Sales Development Team Lead, America’s Region

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada EcoVadis Full time
Job Description

Frontline employees engage and support all companies to leverage EcoVadis solutions in order to foster continuous improvement of sustainable business practices in global supply chains.

This role reports directly to the Senior Manager Global Sales Development and will be responsible for co-managing the Sales Development Associate (SDA) team in the America’s (AMS) sales region, alongside a second Team Lead. The Sales Development Team Lead’s primary goals will be to contribute to the pipeline development through SDA-sourced opportunities creation as well as meeting/exceeding corporate-set KPIs.

Responsibilities Specific to the Sales Development Team Lead

The Sales Development team is responsible for supporting the sales team to build their pipeline by generating qualified meetings through outbound activities on Target Accounts, and inbound activities on Marketing Qualified Leads. The Sales Development Team Lead will have among other responsibilities the following tasks:

  • Design and execute the sales development strategy for the assigned sales region,
  • Collaborate with the Regional Sales Director of the assigned region in the development of a regional demand generation strategy,
  • Collaborate with regional Marketing managers to develop an inbound demand generation plan,
  • Contribute to the development of a scalable sales development process and ensure associates adhere to it,
  • Monitor the quality of the opportunities sourced by the SDAs using the company’s pre-established criteria,
  • Track sales development team metrics to report to Sales and RevOps leadership,
  • Analyze results and data to identify performance gaps and develop plans to overcome them,
  • Prepare team budgets and approve direct reports expenditures,
  • Monitor competition, economic indicators, triggers, and industry trends for the region.

 People Management Responsibilities:

  • Recruit, onboard, and train new sales development associates,
  • Set annual targets, performance plans, and rigorous standards for sales development associates,
  • Meet with direct reports 1:1 to review performance, progress, and target attainment. Counsel and support underperforming sales representatives [Weekly],
  • Deliver performance reviews for each individual rep once/twice per year [Semiannually or Annually],
  • Plan and implement enablement programs, identify individual and group training needs, and hold regular individual and group coaching sessions to improve sales performance,
  • Ensure adoption and optimization of tech stack use (Salesforce, Salesloft, Zoominfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Demandbase and more)
  • Participate in prospect calls and planned field days to direct coaching,
  • Support a career path for each team member taking into account performance, skills, and professional goals, 
  • Participate in the organization of meetings/events with Regional Sales Leadership [Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly],
  • Organize and hold team-building events onsite or offsite [Monthly, Quarterly],
  • Motivate the sales development team with monetary and intrinsic motivational tactics, such as spiffs, incentive packages, prizes, and public recognition,
  • Unite the team, ensure associates work as a positive unit, share their best practices, and thrive in a high performance culture,
  • Act as a role model for the team and in accordance with the EcoVadis core values. 

Qualifications

  • Degree in business, sustainability, marketing, procurement, or a related field, 
  • Proven track record of consistently meeting/exceeding your targets in an SDR/BDR role for minimum 1 year,
  • Minimum 1 year experience in successfully leading a sales development or sales team,
  • Experience in developing business in the assignment market (North America),
  • Proficiency with sales tools (e.g. Salesforce, Salesloft, Zoominfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Demandbase etc.) 
  • Excellent time management, prioritization, attention to detail, and organizational skills,
  • Analytical mindset and leveraging of data across to identify trends and patterns,
  • Strong communication skills in written and verbal,
  • Fluency in English language (written/verbal).


Additional Information

  • Beginning: February 2025
  • Full time position (Permanent after probation)

In return for your expertise and energy, we offer:

  • Friendly work environment
  • Opportunity to work in a truly international atmosphere
  • Competitive base salary + variable/attractive compensation plan
  • GRSP and TFSA matching programs available
  • Health, Wellness, and Dental Benefits 
  • Life Insurance, Critical Illness, Accidental death, long-term, and short-term disability insurance
  • Flexi-time 
  • Home office allowance program
  • Hybrid working policy (4 days per month for teammates near our office locations)
  • Work from abroad policy
  • Employee referral bonus policy
  • Paid employee volunteer day
  • Access to E-learning library 
  • Free virtual Yoga/Pilates
  • Virtual and in-person team-building events

Don't fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major).

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