Within this role you’ll spend part of your time coordinating activities and initiatives for our outside sales team, and the other part of your time as an inside sales rep, managing some current accounts while also drumming up new leads. Your day will include data entry, analysis and organizing projects, while also making outbound calls and working closely with some key accounts and the sales team. This role will require flexibility with working hours to coordinate with East and West Coast times zones.
You’ll spend your days on the phone and in front of your computer, and need to be really personable with good project management skills, and also have a knack for quickly learning new systems.
The Sales Development Coordinator is a new support role for the US team, and will play a huge part in helping us over deliver on our sales targets, by making our team and our processes more efficient.
Here's how you'll likely go about that:
Sales Coordination
Update, manage, organize, distribute and review reports and sales data
Become an expert on our sales forecasting tool, Modus, making adjustments and additions on a daily, weekly and monthly cadence and being the primary point of contact with all stakeholders
Help the sales team with account management initiatives and goals, keep selling tools updated and organized, and update external customer portals with updated company information, items, images, etc.
Manage all sales and marketing sample entries and assist with trade show management and logistics
Inside Sales/Account Management
Actively manage the Zero-Order list, making outbound calls to secure new POs
Qualify inbound leads and distribute them to the sales team via entry and assignment within our CRM, Copper
Build the sales pipeline funnel via outreach and cold calls to new customer targets
Our US team are all coffee people and are very immersed in the coffee community nationwide.
Although the entire team is remote we are a very close knit bunch. We might be a small team but we truly believe in our product and know how to speak the language of coffee. We like to build lasting relationships within our team as well as with our customers.
This role reports to the Vice President of Sales of North America and collaborates deeply with the US sales team, finance and operations.
We want people to come into Minor Figures to be a true version of themselves every day. Every day. No matter if you're up, or if you're down, we want people that embrace every day being different. People that can bring the energy, support their team mates when the times get hard, but not hold off from asking for support themselves.
We hire humans, not machines, so let’s look at the key skills that we love to see. People that:
Live and breathe their authenticity and individuality in everything that they do.
Take pride in what they do, and inspire others to do the same.
Have a sense of fun and adventure, along with a hands on & a can-do approach.
Not be phased by constant change and challenges and willing to adapt and implement solutions.
Collaborate like crazy & have a willingness to help in all areas of the business when needed.
Approach every day like it’s day one. Committed, open minded and ready to enjoy every exhilarating second.
You are a person who loves to be in a supporting role, taking on tasks and clearing the path so others can hit their goals. Your current dream role allows you to learn the sales side of a business and show off your project management and organization skills, and develop your analytical side. You will have a strong mind for learning and optimizing systems, a knack for excel, a good mind for numbers, and value efficiency.
Key Skills:
A master on a PC and excel (Apple is not compatible with some of these systems)
Demonstrated experience learning and optimizing systems
Fearless about making unsolicited outbound calls
Project management / organizational skills
Open and collaborative nature
Ability to work independently / remote environment
We realize that a job is more than just the take home salary each month. So what are you really getting?
As part of the MF team, not only will you have the opportunity to own your role and make it, you and us a success, you’ll also be becoming part of something very special. Minor Figures’ ethos is that everyone is welcome, as long as you leave all hang-ups, social barriers and prejudices at the door.
You’ll embark on a journey that doesn’t have a destination. It just keeps going. Your contribution will help us become the most loved brand on the planet & the number speciality coffee brand. With that, you’ll grow, develop and progress as we do and you’ll play your part in us having a planet to do this on.
And, as part of the Minor Figures team, you’ll have the opportunity to invest in the business, with the option to buy shares in the company at an agreed price. Having skin in the game and really contributing to our success. Because it’s you and us all that do make this all happen.
But of course, we look after you in the other ways that you’d expect:
Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
15 days vacation, 13 days paid holiday
Employee share options scheme, available to all full time employees.
1 day paid leave to support a cause of your choice through volunteering or activism
401(k) retirement plan with 1% match
Flexible working to meet the needs of the role
Unlimited one to one coaching sessions with More Happi
Unlimited access to Calm app
Flexible CoWorking Space in Los Angeles with desk spaces and meeting rooms provided across North America
Our entire US team works remote across the country, and the Sales Development Coordinator can be located any where near a major airport within the contiguous 48 states. This role will require flexibility with working hours to coordinate with East and West Coast times zones.
Work schedules are flexible, but generally will be Monday-Friday with flexibility for occasional trade shows and other work related travel that may occur. Estimated travel commitment is <10%.
At Minor Figures everyone is welcome. We are committed to cultivating and maintaining a culture that is inclusive and diverse. We celebrate differences and continually support all members of our company to be proud of who they are. In recruiting for our team, we pride ourselves on equal employment opportunities regardless of gender, sex, age, disability, race, religion, sexuality or social class. We hire the best people based on an evaluation of their abilities and effectiveness, nothing else.
You’re sold? The coffee is brewing, you’re ready to hit send and sit back and wait for a response?
In order to make that happen:
Submit a Resume and any supporting documents to us.
Tell us why you want to work with us at Minor Figures.