Business Development Representative 20227
Johannesburg - South Africa
Job Summary
Employment Type: Full-time Independent Contractor
Work Model: Fully Remote (Aligning with US Central Standard Time business hours)
Target Market: Corporate HR Managers People Ops Directors and Executive Assistants
Reporting To: Founders
We are seeking a high-energy autonomous Business Development Representative (BDR) to design and drive our outbound B2B corporate sales pipeline. This is a builder position. Instead of working off stale pre-packaged dialer lists you will take full ownership of mapping out high-potential corporate prospects identifying the correct internal culture buyers and executing multi-channel outreach to book private group events.
The ideal candidate does not view sales as a scripted transactional volume metric. Because you are introducing high-end memorable experienceswith average group bookings ranging from $2450 to $4750 per eventyour outreach must be characterized by consultative warmth professionalism and genuine charisma.
1. End-to-End Prospecting & List Generation
Target Research: Proactively identify source and build targeted B2B prospect lists from scratch utilizing LinkedIn Sales Navigator corporate databases and industry registries.
Multi-Channel Outreach: Design and execute outbound cadences via cold calling personalized email communication and social selling to penetrate mid-market and enterprise accounts.
Decision-Maker Mapping: Navigate complex corporate structures to identify and connect directly with the key owners of corporate culture budgets: HR Managers People Ops Leads CX Directors and Executive Assistants.
2. Qualification & Pipeline Management
Discovery & Consultation: Lead energetic consultative introductory calls to qualify corporate intent group sizes (typically 2535 guests) and event timelines.
Frictionless Handoff: Effectively pitch the value of Hone-Sharpen experiences scheduling qualified event consultations directly onto the founders calendars.
CRM Management: Maintain highly accurate clean and transparent records of all touchpoints conversion metrics and booked events within our CRM system.
Industry Experience: 2 years of outbound self-sourced B2B sales experience. Strong preference for candidates with a background in hospitality sales corporate event sales hotel group sales catering coordination DMC (Destination Management Company) networks or experiential B2B services.
Proven Hunting Track Record: Verifiable experience building sales funnels entirely from the ground up. You know how to identify target profiles and get decision-makers on the phone independently.
Exceptional Communication & Warmth: Flawless verbal and written English communication skills. Your communication style must feel personal magnetic and polishednot robotic or highly scripted.
Activity-Driven Focus: Because our event structures favor a rapid corporate booking velocity you are naturally energized by maintaining high daily outreach volumes and driving consistent mid-market deal closures.
High Operational Autonomy: A self-directed mindset. You excel in lean fast-moving environments where you are trusted to manage your daily pipeline without close micromanagement.
Prior experience directly pitching to or booking events for corporate HR People Ops or administrative teams.
Mastery of modern outbound sales tools (CRM workflows LinkedIn Sales Navigator and cold email optimization).
Required Experience:
IC
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