Sales Development Representative

At record-USA, we know that the key to growth is a high-performing sales team. That's why we're seeking a qualified sales development representative (SDR) to find and screen potential customers who could benefit from our products and services. As the first line of communication with a prospect, the ideal SDR has a strong understanding of the sales process and excels at researching leads, starting new relationships, and setting up sales closers for success. The SDR should be a quick learner who has strong communication skills and an ability to showcase our offerings in a compelling way. Every potential customer is an opportunity for boosting top-line revenue growth, customer acquisition levels, and profitability.

Objectives of this role

• Represent the company's products and services, using comprehensive knowledge as well as consumer research to explain how our solutions meet customer needs
• Generate leads and build relationships by nurturing warm prospects and finding potential new sales opportunities
• Manage and maintain a pipeline of interested prospects and engage sales executives in next steps
• Identify best practices for refining the company's lead-generation playbook
• Work with outside Independent Sales Agencies across the US

Responsibilities

• Utilize Salesforce, cold calls, and email to generate new sales opportunities
• Identify the needs of prospects, and suggest appropriate products or services
• Build long-term, trusting relationships with prospects to qualify leads as sales opportunities
• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market
• Set up meetings or calls between (prospective) customers and sales executives
• Report to VP of Business Operations with weekly, monthly, and quarterly results and or reports
• Conduct training classes
• Attend and work with other sales members or distributors at or during trade shows

Required skills and qualifications

• Two or more years of experience in sales, with a track record of exceeding lead targets
• Strong communication skills via phone and email
• Proven, creative problem-solving approach and strong analytical skills
• Strong desire and ability to move up within a sales organization
• Worked with Distributors in Distribution sales
• Willing to travel as needed with in the US

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) or at least five years of relevant work experience
• Experience as a sales development representative, with a track record of achieving sales quotas
• Knowledge of Automatic doors
• Knowledge of the Door Hardware Channel
• Proficiency with Power of BI

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group
Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 51,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces - physical and virtual - safer, more secure, and easier to access.

As an employer, we value results - not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions - supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it's important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.