Business Development Representative
At a glance
Entry-level Sales Development role at Kion Scs. 4 Locations · $76,500–$112,200 base.
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What you'll do
- Find and qualify prospects across existing, competitive, and new accounts, then arrange live meetings for account managers
- Build account penetration plans with sales using data, campaigns, and conversations with decision makers
- Sort incoming marketing leads by urgency, nurture promising contacts, and grow the qualified pipeline
- Research account priorities, competitors, industry events, and business challenges to equip sales with useful intelligence
- Keep Salesforce current while coordinating territory plans, content needs, and campaign ideas with sales and marketing
What you bring
- At least three years of successful B2B sales experience, preferably in the listed operational sectors
- A business or marketing degree with technical knowledge, or an engineering background with strong sales skills
- Working familiarity with Salesforce.com and a proactive hunter approach to selling
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
Who this fits
You'll suit a junior business development role centered on outbound prospecting, account research, qualification, and sales support. The position develops business in the United States and uses a hybrid setup. You should be able to travel for sales meetings and bring ownership, initiative, creativity, and analytical thinking.
From the employer
We offer:
What We Offer:Career Development
Competitive Compensation and Benefits
Pay Transparency
Global Opportunities
Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer
Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $76,500 - $112,200 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.
Tasks and Qualifications:
What You Will Be Doing in this Role:
Proactive Outbound Lead Generation: Identify unseen opportunities in new, competitive, and existing accounts and facilitate interactions with key prospects to drive organic growth.
Develop Target Account Growth and Penetration Strategies: Work with the sales team to grow business in targeted accounts via data analysis, campaigns and direct interaction with key decision makers.
Optimize Inbound Lead Quality: Increase velocity of lead intake and qualification. Process incoming prospects from Marketing to build a robust pipeline of Marketing Qualified Leads (MQLS). Determine which leads need to be nurtured and which are “hot,” and require immediate attention.
Cultivate Relationships with Key Decision Makers: Identify and follow key decision makers at target companies, nurture relationships, and build opportunities for the sales team to present solutions. Provide the information and answers prospects need to build trust, increase brand awareness, and maintain a connection until they are ready to make a purchase.
Prioritized Pipeline Growth: Work with Market Development Directors (MDDs) to develop a list of top accounts in each vertical. Categorize by Existing, Engaged and Develop. Proactively research and nurture the Engaged and Develop accounts. Spot opportunities for quick wins.
Act as conduit for Voice of Internal Customer (VOIC) from Sales to Marketing. Communicate content needs and drip campaign ideas to facilitate lead generation and marketing automation.
Identify and address challenges to improve Sales efficiency.
Research target accounts’ business issues and goals to offer appropriate business solutions.
Provide actionable data and intelligence to help the sales team drive outcomes.
Proactively collect competitive intelligence insights about customer priorities and future ambitions and share with internal customers.
Identify key industry events that would result in lead generation.
Define and implement territory development plans in conjunction with assigned Account Manager(s)
Proactively update Salesforce with new account information, competitive insights, and key contacts at target accounts.
What We Are Looking For:
Business or Marketing degree with technical understanding or engineering background with strong sales and business development skills.
3+ years of successful B2B sales experience, preferably in industrial automation, material handling, logistics, e-commerce, supply chain, grocery, food & beverage or general merchandise
Working knowledge of Salesforce.com
Hunter" sales mentality
Excellent verbal and written communications, and presentation skills.
A keen sense of ownership, drive, and creativity is a must
Ability to travel for sales meetings
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