Business Development Executive

9xb proactively targets businesses to introduce our range of products and services. This is predominantly through a combination of telephone and email communication.

Working as part of the Sales and Marketing team, the primary objective of this role is to target new businesses and keep in regular contact with them to identify sales opportunities and arrange appointments for the sales team.

In return for hard work and commitment we offer:

• Exceptional career progression opportunities
• Regular pay reviews
• Incentive scheme and bonuses for exceptional work
• Hybrid working - work from home or our Leeds office
• Fun and hardworking company culture
• Regular social and company events

Ideally full time, 37.5 hours per week, but part-time would be considered. For ambitious people, there will also be the opportunity to progress and become more involved with other sales and marketing activities.

• To outreach to prospects via telephone and email, to introduce our products and services
• Identify key opportunities that match 9xb’s qualification criteria
• Keep in touch with prospects with regular updates, keeping 9xb front of mind
• Qualify those opportunities and generate sales appointments for the sales team
• Uncover new opportunities by carrying out daily reviews of industry news
• Developing and managing the pipeline of prospective accounts through the Salesforce CRM
• Regular database cleansing and enrichment of records

• Be a confident communicator - you will be required to make sales calls and reach out to businesses by email to introduce our proposition
• Commercially minded - you are able to identify key sales opportunities that will support our sales and marketing objectives
• Organised - you are able to effectively manage your own workload and prioritise key tasks
• Be willing to learn and develop with real world, on the job experience
• Have experience of making outbound sales / marketing calls.
• Knowledge and experience of selling digital / eCommerce services would be great, although not essential as training will be provided.
• On top of adhering to 9xb’s values, you are ambitious and have great collaboration skills. You are a problem solver who is resilient, result-oriented with the ability to influence stakeholders.

• Hybrid working environment
• Employees have the autonomy to choose where and when they work to best meet their objectives
• Choose between working in a modern city centre office or working remotely from home
• Flexitime - choose start and finish time to suit deadlines, commuting, personal responsibilities
• Long lunch - Need a longer lunch break? No problem, flex your start and finish time to suit
• Commuting allowance - cash towards the cost of your commute
• Regular performance-based salary reviews
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays)
• Holiday Exchange - Buy or sell extra or unused holiday days
• Individual spot rewards
• Macbook Pro laptop for use at work & home
• Apple Airpods
• Regular team social events & treats
• Monthly team lunch on us
• Hiring bonus referral scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• and more…