Business Development Representative

**About You**

You naturally share in our passion for advancing the landscape horticulture profession. In this role, you will expand awareness and demand for opportunities to get in front of the Landscape Ontario community, advocate for our solutions, and help educate a wide array of suppliers and vendors as to how and why Landscape Ontario will assist them in achieving their sales and marketing goals.

Our BDR provides the critical first impression for our customer experience. Success in the BDR role at Landscape Ontario means quickly learning about Landscape Ontario’s robust program and service offering to the broader community. Performance is measured across a variety of KPI’s related to activity, opportunities created and pipeline generated, as well as quality of daily prospect and customer interactions.
**What you'll do...**
- Research, engage, and qualify prospective accounts
- Aggregate key account information and update key data and notes in our CRM
- Coordinate and execute dynamic marketing and sales initiatives
- Sales support to a seasoned account based sales team

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What you'll bring...*
- Experience in a sales development and/or inside sales role at a value-add solution vendor
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to continuously and proactively learn
- High-energy, positive attitude, and strong desire to improve through coaching
- Listens with purpose and naturally curious
- Strong organizational and time management skills

**Bonus points...**
- Experience working in or with the landscaping industry
- Proven success selling digital and print advertising, sponsorships, and trade show booths

**Salary and Benefits**
- Competitive salary
- Two weeks vacation
- Health benefits
- Matching RRSP program
- A beautifully renovated modern office space (when we’re able to get back to work there, until then work will be done remotely)
- The best co-workers anyone could ask for

**About Landscape Ontario**

Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association (LO) was established over 40 years ago with a mandate to promote and advance the Landscape and Horticulture industry through leadership, community, professionalism and stewardship. Landscape Ontario represents 2,800 members employing over 70,000 employees in Ontario in nine geographical chapters and across 10 occupational Sectors. LO recognizes the competitive environment around attracting and retaining the current workforce employed by 'employers of choice' to support the design, installation and maintenance of healthy green infrastructure and providing sustainable solutions to issues created by weather events. With the industry's vision to be recognized as professionals that provide economic, environmental and health & wellness benefits for every community, LO strives to be the hub that creates opportunities for the current and future workforce to advance their careers and pathways to support this growing industry.

Landscape Ontario is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We look forward to reviewing your credentials and getting to know more about your experience

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association follows all applicable public health orders and guidelines.

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Milton, ON