Business Development Associate (CHICAGO)

Notified is seeking a Business Development Associate to join their Sales team in Chicago. The role focuses on developing sales opportunities and booking qualified sales meetings, with a strong emphasis on cold-calling and maintaining call volumes.

Responsibilities

• Developing sales opportunities through extensive cold-calling activities and other outreach tactics to turn prospective customers into qualified sales opportunities
• Maintaining established daily call volumes – work hard, play hard mentality needed
• Carefully and accurately documenting leads, and appointments through our CRM, ensuring Salesforce.com hygiene so you can accurately forecast and track how your meetings are turning into deals

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in business, marketing, or a related field
• 1+ years of lead generation, sales, or marketing experience required OR applicable experience with lead generation, cold calling, networking, or other external outreach efforts
• Prepare to give examples of tenacity, resilience, and achievement
• Determination and resilience will be key - you will have a quota, and your persistence and go-getter attitude will be a key part of your success
• Great communications skills - you must love talking to people, as this job requires you to be on the phone constantly
• A hunger to learn and develop yourself - we will give you all the tools to need to be successful so your personal drive and ambition is a must!
• Basic knowledge of sales theories and techniques and ability to deal tactfully and courteously with clients
• Strong verbal, written, and communication skills
• Ability to work both individually and with a team
• Competitive and team minded spirit with an eagerness to exceed targets regularly
• B2B technology sales experience preferred

Benefits

• Annual commission target is $30k with the ability to earn additional commissions for exceeding target.

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