Sales Development Representative

Stellenbosch
Salary: Market Related
Job Type: Permanent
Sectors: Sales
Reference: SW005465/ML2

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Employer: Helderberg Personnel cc

An International Travel Agency with their Head Office situated in the UK, has an opportunity for a Sales Development Representative to join their dynamic team based in Stellenbosch.

Requirements:

Relevant Degree / Qualification in Marketing
Experience working with the UK market / selling to other UK businesses
Telesales experience with international market preferably UK
Demonstrated success in a similar role
Competency using a CRM
Proven record of working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

Duties will include, but not limited to:

Use pro-active outbound approaches such as emails and calls to seek and generate quality new leads.
Research client and partner/supplier accounts to establish key players and source warm lead opportunities.
Contact potential new clients and repeat business customers to secure appointments and set prospect meetings for the Sales team to follow-up.
Gain a comprehensive understanding of client needs and provide in-depth handovers to the Sales team.
Assess company’s current client-base among internal divisions and external target markets to find avenues of opportunity.
Assess historic prospects to make contact with new or developing leads, updating records accordingly.
Help create strategically developed target lists and prioritise top prospects.
Monitor relevant social media platforms to spot trigger events and utilise such activity to promote/post interest for company’s’ services with direct contact follow-up.
Maintain the CRM tool to expand the prospects list and keep records fully updated to be available and utilised across all Sales and BDM teams.
Understand company’s service philosophy and company objectives to pursue compatible leads only.
Have consistent awareness of company and industry developments to remain suitably and effectively knowledgeable.
Research and be aware of Sales and Business Development methods to continually develop knowledge and skills.
Support the Sales team with all Sales related activity, including to nurture potential client leads through to securing account wins.
Escalate anything of significance, positive or negative, to the Sales and Commercial management teams.
Perform other duties as may be assigned from time to time

Working Hours:
General: The South Africa office operates between the hours of 8:00am and midnight, Monday to Sunday. The breakdown of your normal hours of work will be by agreement with your manager on a shift pattern covering 40 hours per week, 9 hours per day, Monday to Friday (which includes a 1 hour unpaid lunch break) on a rota basis.
Shift Patterns will be as follows: - SA Local Time

10.30am – 7.30pm (this is 9.30am – 6.30pm UK time) This will run until 26th October 2025, where we will revert to GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
11.30am – 8.30pm (this is 9.30am – 6.30pm UK time) This will run from 27th October 2025, where we will revert to BST (British Summer Time)

In return a competitive salary plus additional benefits are on offer coupled with the opportunity to work for an international company

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About Helderberg Personnel cc

Based in Somerset West, Helderberg Personnel was established in 1998. The company initially started doing placements in the Helderberg Basin and over the years expanded nationally. Our background has proved to be invaluable in providing a high standard of recruitment, screening, evaluation and placement of candidates.

Our Value proposition:
The true value proposition of the Helderberg Personnel brand is our commitment to attending to our clients’ needs, culture and values and to ensure that, through comprehensive interviews with candidates, the overall match is determined to ensure a long term relationship. The identity of the client remains confidential at all times. We understand that our function is to ensure that the candidate must become a strategic partner to a business instead of a mere employee. Helderberg Personnel has achieved a steady growth over the last years and we have evolved into one of the leading agencies in the region. We have made placements cross functional, cross industry and up to senior management level.