Salesforce · 3 hours ago
Business Development Representative - Central
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$51K/yr - $74K/yr
1+ years expSalesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where ambition meets action and innovation is a way of life. They are seeking a Business Development Representative to generate new business opportunities through strategic prospecting efforts and account research, ultimately contributing to closed won business. The role involves working in a fast-paced environment and participating in an intensive sales training program.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingCRMSaaSSales EnablementSoftware
Responsibilities
Generate new business pipeline primarily through prospecting outbound opportunities
Manage inbound leads that are driven by outbound effort
Nurture early-stage opportunities
Gain interest through outbound cold calling across a set of existing Salesforce customers and breaking into net new logos in assigned territory
Partner with core seller to identify and source net new pipeline and assist by researching lines of business and personas
Align with internal account team
Identify key decision makers within new accounts
Qualification
Required
Generate new business pipeline primarily through prospecting outbound opportunities
Manage inbound leads that are driven by outbound effort
Nurture early-stage opportunities
Gain interest through outbound cold calling across a set of existing Salesforce customers and breaking into net new logos in assigned territory
Partner with core seller to identify and source net new pipeline and assist by researching lines of business and personas
Align with internal account team
Identify key decision makers within new accounts
Preferred
1-2 years experience in business development, sales or related field experience
Ability to work in a fast paced environment. You think out-of-the-box and wow people with your interesting angles and quality work
Experience researching, account planning, prospecting, and cold calling into a large list of accounts that are a hybrid of net-new and existing install
Proven track record of achieving sales metrics and consistent achievement of year-over-year quota attainment
Benefits
Health, life insurance, retirement saving plan
Monthly wellness allowance
Flexible time off & leave policies
Parental benefits
Perks and discounts
Company
Salesforce
Salesforce is a cloud-based software company that provides customer relationship management software and applications.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65.38MKey Investors
Starboard ValueEmergence CapitalHalsey Minor
2022-10-18Post Ipo Equity
2004-06-23IPO
2003-01-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Arundhati Bhattacharya
CEO & Chairperson, Salesforce India and South Asia
Marc Benioff
Chair & CEO
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