Outbound Sales Development Reprensentative

Job Details: Outbound Sales Development Representative

As an Outbound Sales Development Representative at Sage, you will be responsible for identifying and obtaining new businesses that could be our future customers, focused on Sage Intacct and Sage 300.

As part of the daily tasks, you will be heavily focused on prospecting and profiling personas that form part of our target market.

By excelling in this role, you will ensure that as part of a larger team, our sales colleagues have a healthy sales pipeline, thus contributing directly to growing our revenue as a business.

This hybrid role requires a minimum of three days per week on-site at our Johannesburg office.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Generate business through proactive outreach to new customers.
2. Research, qualify, manage, and track leads as well as related sales activities in Salesforce.
3. Identify customer needs and requirements, buyer identification knowledge.

First 90 Days:

Your first 90 days at Sage will allow you to learn the business while also getting up to speed with your roles and responsibilities. You will collaborate with your manager and team to complete the Sage onboarding program. You need to be focused and able to motivate yourself. Taking positive actions and being open to giving and receiving feedback and guidance is also very important.

Minimum Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s Degree.
2. 2 years of outbound B2B sales experience.
3. Self-starter with the ability to put together a plan, follow through on the plan, and assess how to improve.
4. Prospecting and creating quality opportunities using different platforms.
5. Superior organizational skills.

About You:

In this role, you are often the first human interaction with new customers, and that is a big responsibility. Being passionate about helping customers is therefore a must. If you are a quick learner who is resourceful and has a drive to succeed in bringing in and qualifying business leads while delivering breathtaking experiences to our clients, come and tell the Sage story with us, and breathe new life into your career.

Function: Performance Marketing

Country: South Africa

Office Location: Johannesburg

Work Place Type: Hybrid

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We celebrate individuality and welcome you to join us if you embrace all backgrounds, identities, beliefs, and ways of working. If you need support applying, reach out at careers@sage.com.