Business Development Executive

Sook is an award-winning prop-tech start-up that is rapidly expanding across the UK. Sook eliminates the barriers to physical retail, by letting occupiers of any kind - brands, businesses, entrepreneurs and communities - rent our innovative, digitally-enhanced spaces across the UK, giving clients a space to connect .

About the role:

Sook is seeking a talented Business Development Executive to work to educate brands who book our spaces. Working closely with the sales team and reporting to the Sales Lead, you will optimise the journey from lead generation to deals closed, and be responsible for closing new business with potential occupiers. If you're dedicated and ambitious and looking to join an exciting, fast-growing start-up, Sook is the perfect place to grow your career.

Duties/Responsibilities:

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  Work your prospect base, build your pipeline and close business

• Manage inbound and outbound prospects

• Educate the market, generate awareness, challenge perceptions

• Be an enthusiastic advocate and expert on Sook, and turn your prospects into evangelising customers

• Manage your own sales pipeline, and the best-in-class CRM tools that we provide

• Report KPIs and exceed your targets

What we are looking for:

• You possess at least 1+ years of experience in sales

• You're ambitious, hungry to learn, and excited to help build the future of physical retail.

• Proficient in using a CRM system

• Excellent phone manner - you’re calm and confident at fielding both inbound client enquiries and carrying out cold outreach to new prospects, and you’re just as good listening as you are at talking

• Proactive, highly organised, and can-do attitude – enjoys being challenged.

• Motivated self-starter with the ability and confidence to introduce new initiatives.

• Ability to understand changing priorities of tasks.

• Team player with excellent stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits

• Hybrid Working

• Opportunity to be part of an exciting and rapidly growing start up breathing life into the retail industry

• Rapid development, growth and career prospects