About the job
We invite you to become a key player as a Business Development Representative for Google Cloud products, forging strategic connections between businesses and innovative cloud solutions.
Role Overview:
In this dynamic position, you will identify strong sales opportunities, analyze prospective customers, understand their requirements, and drive new business through various outbound campaigns.
Your efforts will help businesses collaborate more efficiently, accelerate their processes, and innovate effectively. As a vital member of the Business Development team, you will serve as the first point of contact for a multitude of businesses, proactively engaging them to build excitement while identifying their needs and steering them towards suitable solutions and the most fitting Sales pathway.
You will work towards individual targets, while also being an integral part of a larger sales team focused on expanding our customer base across the EMEA region. Your role will primarily involve interacting with customers through outbound calls in a dedicated calling environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Achieve quarterly SQO quotas and daily/weekly activity targets.
- Manage assigned accounts to identify high-potential prospects and educate them about Cloud offerings.
- Conduct daily outbound calls/emails (including cold calling) to C-level decision-makers, swiftly establishing rapport and assessing their needs.
- Identify pain points, gather technical requirements, align business needs with Cloud solutions (solution-selling), and create value for subsequent sales steps.
- Maintain prospect/customer data in Salesforce (CRM), managing leads, contacts, accounts, opportunities, and activities.
- Work towards team and individual KPIs (productivity, conversion, opportunities, pipeline).
- Carefully document customer notes and deal details within Salesforce for stakeholder transparency.
Qualifications
- Proficiency in English (C2 level), both written and spoken.
- Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 16 months of relevant experience.
- Solid understanding of IT infrastructure and a strong ability to quickly grasp new technology concepts.
- Developing business acumen with a keen interest in solution-selling strategies.
- Motivated to excel in a target-driven, phone-based communication environment.
- Experience in sales prospecting with a focus on initial contact and lead qualification is advantageous.
- Familiarity with CRM or sales tracking tools.
- Professional demeanor with a strong ethical foundation, adept at guiding business conversations towards key outcomes.
- Self-driven and proactive with a competitive spirit and a desire to learn and succeed.
Specialized Skills for the UKI Market (UK and Ireland):
- General understanding of the UK and IE business landscape.
