Business Development Representative

Overview 

Blue Yonder is seeking a Business Development Representative to generate pipeline and business for our EMEA team.

What You’ll Do:

• Use prospecting strategies to lead initial outreach to prospects and build relationships with key decision makers at targeted accounts.
• Collect & analyze potential customer’s critical business needs and challenges, identify and qualify their budget, timelines, business issues and obstacles for hand off to appropriate sales individual.
• Determine prospect’s interest in and make recommendations on appropriate Blue Yonder product and services options
• Work the assigned territory and cover as many contacts as possible
• Participate in the sales opportunity reviews and reach out and collaborate with the appropriate Account Managers in your territory.
• Achieve quarterly lead generation goals set by sales management.
• Communicate effectively with Sales management in-person, via phone, e-mail and regular updates in the system.
• Use independent judgment to qualify and validate inbound and outbound leads via the phone, web, email, corporate events and direct mail campaigns.
• Use independent judgment to create, analyze and execute pre-packaged multi-part marketing and lead-generation programs.
• Track relevant sales activities & admin in the sales system (e.g. call activity, lead qualification details, lead pipeline, opportunity pipeline) to aid in maintaining communications within sales.
• Use professional experience to overcome objections and effectively communicate BY’s value propositions to key decision makers regarding appropriate BY product offerings.
• Actively participate in the innovation of new techniques and strategies for marketing BY’s products in order to secure new accounts.

What we are looking for:

• Minimum 2 years inside sales/business development w/experience in software industry.
• Personable, outgoing, helpful, able to initiate conversation and communications in an engaging manner.
• Proven track record of exceptional lead generation results.
• Experience working in a team sales environment.
• Able to handle projects with minimal direction.
• Knowledge of SFA/CRM/Contact Manager software required; experience with Salesforce.com a plus.
• Superior oral and written communication skills.

Minimal travel required

Our Values

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.