Graduate Sales Development Representative

Optimise Talent Ltd; Bolton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured training

Fast-track progression

Collaborative team

Job summary

Optimise Talent Ltd in Bolton is hiring a Graduate Sales Development Representative to join a fast-growing tech team. You will handle warm B2B leads, book high-quality appointments for Business and Key Account Managers, and gain structured training with clear progression.

This role offers circa £25,000 basic salary plus OTE £30,000–£35,000 in Year 1, with uncapped earnings. You'll develop conversational skills, resilience, and technology fluency while contributing to a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Confidence speaking to people over the phone.
• Proactive, positive and resilient mindset.
• Experience in sales, retail, hospitality or other customer-facing work is a plus but not essential.
• Comfortable with technology and new tools.
• Drive to grow your career quickly.

Responsibilities

• Outbound call warm, lapsed B2B customers to reintroduce services.
• Build rapport, understand business needs, and identify opportunities.
• Generate quality appointments for our Business and Key Account Managers.
• Collaborate closely with the sales team to meet targets.

Skills

Phone comms

Outbound calls

Resilience

Customer service

Tech-savvy

Job description

Graduate Sales Development Representative (SDR) - Tech Sector

Location: Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancashire

Salary: Circa £25,000 basic + OTE £30,000-£35,000 (Year 1)

Sector: Tech | Warm B2B Sales | Career progression into Sales Account Management with £60k+ OTE

Are you a confident communicator ready to kickstart your sales career? Join a fast-growing Tech company in North Manchester offering full training, structured development, and a clear progression route.

We're expanding rapidly and looking for Graduate Sales Development Representatives to join a collaborative, high-performing team. You'll be making outbound calls to lapsed business customers (completely warm leads - no cold calling) to re-engage relationships and book high-quality appointments for our Business and Key Account Managers.

What's in it for you?

• Circa £25,000 basic salary + realistic OTE £30,000-£35,000 in your first year, however this is uncapped.
• Full structured training programme with 1-to-1 coaching.
• Clear, fast-track progression into a desk-based Account Management role within 12-18 months.
• Supportive, collaborative team environment where your success is celebrated.

Join a rapidly expanding North Manchester-based Tech company with huge growth plans.Your role

Your role

• Outbound call warm, lapsed B2B customers to reintroduce services.
• Build rapport, understand business needs, and identify opportunities.
• Generate quality appointments for our Business and Key Account Managers.
• Collaborate closely with the sales team to meet targets.

What we're looking for in a Graduate Sales Development Representative

You don't need specific industry experience - full training is provided - but you'll need:

• Confidence speaking to people over the phone.
• A proactive, positive, and resilient mindset.
• Ideally some experience in sales, retail, hospitality, or other customer-facing work (preferred but not essential).
• Comfortable and confident with Technology
• Drive and ambition to grow your career quickly