Account Executive - SDR
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The first conversation is where deals are actually won. By the time proposals are flying, the best SDRs have already done the work that matters.
Key Responsibilities
- Research and build targeted prospect lists that match the ideal customer profile
- Execute outbound sequences across email, LinkedIn and phone with personalised, relevant messaging
- Qualify inbound and outbound leads against clear criteria before booking meetings
- Book and confirm discovery calls, ensuring show-up rates stay high
- Keep the CRM accurate and current so pipeline reporting reflects reality
- Test and refine messaging, sharing what works with the wider team
What You Will Be Doing Day-to-Day
Your day is built around focused outreach blocks: researching accounts in the morning, personalising and sending sequences, making calls in the windows when prospects actually answer, and following up with the persistence that separates booked meetings from ignored emails. You will track everything, review your numbers weekly, and treat every no as data. Wins are celebrated loudly here, and your booked meetings are the engine of the whole revenue team.
If you are a driven professional based in South Africa who wants a genuine sales career path with a UK employer, this is the role where South African sales talent gets noticed.
Requirements
- 2+ years' experience in outbound sales, SDR or business development roles
- Excellent written and spoken English with a confident, natural phone manner
- Confident with tech tools: CRMs, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, outreach platforms and spreadsheets
- Proven reliability: stable fibre internet, backup power for load shedding, and a quiet home office
- Resilience, self-motivation and consistent daily activity without close supervision
- Strong research and personalisation skills that make outreach land, not annoy
Benefits
Full-time remote position working for a UK-based employer. Competitive salary paid in ZAR. Long-term stable role. Supportive team environment. Direct access to founder-led business.
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View Company ProfileRemote Recruitment is an enterprise-grade global talent acquisition and Employer of Record (EOR) platform engineered to orchestrate massive-scale remote workforce deployment for UK and Irish businesses. Operating as a borderless digital HR ecosystem, the company eliminates the operational friction of traditional cross-border hiring by seamlessly connecting European enterprises with highly vetted, AI-literate independent contractors from South Africa. Moving beyond rigid domestic staffing models, Remote Recruitment dynamically integrates skilled professionals across IT, sales, and marketing while natively handling all complex legal compliance, international payroll, and contract administration. Under the hood, their sophisticated vetting and deployment architecture ensures organizations bypass heavy domestic tax burdens and operational overheads, delivering elite offshore talent backed by an industry-leading 12-month replacement guarantee. What sets Remote Recruitment apart is its uncompromising dedication to frictionless operational scaling; by bridging the gap between South Africa's highly educated talent pool and the demanding execution requirements of UK enterprises, the platform empowers business leaders to radically accelerate their digital capabilities and optimize workforce expenditures without the bureaucratic complexities of international expansion.
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