The Sales Development Lead reports directly to Head of Sales, and at the same time works very closely with Country Manager and Location Managers, to execute and achieve sales goals. They are able to think fast on their feet, and evaluate whether a connection can add value to the Hive, and at the same time able to build relationships quickly and effectively.
Not only will you be the brand ambassador, and knowledgeable in not only in their role but also the overall operations of what the Hive is about, building networks, attending events and sourcing leads through various avenues.
In addition, they will have a thorough understanding of each location in Hong Kong, from a sales and member experience perspective, so that the best sales leads are developed and appointed to the location which suits the potential members needs.
If you are an ambitious, sales driven and sociable individual who is creative, driven, determined and proactive, this would be a good role for you to develop yourself in a fast-growing co-working space.
The role will include but not limited to:
- Prospect, qualify, and nurture leads through the sales cycle resulting in desks sold
- Lead the outreach process for certain Hive markets for lead generation
- Network intensively in the target market to generate business contacts and leads
- Coordinate and communicate with teams in each location to increase lead generation efforts
- Provide regular updates to Direct Manager, Country Manager and other teams within the sales loop on sales objectives and processes
- Attend and request sales meetings to provide sales solutions if necessary and support where needed
- Work towards/maintain 100% building occupancy through achieving booked tour goals
- Communicate the Hive brand and lifestyle to ensure the highest conversion rate of booked tours. This includes setting up the tour, introduction to Location Managers and involved in closing deals
- Be creative and constantly think outside the box to find solutions to meet growing sales targets
- Attend both small and large event in Hong Kong, in order to generate a mix of leads from finance, tech, creatives and so forth. An aim of 4 events weekly (a mixture of day and evening). Leads at events are not limited to just sales but also for event collaborations
- Have an oversight of outbound sales enquiries, which includes prospects, pipeline building and opportunity identification
Requirements
- University degree holder with 2+ years proven experience in a sales or business development capacity
- Experience from coworking spaces, start-ups or a sales role with a strong network and relationship with property agencies or vendors would be an advantage
- Comfortable and confident with cold-calling, attending networking events and coming up with creative approaches to generate leads
- Willingness to learn, proactive, presentable and able to handle pressure
- Native or near native English, Cantonese would be an advantage
- Strong people and communication skills
- Immediately available will be an advantage