Gauteng

Sales Executive

Renumeration: Market-related based on experience (basic + commission)

Location: Johannesburg

Education level: Secondary/Tertiary

Job level: Mid

Type: Permanent

About Bridgement

Bridgement is breaking down the barriers to access finance for small businesses in South Africa. Traditional loans from banks and other lenders have a slow application process, have strict criteria, require a lot of documentation, and inflexible terms. In contrast, we use cutting-edge technology and artificial intelligence to offer flexible finance online, with a 2-minute application, no documentation required, and a decision in a matter of hours. We’re a well-funded fintech start-up, backed by Capricorn and the greater Yellowwoods group, best known for their investments in and ownership of Nandos, Hollard, Clientèle, Direct Axis, and Budget Group. Having won several awards recently, including Xero’s App of the Year award, we are proud to be recognised by worldwide brands as a trusted and valued business.

Roles & Responsibilities

As a Sales Executive you’ll be bringing on new customers sourced from your own network as well as from Bridgement’s variety of new-business channels. You will need to understand our customers’ commercial needs and help them obtain the finance they need to grow their businesses.

You will be:

Selling our business finance solution to a wide range of SMEs in South Africa.
Building a pipeline of prospects and engaging and building trust with them.
Researching, calling, meeting with and/or demoing to clients.
Driving and closing on new-business leads as well as repeat-business from existing customers.
Assisting new customers with completing their applications, pre-screening them, obtaining missing documentation, and ensuring completeness of applications.
Working independently and in charge of your own time and how you spend it.
Responsible for meeting monthly sales targets.
Using our analytical and CRM systems to manage, track and communicate with customers.

Requirements

You will need to:

Have minimum 5 years’ sales experience.
Be dynamic, high-energy and able to establish rapport with customers.
Have good business acumen and be able to hold conversations with business owners and answer difficult questions.
Be independent, self-motivated and resourceful.

It will be useful to have although not absolutely required:

A Tertiary degree
Experience in related or similar sectors (for example: lending, trade-finance, banking, insurance, accounting or technology/software sectors)
B2B (business-to-business) sales experience is preferred

Benefits

In addition to a competitive salary, we also provide:

An opportunity to be a part of one of the most exciting, growing fintech startups
A smart, fun and diverse team
A lovely office in Melrose Arch with great coffee, complimentary snacks, a putting green, Playstation and much more
Amazing employee benefits including life insurance, disability + critical illness, income protection and gap cover, as well as other benefits like psychological, physical, financial wellbeing and legal support

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