This role would suit a commercially minded and motivated individual with a passion and interest in sustainability.
Working as a Sales Development Representative at Sustainability Leaders (part of World 50 Group), you will play a critical role in the growth of our Sustainability community. You will create the fuel needed to grow our membership and have a huge impact on integrating environmental and social sustainability into some of the world’s largest businesses. You will be a member of our fast paced sales development team and will be our eyes and ears in the market, building relationships, providing feedback and gaining commitment from senior executives in multi billion-dollar organisations.
What you can expect from the role
On a day-to-day basis, you will be responsible for cold-calling prospects, building a sales pipeline and educating the value Sustainability Leaders is delivering to our community. You will become an expert at using lead generation tools and be able to conduct sales development best practices with email, phone, and social drips. If you’re passionate about understanding how business works, providing a world-class customer experience, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, then this role is perfect for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Contact senior sustainability executives via telephone, email and LinkedIn
- Arrange qualified sales meetings for the Sales Directors
- Educate prospects on the value that Sustainability Leaders delivers to its members
- Identify and connect with new contacts who align with the Sustainability Leaders value proposition. Are they a perfect fit for our community? Do they embody a collaborative spirit, possess a low ego, and have a desire to share and be vulnerable with their peers?
- Continuously update and maintain accurate intel on prospective members
Who you are
- Results-oriented and motivated
- Strategic ‘hunter’ who thrives on building robust sales pipelines
- Ability to clearly understand and articulate complex things in simple language
- Passionate about learning and development
- Experienced with customer service, hospitality or sales
- Passion and interest in sustainability
What you can look forward to working at World 50 Group:
This opportunity offers a £28,000 basic salary with an uncapped commission structure with on-target earnings of £40,000-£45,000 in your first full year.
Benefits include: hybrid working, 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays, health cash plan, Vitality health care, financial and mortgage advice services and learning and development programming.
Company Overview
Sustainability Leaders believes that improving environmental and social sustainability cannot be isolated to one part of a business. To make progress, it must be embedded across the entire organisation. Our platform is formed on three foundations to support member companies in achieving this change:
- Collaborative learning between a cross-functional group of sustainability experts;
- In-depth research to inform strategy development, governance, and metrics; and,
- Practical case studies and benchmarking information to compare best practices.
Sustainability Leaders is wholly owned by World 50, an organisation where the world’s best global executives are connected to each other and great thought leaders from every industry.
We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our values to serve the unique individual and to build inclusive and diverse communities of purpose.
