Sales Development Representative, German Speaking

Abnormal
Germany
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to German-speaking professionals with 1-2 years of sales experience working in a fast-paced, distributed sales environment.

Best fit for

  • German-speaking candidates with 1-2 years of sales experience and a track record of meeting targets
    — “6 months - 1 plus years proven work experience as a Business Development Rep”
  • Individuals who thrive in a team-oriented, quota-driven environment and can manage multiple tasks simultaneously
    — “Aptitude to manage numerous requests and time demands concurrently, while achieving production goals”
  • Candidates who can engage in high-level conversations with C-level stakeholders and demonstrate empathy and humility
    — “Needs to be comfortable with making phone calls and professional to have high level conversations with C level stakeholders”

Things to consider

  • Commitment to mastering Abnormal AI's tools and processes is essential for quick ramp-up
    — “be familiar with our tools, our processes and be able to ramp up quickly”

How to stand out

  • Highlight AI tool integration experience in your outreach and sales planning strategies
    — “We'd love to hear how you currently leverage AI tools in your prospecting and day-to-day workflow”
  • Emphasize your ability to meet or exceed targets in previous roles
    — “Meet or exceed monthly, quarterly and yearly targets”
  • Demonstrate leadership and collaboration skills in your resume and interview responses
    — “Exercise leadership, demonstrate effective sales planning, and work in a positive and motivating way with internal counterparts and external customers”
  • Showcase your experience in cold calling and lead qualification in your sales background
    — “Hands-on experience with multiple sales techniques (including cold calls)”
  • Demonstrate fluency in German and comfort in professional communication with C-level stakeholders
    — “Fluency in German and professional to have high level conversations with C level stakeholders”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • met or exceeded monthly, quarterly and yearly targets
  • effectively partnered and worked across sales teams
  • acted as subject matter expert on Abnormal AI product offering
Typical background
sales developmentcold callingemail outreach

Skills & requirements

Required

Sales IntuitionSales PlanningCold CallingEmail OutreachLead QualificationSales TechniquesCustomer Pain PointsCommunication SkillsTime Management

Preferred

Outreach.ioSalesforceOrumLushaActivelyaiGleanClaude

Stack & domain

Sales TechniquesCold CallsEmail OutreachCustomer Pain PointsRequirements AnalysisAI ToolsCommunicationTeamworkProblem-solvingLeadershipSalesTechnology

About the role

Original posting from Abnormal

About the Role

We are hiring the “best of the best” sales professionals who are passionate about their craft and want to continue to excel within our elite sales organization. Our Business Development Representatives will be the “tip of the spear” in the sales process within an assigned territory of business for prospective accounts. The ideal SDR candidate should have the perfect mix of experience, sales intuition, career ambition, team oriented mindset, quota driven mentality, empathetic / humble, positive, confident and can handle rejection.

The candidate will need to have good organization and written / verbal communication skills, Needs to be comfortable with making phone calls and professional to have high level conversations with C level stakeholders in medium to large organizations.

The candidate needs to be able to adapt to a fast paced environment, be familiar with our tools, our processes and be able to ramp up quickly.

What you will do 

Contact potential clients through outbound cold calls and emails

Identify client needs and suggest appropriate products/services

Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market

Qualify leads from marketing campaigns as sales opportunities

Exercise leadership, demonstrate effective sales planning, and work in a positive and motivating way with internal counterparts and external customers.

Meet or exceed monthly, quarterly and yearly  targets

Effectively partner and work across sales teams 

Act as the subject matter expert on Abnormal AI product offering.

Must Haves 

6 months - 1 plus years proven work experience as a Business Development Rep

Fluency in German

Representative, Sales Account Executive or similar role (less experience is ok for the right candidate)

Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a distributed sales team

Capability of understanding customer pain points, requirements and correlating potential business to value 

Strong, professional communication skills -- written, verbal, presentation

Aptitude to manage numerous requests and time demands concurrently, while achieving production goals from assigned territory or set of accounts

Hands-on experience with multiple sales techniques (including cold calls)

We actively encourage our SDRs to embrace and utilise AI to its fullest potential, whether to create sharper personalisation or stronger relevance in prospect outreach. We'd love to hear how you currently leverage AI tools in your prospecting and day-to-day workflow

Drive, Grit, Team Oriented: strong desire to compete and win

BA/BS degree or relevant experience

Nice to Have 

Outreach

Salesforce

Orum

Lusha

ActivelyAI

Glean

Claude

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A note on AI in our process: 

Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and areas for the interviewer to explore.They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person. Further, if your application is successful and Abnormal AI makes a conditional offer of employment, we will carry out pre-employment checks which must be successfully completed to progress to a final offer. All processes and pre-employment checks are in line with prevailing legislation and Abnormal AI's policies relevant to our security and privacy standards.

Abnormal AI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. For our EEO policy statement please click here. If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here.

Source: Abnormal careers

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