Mission Translate is a global language and insight agency headquartered in Birmingham, looking for a full time Business Development Representative to join our remote team
This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to make a real difference in a service-focussed, rapidly growing business. We are a close-knit team where everyone has an impact, so we are looking for someone with a vibrant, energetic approach and plenty of charisma when spearheading new initiatives.
Our Sales team is seeking a goal-oriented, energetic, and talented individual who has a passion for problem solving. The BD representative will be first line of sales, setting appointments with clients and potential clients.
What You Will Be Doing
- Supporting Strategic Initiatives: Assisting in the revision, development, and implementation of sales strategies
- Client Communication: Managing communication with clients via emails, calls, and meetings to ensure client satisfaction and retention
- Confirmation of incoming requests, proposal creation, and opportunity/deal tracking with follow ups
- Onboarding of new clients and facilitation of required forms (NDAs, MSAs, etc.)
- Project Coordination: Assisting with the coordination of won projects, ensuring timely and consistent delivery of services via internal collaboration with delivery and sales
- Networking & Outreach: Manage ongoing outreach efforts and schedule meetings among potential clients that’re identified via existing data and future leads to come
- Research existing outreach strategies and analyse results to foster improved business development activities and more clearly defined metrics for each
- Administrative Support: Handling administrative tasks such as compiling proposals, logging opportunities/deals, securing necessary client documentation, preparing key reports for analysis, and maintaining updated records within all platforms
- Collaboration with Marketing to ensure smooth launch of new brand (organizing all existing information, defining prioritized needs for upcoming brand launch, and kickstarting the creation of any non-existent material)
- Identifying potential clients & organizing meetings for both existing and potential clients using provided templates and similar BD messaging
- Data Administration & Management: Following and maintaining a CRM data management strategy, including quality control, to ensure the sales data contains accurate, up-to-date, and complete customer information
- Establishing a procedure that ensures system integrations are properly relaying data that can be routinely checked and reviewed
- Analysing CRM data to generate insights on customer behaviour, sales trends, and marketing campaign effectiveness, providing actionable recommendations to increase revenue generation
- Working alongside the Director, evaluating new technologies and/or add-ons to enhance current system capabilities and meet evolving business requirements
Essential Skills And Experience Required
- 2+ years of experience in business development or business development support role
- Experience in Market Research and/or Linguistic industry is a must
- Knowledge of CRM software(s) and their role within the sales cycle
- Knowledge of business development process (inclusive of prospecting) and comfortability with managing each step
Package
- Salary of $18-20k plus bonuses, dependent on skills and experience
- Working hours: 9-6pm GMT
- Learning time and budget
- Internal learning
- Referral bonuses
- Personal days off
- Work from home allowance
Please note that the salary range for this position is $18-20k plus bonuses, depending on skills and experience. Candidates with salary expectations exceeding this range are kindly advised not to apply.
We also wish to emphasize that only candidates with proven experience in the localization/translation/ market research industry will be considered for this role. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.