Sales Apptio Sales Development Rep London, GB

Avature; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Sales Development Representative in London. The role involves managing prospecting activities, delivering sales presentations, and collaborating with various teams to drive revenue growth. Ideal candidates will have strong consultative selling skills and a background in SaaS sales. Opportunities for career development are abundant in this fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years experience in SaaS sales or telephone prospecting preferred.
• Ability to work independently in a dynamic environment.
• Strong skills in data analysis and sales tools.

Responsibilities

• Own prospecting activities into your account base.
• Develop and execute a strong prospecting plan.
• Deliver sales presentations when necessary.

Skills

Consultative selling skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Data analysis skills

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Salesforce.com

Job description

Hiring manager and Recruiter should collaborate to create the relevant verbiage.

Your role and responsibilities

You: Join the world’s leading software company for IT professionals. You will need a strong knowledge of how to navigate through a sales process, consultative selling skills, and the ability to manage and focus in a complex and dynamic environment.

We will help you grow your ability to sell large enterprise accounts as well as communicate and build internal relationships with a diverse range of personnel including senior sales executives, product management, field marketing, and sales engineering teams.

You will be expected to travel in support of your territory management plan a minimum of three times a year. Opportunities for career development are limitless on the back of a rapidly growing and evolving company.

What we want you to do:

1. Own prospecting activities into your account base.
2. Develop and execute on a strong prospecting plan of attack, including call scripts, audience segmentation, and approach.
3. Qualify interested candidates and arrange introductory conversations with customers and Field Sales.
4. Deliver sales presentations when necessary.
5. Track all relevant qualification and lead management activity using Salesforce.com (including calls, prospect pipeline, account notes, etc.).
6. Quickly learn the technical aspects of the product, effectively communicate the value proposition, and be able to react to objections, competitive questions, and other FAQs.
7. Provide business acumen for customers and strive to understand the business problem we are solving in order to best configure the solution and exceed customer expectations.
8. Collaborate successfully with Field Sales to optimize team selling productivity.
9. Provide value-added market intelligence to the Sales, Marketing, Product, and Customer Success teams.

Basic Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to deliver above expectation results in driving pipeline revenue opportunities for enterprise software level deals.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct extensive cold calls and email campaigns and navigate org charts.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Creative tactics to reach the executive management of enterprise IT.
• Team player with solid communication and presentation skills.
• Strong skills in data analysis & sales tools use.
• Ability to share best practices, continually improve processes and messaging, and provide clear and consistent reporting to Executive Management.
• Ability to work independently & proactively in a dynamic and aggressive startup environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2-5 years plus experience in SaaS sales or telephone prospecting is preferred.
• Experienced using Sales prospecting tools and CRM.
• Recent IT industry and/or enterprise selling experience is preferred. We are looking for someone who is excited to work in a fast-moving, high-growth company for an opportunity to drive revenue growth and advance a career in large enterprise sales.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Additional languages required. Nordics. Native or Business Fluent required.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Hiring manager and Recruiter should collaborate to create the relevant verbiage.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists, and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets, and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that dedication to our clients' success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment every day, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive regardless of their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth-minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide ongoing feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues, keeping in mind a team-focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions every day is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have at hand, a can-do attitude, and always striving for an outcome-focused approach within everything they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason, and science, we can improve business, society, and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, but also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Job Title

Apptio Sales Development Rep - Spanish or Italian required

Job ID

14652

City / Township / Village

London

State / Province

London

Country

United Kingdom

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Employment type

Regular

Position type

Entry Level

Up to 20% or 1 day a week

Company

(8660) IBM United Kingdom Limited

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?