Business Development Representative

Position Location: Chicago | Remote or Hybrid 

Benefits: Full Healthcare Monthly Premium Coverage, with dental & vision along with unlimited Vacation Days. For an overview, please visit our careers website.

Hi, we’re Rheaply 👋

Over the past year, the world has cultivated a new sense of appreciation for everyday stuff. With global supply chains collapsing and operating budgets shrinking across the board, we have seen the demand for goods and services skyrocket. The obvious solution to being more resourceful and cost-conscious has been to increase the value of everything already around us. At Rheaply, we’re helping organizations do that by developing better inventory management and resource sharing tools. Although rewarding, this problem is not ours alone to solve, which is why we need extraordinarily talented people like you to join our team. While we’re also excited to one day meet in person (and hopefully soon!), we are ready to conduct our entire interviewing and onboarding process remotely.

Founded in 2016, Rheaply, Inc. is a Chicago-based technology company focused on solutions for making organizations more efficient, sustainable, and connected. Rheaply has developed and launched the only exchange technology for researchers to share their ideas and surplus resources with colleagues to reduce time, costs, as well as environmental waste. On Rheaply’s Asset Exchange Manager (AxM), users from all departments can access resources and expertise from colleagues in the same organization or beyond. Recently, Rheaply has been featured in The New York Times, Nature, VERGE, and Greenbiz, chosen as a 10 Big Idea in Innovation by Chicago Magazine, a Circular Economy Solver by MIT SOLVE, and received the 2019 & 2020 Sustainable Procurement Leadership (SPLC) Award for Circular Economy Leadership among other notable awards and recognitions.

Opportunity 

As we continue to expand our business, we are seeking a business development representative to join our growing revenue team.

About the Role

Rheaply is committed to finding straightforward solutions to complex problems. We are constantly learning from each other, and especially from our clients. We strive to understand problems at the microscopic level and become industry experts in building, deploying, and iterating sustainable, circular solutions. 

As a Business Development Representative, you will be the first point of contact for prospective clients. In this role, you’ll be responsible for researching, prospecting, and leading engaging conversations with potential Rheaply clients. Creating a great first impression that builds rapport and trust will be your first step toward developing a pipeline of qualified opportunities for our sales team. You will work closely with both marketing and sales as you help to create a pipeline of opportunities by following up with and nurturing inbound leads and “cold prospects” into specific target accounts to generate qualified sales opportunities for the Account Executive to further qualify, negotiate, and close.

What You’ll do 

• Drive lead generation by identifying qualified contacts at target accounts and organizations
• Build our sales pipeline by setting meetings with qualified contacts
• Gather qualifying information by making 50+ calls per day to identify target companies’ needs and objectives
• Attend conferences and tradeshows to promote our products and meet with prospects (virtually for now!)
• Utilize Salesforce and other tools (Apollo/Salesforce) with proficiency
• Use online resources to understand customers’ pain points and work to solve them
• Work with your team and other departments to maximize sales
• Track and report progress on daily, weekly, and monthly goals

What You’ll Need

• 1-5 years of direct sales experience or relevant coursework (experienced BDRs are welcome!)
• The ability to source great prospects and obtain all necessary information to close the deal
• Demonstrated ability to meet and/or exceed quotas (sales rankings preferred)
• Ability to efficiently prioritize tasks and manage time
• A coachable individual who’s open to new ideas and feedback, and is looking to advance their skill sets
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• An entrepreneurial spirit - the idea of being an active participant in a growing company must excite you
• Must be tech savvy and able to navigate a CRM
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently as well as part of a team

What We’d Like to See from You 

• Experience turning target accounts into active opportunities 
• You are a scrappy, motivated team player who understands the various needs of a growing company
• You ask the right questions to uncover customer requirements and clearly articulate how Rheaply’s software will address them
• You partner well across the Rheaply organization, regularly interfacing with Product, Engineering, Solutions Engineering and Marketing to maintain alignment and refine go to market strategy

Are you?

• A scrappy, motivated team player able to lead and contribute to a diverse set of knowledge and backgrounds.
• A builder who is able to pivot to the needs of a growing business and culture.
• Curious, research focused and ready to learn. 
• Able to juggle dozens of projects, big and small, while driving relentless product execution
• Living Rheaply’s Core Values. (see below)

At Rheaply, we envision a world where all assets and resources are highly visible, searchable, and reusable. Oh, and we love what we do, like, really love what we do. So, join us today to help us achieve our mission! 

Rheaply’s Core Values

At Rheaply, we thrive to provide the most seamless experience for our AxM users, enabling our client organizations to achieve full utilization of their assets, thereby reducing costs and waste by keeping valuable resources in circulation. As a team, we pledge to execute our work in accordance with our seven Core Values.

1. We Listen To and Delight Our Users -- Our users are our most important stakeholders. We strive to provide the most seamless user experience and value to our users across client organizations. We do our best to have empathy for their problems and challenges. We listen to users’ feedback and provide timely responses to questions and needs.
2. We Encourage Individual Team Member Growth, Innovation, And Happiness -- Our people are our most valuable assets. Rheaply’s success is dependent upon the collective drive, intelligence, curiosities and contributions of all of our team members. We care for the wellbeing of each team member and ensure that they have the support and mentorship they need to succeed at Rheaply and beyond.
3. We Value Transparency, Humility, and Open Communication -- The key determinant to our successful market execution is our ability to communicate and share successes, learnings, insights, struggles, and solutions across our teams. At Rheaply, we strive to cultivate a culture of intelligence with humility. We care about hearing each member’s voice and understanding his or her unique perspective.
4. We Care About Our Communities And The Environment -- Rheaply is driven by the mission to reduce our environmental footprint and accelerate our transition to a circular economy. We strive to live by our mission of promoting environmental awareness and waste reduction in our decisions and actions at Rheaply and beyond.
5. We Promote A Collaborative Culture of Learning and Problem-Solving -- Rheaply is committed to finding straightforward solutions to complex problems. We are constantly learning from each other, from our clients, and from our competitors. We strive to understand problems at the microscopic level and become industry experts in building, deploying, and iterating sustainable, circular solutions.
6. We Are Tenacious and We Own Our Work -- At Rheaply, we are dedicated to enabling the transition to a more circular world. We are relentless about our mission and vision. We hold ourselves accountable for our words and actions, both internally and in the market.
7. We Strive To Be Helpful -- We view all the work we do at Rheaply as daily, non-stop efforts to help and support each other, our clients, our users, our partners, and our shared environment.

Rheaply, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, interns, volunteers, subcontractors.