Sales Development Representative

Faire•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Faire’s quality, depth and breadth of supply is its strongest value proposition to retailers and our Brand Partnerships team is at the forefront of our success by ensuring that the best and most relevant brands are on our platform. You will be directly contributing to the company’s success by scaling our current supply and ensuring that we meet the needs of our retailers. We need an agile self-starter who can ramp quickly and help us manage our prospective brands and partnership opportunities. Faire’s goal is to be the default platform for brands to sell their products wholesale and for independent retailers to source products for their store. That means there will be no shortage of opportunity to learn and grow as we continue to build the company in the coming months and years.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional working experience
Passionate about our mission and working with small businesses -- many of whom are artisans and entrepreneurs -- and helping them thrive
Exceptionally strong verbal and written communication skills
Motivated, curious, action-forward, and leads with integrity
Clear organization and time management skills for handling 100s of prospective brand accounts
Driven to learn & interpret data through running reports through sales systems
Meticulous attention to detail & strong judgment in assessing best brand fits for Faire
Excited to join and contribute to a fast-moving, high-potential, culture driven environment & comfortable with change

Nice To Haves

Experience with Salesforce or any Sales automation system (e.g. Salesloft)
1-2 years+ of retail or customer-facing work experience
Seeking strong work culture + community
Entrepreneurial mindset!

Responsibilities

Learn and build an understanding of our sales process and collaborate with the team to build our brand directory
Prospect/identify high-value brands that are a good fit for Faire’s retailers
Directly contribute to our brand growth by qualifying inbound leads and applicant brands
Identify customer needs and solve for gaps with creative outreach strategy & discovery including, but limited to: email copy, warm/cold calls, social media outreach, in-person events
Relationship development with both brand partners as well as our Account Executive Sales team
Have room to grow through special projects and into a full-fledged sales role or other opportunities within the company