French Speaking Sales/ Business Development Representative

Surgo PTY Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 89,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Surgo (Pty) Ltd is seeking a French-speaking SDR/BDR to support international B2B sales campaigns from Cape Town. You will conduct outbound prospecting, qualify leads, and set appointments for global clients.

Ideal candidates have experience in telesales or lead generation, strong English and French, and comfortable working across time zones for Australia and the UK campaigns. This role offers monthly salary plus commission.

Qualifications

• Experience in SDR/BDR, telesales or lead-generation in B2B campaigns.
• Proven ability to generate and qualify B2B leads.
• Comfort with international campaigns and target-driven roles.

Responsibilities

• Conduct outbound prospecting by phone, email and LinkedIn to engage decision makers.
• Qualify leads and book meetings for international clients.
• Maintain accurate CRM records and note next steps.
• Meet activity, quality, conversion, and attendance targets.
• Participate in campaign training and call calibration.
• Represent client campaigns with professionalism and integrity.

Skills

French language

English language

CRM proficiency

Outbound prospecting

Lead qualification

Appointment setting

TeleSales

Communication skills

International campaigns

Tools

LinkedIn

CRM software

Job description

Our client is looking for FrenchSpeaking Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) and Business Development Representatives (BDRs) to support international B2B sales campaigns.

The role focuses on outbound prospecting, lead qualification, appointment setting, CRM administration and follow-up across international markets.

Relevant B2B sales, lead generation, appointment-setting or tele-sales experience is required.

Role objective

The SDR or BDR creates qualified sales opportunities for international clients. The rolecombines outbound prospecting, structured discovery, lead qualification, accurate CRM administrationand disciplined follow-up.

Depending on the campaign, the candidate may generate top-of-funnelengagement, Marketing Qualified Leads, BANT-qualified leads or Sales Qualified Leads and bookedmeetings.

Language Proficiency Requirements

• Fluent or near-native Frenchplus strong spoken and written English.
• Candidates must be able to conduct discovery, and qualification calls in bothlanguages.

Core responsibilities

• Conduct outbound prospecting by telephone, email and, where required, LinkedIn to engage decision makers and buying committee members.
• Open conversations professionally, establish relevance and use consultative questioning to understand the prospect's current situation, challenges, priorities and buying process.
• Generate and qualify leads across the funnel, including top-of-funnel leads, MQLs, BANT-qualified leads and SQLs, in line with each client's campaign criteria.
• Identify decision makers, influencers, champions and other stakeholders involved in software, technology, hardware or business-service purchasing decisions.
• Book qualified meetings or hand over sales-ready opportunities with complete, accurate notes and agreed next steps.
• Maintain accurate CRM records, disposition every interaction correctly and complete follow-up activity within campaign timelines.
• Meet agreed activity, quality, conversion, attendance and delivery targets while complying with scripts, data rules, suppression lists and client requirements.
• Participate in coaching, call calibration, quality assurance and campaign training, and demonstrate that feedback is applied on live calls
• Represent our clientand its international clients with professionalism, resilience, integrity and cultural awareness.

Essential candidate requirements

• Relevant SDR, BDR, telesales, appointment-setting, lead-generation or B2B customer engagement experience.
• Demonstrable experience generating or qualifying B2B leads and an understanding of how prospects progress from initial engagement to MQL, BANT and SQL stages.
• Strong telephone presence, active listening, objection handling and discovery-questioning skills.
• Clear, concise written communication and the ability to produce accurate prospect and opportunity notes.
• Comfort working with targets, quality scorecards, conversion measures and daily activity expectations.
• Reliable attendance and the ability to work the applicable shift consistently in South African Standard Time.
• Confident use of CRM systems, email, online meeting platforms and standard workplace technology.
• A professional, quiet and focused approach suited to international client campaigns.

Preferred experience

• Experience prospecting into Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe or other international markets.
• Technology, SaaS, IT services, hardware, software, professional services or complex B2B campaign exposure.
• Experience working with personas at manager, director, head-of-department, C-suite or buying-committee level.
• Familiarity with BANT or comparable qualification frameworks and with top, middle and bottom-of-funnel lead generation.
• Evidence of consistent appointment-setting, lead-quality or sales-pipeline performance.

Working hours and shift fit

• Candidates can be allocated to either the Australian or United Kingdom campaigns.
• Working hours in SAST forAustralian Campaign 00:00-10:00
• Working hours in SAST for United Kingdom 09:00-19:00
• Exactscheduled hours may be campaign dependent within thestated range.

Remuneration

• The salary band is R8 000 to R25 000 per month plus commission.
• The final offer is dependent on thecandidate's relevant experience, language capability, demonstrated B2B marketing and salescompetence, and performance during the international client interview process.

Important Information

Surgo (Pty) Ltd will consider all applications in terms of its Employment Equity (EE) and is committed to maintaining diversity in its appointments. Surgo (Pty) Ltd therefore also encourages people with disabilities and from other diverse backgrounds to apply.

Due to the high volume of applications, should you not receive feedback within three months of submission, please consider your application unsuccessful. We encourage you to reapply for future opportunities.

Surgo (Pty) Ltd does not charge any application fees.

Your CV will be kept on our database for future opportunities. Should you prefer that we do not retain your details, please contact: [e-mail]