Business Development Executive – Future Team Lead

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🔥 4 hours ago

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

💵 R20k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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Pear Tree.

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1 - 10 employees

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📣 Marketing

Consulting • Logistics • Marketing

Pear Tree is a Melbourne‑born offshore recruitment and hiring services company that connects Australian, US, and UK businesses directly with skilled offshore professionals (primarily from the Philippines) without agency markups. They provide end-to-end hiring support — sourcing, screening, skills assessments, video interviews, reference checks — and offer payroll, Employer‑of‑Record, and compliance assistance plus a six‑month replacement guarantee. Pear Tree recruits across IT, sales & marketing, finance, creative, admin and operations roles, emphasizing cost savings, direct pay to talent, and secure onboarding workflows.

📋 Description

• Follow up existing remedial and service quotations with current customers. • Conduct proactive outbound calling to prospective commercial customers. • Build relationships with architects, letting agents, property developers and other relevant decision-makers. • Identify opportunities for new work quotations and recurring multi-site contracts. • Communicate confidently and naturally with prospects rather than relying solely on scripts. • Maintain accurate records of conversations, follow-ups and opportunities. • Consistently follow up prospects and opportunities through the sales process. • Work closely with the Directors as the outbound sales strategy develops. • Progress towards a senior/team-lead position as additional salespeople join the business.

🎯 Requirements

• A proven track record of success in B2B sales, business development or outbound telephone sales. • Evidence of strong performance against sales or business development targets. • A consistent employment history demonstrating commitment and progression. • Excellent spoken English and the confidence to represent a UK business professionally. • Strong natural communication and rapport-building skills. • Comfortable holding credible conversations with business owners and senior decision-makers. • Commercially minded, resilient and motivated by achieving results. • Able to think on your feet and have a genuine conversation rather than simply reading from a script. • Self-motivated and comfortable working independently in a remote environment. • The ambition and leadership potential to help build and manage a future sales team. • Own dedicated workspace, laptop, high speed reliable internet. • Experience within fire and security is not essential; the client is more interested in finding an excellent salesperson with the right attitude, ability and potential. • Experience in fire and security, property or facilities management, construction, commercial services, selling to UK businesses, or CRM and remote sales environments is advantageous.

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote work • Independent Contractor Agreement • Observing UK holidays • Observing UK business hours