As a member of the ShipBob Team, you will...
- Grow with an Ownership Mindset: We champion continuous learning and innovation. You'll take on real problems, create tangible solutions, and drive results that move the needle for ShipBob, our merchants, and for your own professional growth. If you're ready to do the most meaningful work of your career, this is the place.
- Collaborate with Peers and Leaders Alike: At ShipBob, leaders are accessible; feedback flows in both directions, and everyone, regardless of their seniority or role, steps up to help when needed. We hold each other to high standards because we trust each other to meet them. That combination of transparency and mutual respect is what makes the work here feel worth doing.
- Experience a High-Performance Culture and Clear Purpose: We are results-driven and clear about what that means: our goals are specific, accountability is shared, and every team member can see how their work connects to our mission. When we hit milestones, we celebrate them together. When we fall short, we learn and move forward.
Location: Remote in London. This role is primarily remote but will require onsite presence initially on a weekly basis during the training.
Role Description:
Our Business Development Representatives (BDR) develop logistical solutions for small to medium size businesses using the full suite of ShipBob's services. A BDR's primary responsibility is to evaluate each merchant's unique business needs and collaborate with ShipBob's Account Executives to close deals with merchants that have not previously worked with us. Our representatives achieve quota by meeting expected metrics for outbound touches and demos set for their respective Account Executives. This role reports to Manager, Business Development.
What you’ll do:
- Guide new business by identifying, researching, and qualifying new opportunities weekly.
- Prospect a prospect pipeline via high volume of outbound cold calls, emails and social selling.
- Identify client needs through assessing their current fulfillment methods and use discretionary judgment to assess if they are a fit for our business model.
- Make recommendations to management from merchants who do not “fit the box”.
- Schedule demos with potential merchants and Account Executives.
- Achieving daily activity requirements through outbound merchant contact and accurately tracking merchant interactions and information in the designated tracking system.
- Report to designated manager/team lead to strategize more effective prospecting methods.
- Consistently exceed monthly and annual quota.
- Additional duties and responsibilities as necessary.
What you’ll bring to the table:
- 2+ years of demonstrated success in a sales environment, preferred but will train the right person with less experience.
- Experience selling over the phone and smart calling various types of businesses or merchants.
- Demonstrate a high degree of diligence and accountability.
- Comfortable in a competitive environment, with evidence of personal motivation.
- Relentless dedication in the face of daily rejection and delays from potential merchants.
- An aptitude for research and understanding data.
Perks & Benefits:
- Medical and Wellness Benefits
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection
- Pension Scheme
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We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence; therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.
About You:
Building the world’s leading full-stack fulfillment platform is challenging work. The problems we solve are complex, the pace is fast, and the bar is high. That means ShipBob’s environment isn’t the right fit for everyone, and that’s okay. If you are ready to take ownership, push boundaries, and grow alongside a team that genuinely supports each other, we would love to hear from you.
Learn more about our core values and how we perform at a high level in our day-to-day work on our Culture page (https://www.shipbob.com/careers/culture/).
About Us:
ShipBob is a leading global supply chain and fulfillment technology platform designed for SMB and Mid-Market ecommerce merchants to provide them access to best-in-class capabilities and to deliver a delightful shopper experience. Merchants can outsource their entire fulfillment operations, utilize ShipBob’s proprietary warehouse management system for in-house fulfillment, or take advantage of a hybrid solution across ShipBob’s dozens of fulfillment center network in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. ShipBob is backed by leading investors like Menlo Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, and is one of the fastest-growing tech companies headquartered in Chicago.
ShipBob provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
There is no deadline to apply for this position, as ShipBob accepts applications on an ongoing basis.
