Sales Development Representative (SDR), Amazon Shipping (SWA)

Amazon Shipping is innovating in the Operations and Logistics space and is looking for a driven, high-performing Sales Development Representative to work with retailers in the UK. In this role, you will facilitate the usage of Amazon's logistics capabilities to service their customers' needs. The ideal candidate will be excited by the opportunity to scale Amazon Shipping by driving commercial growth, and will have familiarity with leading sales prospecting, lead generation, and working with large customers.

The ideal candidate will have experience in finding prospective accounts at the senior executive level to identify new customer opportunities, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and operating in a scale-up environment. You will have a proven track record of meeting and exceeding commercial goals.

Key job responsibilities

• Entry-level experience in sales development and/or technical background and interest in developing a career in sales
• Self-starter with highly developed interpersonal skills, decisive, and results-oriented with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Work with other sales team members to ensure opportunities are understood and next steps are clearly defined via discovery and qualification calls
• Utilize product knowledge and internal resources to leverage technical skill sets to understand customers' needs
• Achieve all input and output goals including contacts prospected, leads qualified, customer calls completed, meetings scheduled, and opportunities created
• Support building leads and pipeline for the sales team by leveraging outbound prospecting and qualifying inbound opportunities, as well as supporting self-service shippers through the end-to-end registration process
• Accurately track activity and develop pipeline using a CRM (Salesforce), with the ability to leverage self-service reporting tools
• Innovate new and creative ways to engage with new customers

Basic qualifications

- Bachelor's degree

- Speak, write, and read fluently in English, and have the ability to take direction in English

- Experience navigating prospective accounts from and into a senior executive level to identify new customer opportunities

- Experience with Microsoft Office products and applications

Preferred qualifications

- Experience in e-commerce, start ups, advertising, commercial

- Experience with Salesforce or other CRM

- Sales or equivalent certification

- Experience in lead generation, and qualification

- Knowledge of end-to-end sales processes

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