Job Description

Reports To: Director of Marketing and Sales 

Ethiopia Job Type: Full time – 40 hrs/wk 

Experience: sales Experience is a plus

Modern ETH is an exciting, fast-growing tech company that prides itself on being one of the friendliest places in Ethiopia to work. Our company provides renewable energy products like solar panels and inverters, CCTV cameras and other hardware installations, and business travel packages. Our sister company, MMCY Tech, has a suite of services tech outsourcing like Cvent Support, Level 1 Helpdesk, Telemarketing, and Platform support to global companies around the world.

As we continue to grow both businesses, we are looking for a Sales Development Representative (SDR) to focus on outreach, prospecting, and lead qualification. The SDR will connect with as many leads as possible. If the prospect is a good fit, the SDR will move the qualified lead to the next step of the sales process. The successful candidate will be a resilient, friendly, people-person, who has great communication skills and is highly responsible. 

We offer a competitive salary. friendly work environment, and on-going training opportunities.

At Modern ETH, we celebrate, support, and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, disability, or any other legally protected characteristics.

Modern ETH maintains a drug-free workplace. 

What You Will Be Doing

• Conduct internal prospect research before reaching out in order to build rapport and credibility
• Log details of every customer interaction and ensure the CRM is up to date.
• Follow up with leads at the right time
• Educate prospects on our company, services, and ways we can help them
• Research and evaluate additional leads/prospects through web research.
• Promote and market MMCY business through extensive and persistent cold calling, emails and communication(s) to prospective clients.
• Schedule initial prospecting meetings for the Sales Team.
• Provide in-depth information for the Sales team to enable the most qualified and productive demos.
• Meet or exceed the assigned quota of a minimum number of calls/emails daily.
• Work together with the Director of Marketing and Sales to grow a specific sales territory.
• Work with the Sales Director to support the acquisition of new accounts in the region.
• Create and build awareness of special projects/events. 

Job Requirements

What We Need For This Position:

• BA/BS degree preferred and 1-3 years of professional work experience in technology sales (preferred but not required)
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. You should be a great writer, speaker, and listener
• Hands-on experience with multiple sales techniques (including cold calls).
• Proven work experience as a Business Development representative or similar role.
• Fearlessness - willing to hop on the phone with new people every single day and explain the MMCY value proposition as it relates to everyone you speak with.
• An obsession with prospect happiness - set the stage for effective sales follow-up.
• The courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it. See something broken? Fix it
• The intellectual horsepower to become a trusted resource on MMCY in a matter of weeks, and the curiosity to keep learning about all its intricacies for years to come as well as the industry we serve.

How to Apply

Eligible candidates must submit a resume along with a cover letter written in English.

Must be submitted ONLY via recruit@mmcytech.com,

and the email subject must say– Sales Development Representative – (Name).

Please submit the application only once.

Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. The application must be submitted before and /on November 30, 2020, at 5:00 PM local Ethiopian time.