Business Development Representative – BDR

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🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💰 Business Development (BDR)

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VirtuHire

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

🎯 Recruiter

👥 HR Tech

☁️ SaaS

Recruitment • HR Tech • SaaS

VirtuHire is a remote recruiting and employer-of-record service focused on connecting businesses with vetted South African talent. The company rigorously vets candidates and provides a curated shortlist, interview scheduling, onboarding, payroll, compliance, and full employee management. It offers a no-fee recruitment process, advertises cost savings versus local hires, and emphasizes English proficiency, university-educated candidates, and industry experience. Metrics provided include clients served, hires made, and a high retention rate. VirtuHire positions itself as a partner handling hiring, EOR services, and HR administration to let clients focus on growth.

📋 Description

• Identify and generate new business through outbound cold calling, LinkedIn prospecting and targeted outreach • Research and engage property developers, construction contractors, architects and other industry stakeholders • Build relationships with key decision-makers and introduce construction technology solutions • Qualify prospects by identifying business needs, challenges and opportunities • Schedule qualified sales meetings, presentations and product demonstrations for Account Managers • Develop and maintain a pipeline of qualified prospects • Collaborate with Account Managers and senior sales teams on business development initiatives • Maintain accurate records of prospecting activities, customer interactions and follow-ups • Achieve and exceed monthly and quarterly lead-generation and meeting-booking targets • Develop understanding of the company's technology solutions and UK construction market • Represent the business professionally in customer interactions • Maintain accurate CRM records and pipeline management

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience in business development, outbound B2B sales, lead generation, appointment setting or a similar customer-facing sales role • Excellent spoken and written English • Confidence communicating professionally with UK business owners and senior decision-makers • Proven ability to conduct outbound cold calls and generate qualified sales opportunities • Experience using LinkedIn for prospecting and business development • Strong relationship-building, communication and objection-handling skills • Ability to engage confidently with developers, contractors, architects and other construction professionals • Self-motivated, resilient and target-driven, with a proactive approach to generating new business • Strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple prospects and follow-up activities • Comfortable working independently in a remote environment • Availability to work full-time UK business hours • Reliable internet connectivity, professional home-office setup and suitable remote-working equipment • Previous experience selling into the UK market (advantageous) • Exposure to construction, property development, architecture, building services or PropTech (advantageous) • Experience selling technology, software or SaaS solutions (advantageous) • Familiarity with construction project workflows and industry stakeholders (advantageous) • Experience booking product demonstrations or meetings for Account Managers (advantageous) • Previous experience with CRM systems and sales prospecting tools (advantageous)

🏖️ Benefits

• Commission structure • Fully remote employment from South Africa • Comprehensive onboarding • Sales training • Ongoing professional development • Exposure to the UK construction and property technology markets • Opportunity to work with an established international technology business • Collaborative and ambitious sales environment

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