Business Development Executive

Job Title: Lead Generation Executive

Location: Remote

Job Summary:

We are in search of a "Lead Generation Executive" for a remote role. Your primary responsibility is to help us find potential clients, create leads, and contribute to our sales goals.

Responsibilities:

• Find and create leads to support our sales goals, and also screen the leads and set up meetings.
• Identify new markets and potential customers by doing research.
• Reach out to potential clients through various methods such as calls, networking, and social media.
• Communicate with potential clients, understand their needs, and introduce our products.
• Keep track of sales and performance data and report on progress.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in lead generation or a related field.
• Proven success in lead generation or sales.
• Strong experience in generating leads, cold calling, email campaigns, LinkedIn outreach, and rate negotiations.
• Ability to plan and execute effective lead generation strategies.
• A good understanding of sales and marketing.
• Current knowledge of market trends and competitor activities.
• Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency in phone calls and presentations.
• Self-motivated, results-driven, and passionate about lead generation.
• Ability to work independently and proactively.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, CRM systems, and sales software.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Augment was started in 2015 in Madison, Wisconsin USA (three hours North of Chicago). We offer Digital Innovation, Application Development, and Staff Augmentation services to clients in the USA. We wanted to help not only our clients but also to provide a good home for developers, designers, and QA team members to work, grow and thrive.

We are a 70+ person team headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, USA with a larger office in Coimbatore, India. We are also building our teams in Brazil and Eastern Europe. Our company takes pride in genuinely attracting and retaining the best talent. If you want to be part of a high-achieving, knowledgeable, and fun team, then here’s your chance to join a rapidly growing startup that offers an international and diverse work atmosphere. If you are interested in learning more about us, please contact us. You can also talk to our team members to see how they like working with Augment.

ROLES

We're seeking a qualified sales associate to sell annual car and bike subscription products that our customers have grown to rely on. The sales associate will utilize their skills to generate high-quality leads, build strong relationships with customers, and close deals. The ideal candidate has skills and demonstrates the ability to showcase our offerings compellingly. 

Job Location: Work from home

Selection process: HR Round followed by group discussion and sales manager round.

Qualification: Any Graduate/Post Graduate

Salary offered: As per industry standards

Working days: 6 days             Sunday is off

Shifts:10:00am -7:00 pm

Mandatory language: Hindi and English 

Laptop/wi-fi: candidates are to use their own laptops, wi-fi will be reimbursed.

Additional Compensation: If applicable, this will be decided on the basis of your designation.

About the job

We are looking for a driven, self-starter who can be a core member of our Enterprise Business Development team and support our rapidly growing sales activities.

Responsibility:

• Responsible for creating and nurturing the sales pipeline through focused outreach.
• Research in geographies, sectors, and companies in target markets to support sales strategy, spot opportunities and identify target enterprises.
• Prepare a compelling pitch to open doors in target accounts; Qualify accounts via direct/indirect validation before adding to the pipeline.
• Identify the right people in target accounts and set up introductory meetings for sales teams.
• Support the marketing team in outreach during branding exercises and events.

What are we looking for:

• Bachelors / Masters in Business Administration with minimum 1 year of experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to do deep Market Research, connect the dots, client personas and information into a compelling pitch.
• Familiarity with social media tools.
• The ability to hustle, work with ambiguity and actively participate in problem-solving would be highly valuable.
• A personal interest in the climate space and curiosity about solutions for the same would be a bonus.

Benefits:

1. An exciting, enriching, and challenging work environment.

2. Ability to work directly with founding team members to shape the company.

3. Friendly and conducive working atmosphere.

4. Opportunity to participate in the zero-to-one journey of building a startup.

5. A competitive salary and comprehensive medical insurance coverage.

6. Significant upside through an employee-friendly ESOP policy.

7. Generous PTO / sick leave.

8. Annual company retreat.

9. Bring your dog to work.

About StepChange:

There are growing public and regulatory demands on companies to measure and report their ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) metrics and adopt responsible and ethical business practices. As a result of this growing awareness, businesses are looking for science-based methods to become more sustainable.

StepChange is focused on developing state-of-the-art sustainability tools for businesses, with the goal of empowering these companies with a suite of sophisticated solutions for measuring, managing, improving and reporting their ESG performance across a comprehensive set of metrics.

We believe that equipping companies with the specialised tools they need to achieve their sustainability goals will play a vital role in enabling the transition to a more sustainable global economy, while simultaneously tackling some of the world's most pressing problems along the way.

We are an early stage, global, VC-funded startup based in the US and India. The founders are MIT and IITB alumni with past experience at McKinsey, Ola, Accel and multiple social enterprises.

• Candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experienced candidates should have knowledge about all the portals like Upwork etc.
• Candidate should be able to find new clients, get deals finalized, and coordinate with the technical team on deliverables.
• Fresher candidates must have the zeal to learn things and have a quick learning ability.
• Responsible for finding and retaining clients.
• Manage the end-to-end bid process.
• Understand and resolve complex technical, strategic, and business issues.
• Drive continuous improvement, through post-bid reviews, both internally and with customers.

∙ Responsible to promote IT Product and Services in to the National/ International Market through lead Generation.

∙ To identify business opportunities and drive profitable new business with client mapping, cold-calling, focused email campaigns, presentations, etc.

∙ Manage entire Sales life-cycle including cold calling, prospecting, lead qualification, product/service presentation, proposal presentation and sales closure.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction
• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs
• Arrange business meetings with prospective clients
• Promote the company’s products/services addressing or predicting clients’ objectives
• Prepare sales contracts ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines
• Keep records of sales, revenue, invoices etc.
• Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers
• Develop entry level staff into valuable salespeople

Job Description:

• Role is of Software Sales Manager
• The role requires the person to hunt and open new accounts for Company’s Returns Inventory Management Solution.
• Complete Ownership of Sales Cycle including the following:
  • Identifying opportunities
  • Managing the pipeline
  • Working with the marketing team to launch marketing campaigns
  • Managing the relationship with the client
• To be Successful, the candidate should have experience in Software/Consultative Solution Sales, should have done concept selling, especially in the retail industry
• Should have a understanding of IT Landscape in an enterprise, understanding of Logistics Supply chain, especially returns could be an added advantage
• The role requires the person to be quick thinker, innovative problem solver and ability to think on his feet will come in good stead.

Responsibilities

• Hunting New Accounts
• Business Development
• Enterprise Account & Sales Management – grow SOW
• Manage the entire sales cycle
• Maintain High level of customer satisfaction
• Pipeline management, Accurate Sales forecasting, Sales Negotiations and Business Closure.
• Exceeding Monthly and Quarterly Sales Targets

Desired Candidate Profile

• 3-5 years Sales Experience (preferable -Software, Consulting, Solution Sales, Concept Sales)
• Excellent Communicator, Presentation and writing Skills
• Business Development & Hunting New Accounts in SW/Consulting Solution Sales, Should know Concept Selling.
• Entrepreneurial mind set, Problem solver, quick thinker, Passionate, self-motivated, a self-starter with innovative mindset
• Willing to work in a fast-paced environment, where you need to be able to adapt effectively to changes.
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Experience in Supply Chain, Logistics Solutions may be an added advantage

Key skills:

Business Development, Enterprise Sales, Consulting Selling experience, Concept Selling, Solution Sales, Software Sales

Salary: 8 to 12 lakhs P.A.

Functional Area: Sales & Business Development, Hunting New accounts, Enterprise Account & Relationship Management

Role: Enterprise Sales & Business Development Manager

Education:

MBA or Equivalent with 3-5 years’ experience in SW/Consulting Solution Sales, Concept selling

Location: Mumbai, Delhi,

• 3 to 4 years of experience in Software Sales (SaaS/Cloud Software)
• e-Learning/LMS Sales experience is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written English

• Identifying business opportunities, establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects
• Analysing the need of the prospect, conducting product demonstrations and recommending solutions.
• Maintaining relationships with clients by providing support, information, and guidance
• Identifying product improvements based on current industry trends, market research and competition