Business Development Manager
Remote Recruitment
🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants
This fully remote full time position at Remote Recruitment is open to applicants from South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.
Job Description
About the Role
We are seeking a driven, ambitious, and results-oriented Business Development Manager to join our rapidly growing UK-based sales team. This is a fully remote opportunity for a confident sales professional who thrives in a fast-paced, target-driven environment and enjoys building relationships with UK-based clients.
The successful candidate will be responsible for generating new business opportunities, developing a robust sales pipeline, conducting consultative sales conversations, and closing deals. This role is ideal for someone with strong outbound sales experience, excellent communication skills, and a proven ability to exceed targets.
Key Responsibilities
* Generate and qualify new business opportunities through outbound prospecting, cold calling, and lead generation activities.
* Build, manage, and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified prospects.
* Conduct professional consultative sales meetings with UK-based clients.
* Understand client requirements and present tailored solutions.
* Handle objections confidently and negotiate effectively to close sales.
* Develop persuasive sales proposals and presentations.
* Build and maintain long-term client relationships.
* Accurately update and maintain CRM records and sales activities.
* Provide regular pipeline forecasts and activity reports to management.
* Achieve and exceed monthly sales targets and KPIs.
Preferred Experience
* Experience selling to UK or international markets.
* Experience in outbound sales and cold calling.
* Familiarity with sales methodologies and structured sales processes.
Key Competencies
* Communication & Relationship Building
* Sales & Negotiation
* Prospecting & Lead Generation
* Resilience & Persistence
* Time Management
* Commercial Awareness
* Problem Solving
* Self-Motivation
Requirements
* Proven experience in Business Development, Telesales, B2B Sales, or Consultative Sales.
* Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding sales targets.
* Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
* Professional and confident telephone manner suitable for UK clients.
* Strong objection-handling and closing skills.
* Experience using CRM systems.
* Highly self-motivated and capable of working independently in a remote environment.
* Strong organisational and time management skills.
* Reliable high-speed internet connection and professional home office setup.
Benefits
* Fully remote working environment.
* Opportunity to work with a growing UK-based organisation.
* Competitive salary plus performance-based incentives.
* Career growth and development opportunities.
* Supportive and high-performing sales culture.
Tips for South African Applicants
Timezone Advantage
South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.
Salary in Context
Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.
Application Tips
Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.
Load Shedding Preparedness
If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.
About Remote Recruitment
Remote Recruitment is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 121 open positions on Hirezar. View all Remote Recruitment jobs →