Business Development Executive | Weekend Shift

Description

We’re hiring a proactive Business Development Executive to help grow our UK customer base by turning genuine interest in our cleaning services into new business.

You’ll play an important part in the sales journey, engaging with warm leads, uncovering customer needs and creating a smooth path from initial enquiry to confirmed booking.

Where You’ll Make an Impact

Your focus will be on developing sales opportunities, maintaining regular contact with prospects and ensuring that no viable opportunity is overlooked.

Core Responsibilities

• Respond promptly to warm sales enquiries

• Explore customer needs and understand their service requirements

• Present relevant cleaning services and explain their benefits

• Develop interested prospects into qualified sales opportunities

• Follow up with customers at appropriate points in the sales journey

• Secure confirmed bookings through effective sales conversations

• Record enquiries, conversations and outcomes accurately in the CRM

• Maintain an organised and up-to-date sales pipeline

• Monitor personal activity, conversion rates and sales performance

• Contribute towards revenue and monthly performance objectives

• This role includes weekend coverage, operating on shift patterns such as Saturday–Tuesday or Wednesday–Sunday.

Your Reward

• Basic salary negotiable according to experience

• OTE of R25,000+ per month

• 100% remote working

• 40 days paid annual leave

• 2+ years' experience in direct sales, telesales, business development or a similar commercial role

• Excellent English communication skills, both verbally and in writing

• Self-motivated and capable of managing priorities without constant supervision

• Strong relationship-building and analytical problem-solving abilities

• Resilient, positive and comfortable handling sales objections

• Evidence of achieving telephone sales targets or similar measurable objectives

• Comfortable working with Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook

• Previous experience working with CRM systems and customer databases

• Confident negotiating with customers and resolving issues professionally

• Access to a dependable laptop or desktop for remote work