Sales Development Representative

Sales Development Representative

Sales Development Representative

Chris Lewis Group

2 hours ago

No application

About

  • Role Purpose
  • This role is a commercially focused Internal Sales Development Representative (SDR) position with responsibility for qualifying inbound enquiries, developing opportunities within the existing customer base, and supporting the sales team through structured sales administration.
  • The role sits at the front of the revenue engine. It combines proactive opportunity development with disciplined sales operations to ensure that high-quality, well-qualified opportunities are passed to the field sales team and that deals progress efficiently through internal systems.
  • This role does not include responsibility for marketing or social media activity.
  • Success Measures (KPIs)
  • Number of qualified opportunities created
  • Lead response time
  • Conversion rate from enquiry to qualified opportunity
  • Meeting bookings for field sales team
  • CRM accuracy and data completeness
  • Reduction in unqualified or poorly prepared deals
  • Timeliness of deal processing and handover
  • Contribution to team revenue performance (bonus-linked)
  • Required Skills & Competencies
  • Confident and professional telephone manner
  • Strong questioning and listening skills
  • Naturally curious and investigative mindset
  • Ability to work through complex information and identify opportunities
  • Comfortable running structured sales campaigns
  • High attention to detail and process discipline
  • Strong written communication skills
  • Organised and able to manage multiple workflows
  • Commercial awareness and business judgement
  • Resilient and comfortable handling rejection
  • Strong internal stakeholder communication
  • Experience & Background

Essential

  • Experience in internal sales, SDR, sales support or customer-facing commercial role
  • Experience using a CRM system (HubSpot or similar)
  • Experience qualifying enquiries or managing inbound leads

Desirable

  • Experience in Fire & Security, Building Services, Engineering or Technical Sales
  • HubSpot and Uptick experience
  • Experience supporting B2B sales teams
  • Personal Attributes
  • Curious and analytical
  • Process-driven
  • Reliable and consistent
  • Comfortable working to targets and objectives
  • Team-focused rather than purely individualistic
  • Willing to develop technical product understanding over time
  • Training & Development
  • Full product and systems training
  • Sales qualification framework training
  • Campaign and account development training
  • Ongoing technical knowledge development

Career progression opportunities include

  • Senior Internal Sales / SDR Team Lead
  • Service Works Sales Manager
  • Field Sales
  • Sales Operations Management
  • A full role profile is available upon request