Business Development Representative
9 hours ago
London
The UK BDR will help build outbound pipeline by identifying target accounts, engaging decision makers, booking qualified meetings for the sales team, and supporting event-led prospecting. The role is designed for someone early in their sales career who is coachable, resilient, commercially curious, and confident engaging prospects both remotely and face to face. • Research and prioritise target accounts using agreed data segments and campaign criteria., • Prospect through LinkedIn, email, and phone to create conversations with enterprise decision makers., • Qualify interest, pain points, timing, and fit before passing meetings to sales., • Maintain accurate activity, notes, and meeting outcomes in Salesforce and related tools., • Work closely with Demand Generation, Sales, and Marketing to improve messaging, campaigns, event follow-up, and conversion rates., • Support event-led demand generation by identifying relevant events, helping prospect attendees, attending events where required, manning a stand, and confidently explaining what Connect does in face-to-face conversations., • Apply coaching and feedback quickly to improve call quality, messaging, and meeting conversion., • 0-3 years of sales, customer-facing, recruitment, retail, hospitality, or commercial experience., • Strong English communication skills, with the confidence to speak to senior stakeholders over the phone, online, and face to face., • Coachable, competitive, resilient, and motivated by a fast-paced, high-activity sales environment with clear progression in sight., • Curious about business, technology, customer experience, and how companies solve operational challenges., • Comfortable representing the business professionally at events, engaging visitors at a stand, and having short, clear conversations about the value Connect provides., • Organised and disciplined enough to manage daily outreach activity and follow-up cadence., • Consultative rather than overly salesy, with the ability to ask good questions and listen properly., • UK-based candidate, ideally London or within easy reach of the wider UK sales team., • Degree preferred, but not essential if the candidate shows strong communication, drive, and reasoning ability., • Previous outbound, SDR, BDR, telesales, recruitment, or customer-facing experience is useful but not mandatory., • Comfortable using CRM systems, LinkedIn, email sequencing, and sales engagement tools., • Willing and able to attend relevant UK events when required, including supporting stand presence, prospect engagement, and post-event follow-up., • Success measures:, • Consistent, high-volume outbound activity across phone, email, and LinkedIn, showing strong daily work rate and urgency., • Qualified meetings booked and attended by target prospects., • Clear handover notes and accurate Salesforce activity, notes, and meeting outcomes that help sales progress opportunities., • Effective contribution to event-led pipeline generation, including meaningful event conversations, useful prospect notes, and timely follow-up after attendance., • Improvement in messaging, objection handling, call quality, and conversion rates over the first 90 days., • Positive adoption of coaching, process, and feedback. #J-18808-Ljbffr