German Speaking Sales​/Business Development Representative

Our client is looking for German Speaking Sales Development Representatives (SDRs) and Business Development Representatives (BDRs) to support international B2B sales campaigns.

The role focuses on outbound prospecting, lead qualification, appointment setting, CRM administration and follow-up across international markets.

Relevant B2B sales, lead generation, appointment-setting or tele-sales experience is required.

The SDR or BDR creates qualified sales opportunities for international clients. The role combines outbound prospecting, structured discovery, lead qualification, accurate CRM administration and disciplined follow-up.

Depending on the campaign, the candidate may generate top-of-funnelengagement, Marketing Qualified Leads, BANT-qualified leads or Sales Qualified Leads and bookedmeetings.

• Fluent or near-native German plus strong spoken and written English
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• Candidates must be able to conduct discovery, and qualification calls in bothlanguages.

• Conduct outbound prospecting by telephone, email and, where required, Linked In to engage decision makers and buying committee members.
• Open conversations professionally, establish relevance and use consultative questioning to understand the prospect's current situation, challenges, priorities and buying process.
• Generate and qualify leads across the funnel, including top-of-funnel leads, MQLs, BANT-qualified leads and SQLs, in line with each client's campaign criteria.
• Identify decision makers, influencers, champions and other stakeholders involved in software, technology, hardware or business-service purchasing decisions.
• Book qualified meetings or hand over sales-ready opportunities with complete, accurate notes and agreed next steps.
• Maintain accurate CRM records, disposition every interaction correctly and complete follow-up activity within campaign timelines.
• Meet agreed activity, quality, conversion, attendance and delivery targets while complying with scripts, data rules, suppression lists and client requirements.
• Participate in coaching, call calibration, quality assurance and campaign training, and demonstrate that feedback is applied on live calls
• Represent our clientand its international clients with professionalism, resilience, integrity and cultural awareness.

• Relevant SDR, BDR, tele sales, appointment-setting, lead-generation or B2B customer engagement experience.
• Demonstrable experience generating or qualifying B2B leads and an understanding of how prospects progress from initial engagement to MQL, BANT and SQL stages.
• Strong telephone presence, active listening, objection handling and discovery-questioning skills.
• Clear, concise written communication and the ability to produce accurate prospect and opportunity notes.
• Comfort working with targets, quality scorecards, conversion measures and daily activity expectations.
• Reliable attendance and the ability to work the applicable shift consistently in South African Standard Time.
• Confident use of CRM systems, email, online meeting platforms and standiard workplace technology.
• A professional, quiet and focused approach suited to international client campaigns.

• Experience prospecting into Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe or other international markets.
• Technology, SaaS, IT services, hardware, software, professional services or complex B2B campaign exposure.
• Experience working with personas at manager, director, head-of-department, C-suite or buying-committee level.
• Familiarity with BANT or comparable qualification frameworks and with top, middle and bottom-of-funnel lead generation.
• Evidence of consistent appointment-setting, lead-quality or sales-pipeline performance.