Trainee Business Development Executive

Job Title: Trainee Business Development Executive

Location: Remote (UK)

Salary: £16,500 - £22,000 per year

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent, full-time

We make a web-based inventory and purchasing system used by independent restaurants, breweries and small food manufacturers. Since 1993, the company has sold practice management software to dental and veterinary clinics in the UK.

The role:

We need people who can make 60 dials a day and not take rejection personally. Base plus monthly commission on meetings held and pipeline created. Clear path to Account Executive within 12 to 18 months if you hit target. Remote, open to candidates across the UK. Equipment is provided, including a laptop.

In this role you will:

• Qualify inbound leads against BANT criteria and route them to the right AE
• Clean and update contact data when titles, numbers or companies change
• Hand off meetings with written notes on pain points, current tools and timing
• Make 50 to 70 outbound calls per day into target accounts
• Attend daily call blocks and weekly pipeline reviews

Required qualifications:

• 1+ years in sales, customer service or another customer-facing job
• Able to work core hours aligned to Eastern or Central time
• Resilience. Most calls end in a no
• Organised enough to manage follow-ups across 200+ open prospects
• Competitive, with a track record of hitting targets (sales, sports, school, anything)
• Clear, short writing. Typos in prospecting emails are a problem

What we offer:

• Company pension
• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Employee assistance programme
• Home working allowance
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays

Unfortunately we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Merrick Systems.