
Sales Development Representative
- Chicago, IL
- $51,800-60,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- outbound prospecting via email, social and phone into target accounts in an effort to schedule initial meetings for sales representatives, and
- supporting in-person and virtual events via pre- and post-event outreach.
- Learn continuously and develop into an industry and NielsenIQ solutions expert
- Effectively pitch products and solutions to key decision makers at all levels of a prospect's organization by understanding their needs and demonstrating how NielsenIQ solutions can meet their requirements
- Respond to and effectively qualify inbound inquiries in a timely manner to assess sales readiness and qualifications prior to connecting prospects with sales resources
- Conduct outbound prospecting activities (phone calls, email, social media, attend tradeshows) into target markets / accounts to identify, connect and engage (schedule meetings) with decision makers in order to generate qualified, sales-ready leads
- Support the success of marketing sponsored in-person and virtual events; including pre-event promotion to drive attendance and post-event follow up to engage and qualify prospects for sales
- Develop and methodically drive execution of daily, weekly and monthly activity cadence plans that maximize prospecting efficiency and effectiveness including account and contact-level research, pre-call planning and hyper-personalized messaging via key channels
- Meet and exceed key activity and performance metrics for calls, emails, social touches, appointments scheduled, conversion to opportunity, and beyond
- Maintain accurate CRM records of all lead and prospecting activities by consistently adhering to defined lead management processes and SLAs
- Build relationships with aligned sales team members to nurture leads through opportunity and ensure lead quality is driving conversion to pipeline and revenue
- 4-year college degree
- 1-3 years of SaaS sales development (cold outreach, lead qualification) experience
- Professional experience in a customer-focused performance-driven, high-growth, fast-paced sales, service or marketing team
- Experience and/or interest in CPG or selling an innovative/niche tool
- Strong interpersonal skills with ability to professionally interact with a diverse blend of personalities to identify and reach desired outcomes while maintaining strong relationships
- Excellent research and problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze, compare, evaluate, reconcile and derive actionable insights and next steps
- Experience with tools such as Microsoft Office Suite, MS Dynamics 365 (CRM), Salesforce, Salesloft, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, and ability to quickly learn new technologies
- Exceptional ability to actively listen to and effectively communicate with, prospects and customers in a variety of mediums, such as written or verbal
- Team player that exhibits a positive attitude, composure under pressure and willingness to think out of the box to drive results
- Detail oriented, methodical and process driven mentality
- Sound time management and organizational skills
- Must be a self-starter and highly ambitious to grow knowledge, skills and career
- Comprehensive healthcare plan (medical, Rx, dental, and vision).
- Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account (including company contributions).
- Life and AD&D insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan including company matching contributions.
- Disability insurance.
- Tuition Reimbursement.
- Discretionary paid time off program and 11 paid holidays.
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)
- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)