Business Development Executive

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

💵 R45k - R55k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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Remote Recruitment

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11 - 50 employees

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Marketing • Logistics

Remote Recruitment is a recruitment company specializing in helping businesses hire skilled professionals remotely, with a focus on talent from South Africa. They offer cost-effective recruitment services that cover a wide range of job titles, from entry-level to C-suite positions. Remote Recruitment provides companies with the opportunity to save significantly on hiring costs, offering free replacements for up to 12 months. They handle all payroll, HR, and legal matters associated with hired talent, ensuring a seamless recruitment process. Their services are designed to bridge skill gaps and optimize hiring budgets for business growth.

📋 Description

• Drive high-quality discovery calls with C-suite and senior executives across manufacturing, industrial, consumer, aerospace, defence and industrial services • Own and manage outbound outreach to organisations where the client has limited or no existing relationship • Convert early-stage outreach into meaningful conversations, building rapport and credibility with senior leaders over the phone • Book qualified discovery meetings for Partners, measured on volume and quality of meetings rather than winning mandates • Use phone, email, LinkedIn and personalised messaging to initiate and nurture new relationships • Articulate the client’s value proposition, sector expertise and leadership hiring capability with gravitas and clarity • Research and map target organisations, identifying senior stakeholders and tailoring outreach • Maintain disciplined follow-up rhythms, progressing, re-engaging or nurturing prospects appropriately • Collaborate with Partners by providing insight, context and briefing notes before booked discovery meetings • Operate independently from South Africa while engaging UK and European prospects across time zones

🎯 Requirements

• Proven confidence engaging senior leaders, ideally C-suite or Director-level, from sales, consulting, account management, professional services or similar client-facing environments • Strong phone-based communication skills, with the gravitas and composure to hold credible conversations with senior executives • Experience in business development or outreach, comfortable initiating contact, nurturing early-stage relationships, and converting interest into meaningful conversations • Commercially sharp mindset, able to quickly understand a company’s context, identify relevant stakeholders, and tailor messaging accordingly • Disciplined and organised, managing follow-ups, pipelines and outreach rhythms with consistency and accuracy • Resilient, proactive personality, motivated by creating new opportunities, opening doors, and driving high-quality discovery meetings • Credible, composed conversations with C-suite leaders; confident, articulate and persuasive over the phone • Structured outreach, follow-ups and pipeline management; consistently drives activity that leads to booked discovery meetings • Quickly understands business models, organisational structures and leadership priorities to tailor outreach effectively • Builds rapport fast, establishes trust early, and creates openings for Partners to deepen conversations • Comfortable with high-volume outreach, able to navigate gatekeepers, objections and slow-moving prospects • Maintains clean CRM data, tracks engagement, and ensures Partners receive clear context ahead of discovery meetings • Self-driven, reliable and able to manage productivity autonomously while working remotely across time zones