply value propositions to specific customer scenarios and a variety of buyers
Authentically curious, you love learning and improving yourself
Education and Certifications:
Bachelor’s degree is preferred
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