Sales Development Associate (Talent Reserve Program)-1

FedEx; Chicago (IL); Sur place; USD 35 000 - 49 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

FedEx is seeking a Sales Development Associate to join the Sales Development team in Chicago. The role focuses on training and shadowing across unassigned territories, providing agile coverage while preparing for permanent territory alignment.

You will participate in onboarding, mentorship, joint calls, and active pipeline support, with coaching to accelerate readiness for a permanent role. This is an offer-in-advance requisition with education and experience requirements verified before Day 1.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) required or four years of B2B sales experience.
• Four (4) years of B2B sales experience; or one (1) year in B2B sales with relevant experience.

Responsabilités

• Participates actively in sales training programs covering products, services, and CRM systems.
• Conducts structured job shadowing with SMB roles to observe cold outreach and lead qualification.
• Engages in joint customer calls and field visits to build practical sales skills and industry knowledge.
• Assists active territories with background research and outbound outreach under a secondary territory mapping framework.
• Participates in performance coaching, call reviews, and pipeline reviews with sales leadership.

Connaissances

B2B sales

CRM

Cold outreach

Lead qualification

Prospecting

Formation

Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent)

Outils

CRM systems

Description du poste

Company: Federal Express Corporation

Category: Professional

Employment Type: Full Time

Worker Sub-Type: Regular

Remote: No

Location:

875 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60642-4214, United States

205 Della Court, Carol Stream, IL 60188, United States

920 W Taylor Rd, Romeoville, IL 60446, United States

5959 W Howard St, Niles, IL 60714, United States

As a member of the Sales Development team, the Sales Development Associate is a development-focused role designed for sales professionals preparing for permanent geographic territory alignment.

Rather than maintaining primary ownership of a single assigned territory, the Reserve SDR undergoes rigorous sales training and job shadowing while providing agile, overflow, and interim coverage across unassigned, open, or high-volume market territories.

This is an 'Offer in Advance' requisition. Applicants must meet the minimum education and experience qualifications at the time of application OR currently meet minimum experience qualifications and meet the minimum education requirements within 120 days of applying. Offers of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of these requirements before Day 1.

Essential Functions

• Structured Onboarding & Learning: Participates actively in sales training programs covering company products, services, supply chain solutions, CRM systems, and data-driven selling tools.
• Peer Shadowing & Mentorship: Conducts structured job shadowing with other SMB roles to observe best practices in cold outreach, lead qualification, value proposition delivery, and opportunity handoffs.
• Joint Call Participation: Engages in joint customer calls, call cycling, and field visits with experienced team members to build practical sales competencies and industry acumen.
• Developmental Pipeline Support: In a training and support capacity, assists active SDR II territories with background research, outbound outreach, and prospective lead qualification under a secondary territory mapping framework. This position does not carry direct sales quotas, territory ownership, or incentive compensation eligibility.
• Performance Tracking & Feedback: Actively participates in regular performance coaching, call reviews, and pipeline reviews with sales leadership to accelerate readiness for permanent territory assignment.
• Other Duties: Performs other duties and special sales projects as assigned by leadership.

Minimum Education/Minimum Experience

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent); OR
• Four (4) years of business-to-business (B2B) sales experience; OR
• One (1) year of the Company’s business-to-business (B2B) sales experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated Involvement or leadership in school, community, athletic or professional organizations.
• Experience working collaboratively in team based environments. B2B or high-value B2C sales experience using digital tools & CRM.
• High Volume Prospecting activities and/or inbound virtual customer support experience.

Pay Transparency

This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the salary information represents the job level minimum and the job level maximum. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factors permitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

FEC_SH25 $25.59/hr - $35.82/hr

Additional Details

This is a customer-facing role that requires regular in person meetings. Candidates must live within a 50 mile radius of Chicago, IL or surrounding cities within the territory.

Pay Transparency

The compensation listed reflects the pay range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position at the posted location or locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the pay information represents the ranges for each level in that job family. Actual pay is determined by several job-related factors permitted by law and relevant to the position, including, but not limited to, experience relative to the job, tenure, market level, pay at the location for this job, performance, schedule, and work assignment. In California, the compensation listed reflects the range or rate of pay reasonably expected for this posted position upon hire. In New Jersey, any compensable Security and Walk time will be paid to non-exempt/hourly employees at the state minimum wage.

Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.

Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact [e-mail].

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