Remote Sales Development Representative / Business Development Representative
Company: Cannonball Recruiting Location: Remote
Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM US Eastern Time, Monday–Friday
Target Market: U.S. construction, manufacturing, industrial, and skilled trades companies
Compensation: Base pay + performance bonuses/commission
Cannonball Recruiting is a U.S.-based recruiting firm that provides recruiting and staffing services to construction, manufacturing, industrial, and skilled trades companies . We help businesses find hard-to-reach talent such as welders, fabricators, machinists, maintenance technicians, millwrights, supervisors, and other skilled labor professionals.
We are looking for a remote SDR/BDR to help sell our recruiting services to U.S.-based construction, manufacturing, and industrial companies.
This role will focus on generating new client opportunities through cold calling, warm lead follow-up, LinkedIn outreach, CRM management, and outbound sales sequences . You will be contacting business owners, HR leaders, operations managers, plant managers, and hiring managers to introduce Cannonball Recruiting and book qualified sales meetings.
This is not just a script-reading role. We want someone who has experience developing sales strategies, testing messaging, researching prospects, and using a combination of CRM, LinkedIn, automation tools, and phone calls to create sales opportunities.
Responsibilities
- Sell recruiting and staffing services to U.S.-based construction, manufacturing, industrial, and skilled trades companies
- Make outbound cold calls to potential client companies
- Follow up with warm leads from email, LinkedIn, and outbound sequences
- Contact business owners, HR leaders, operations managers, plant managers, and hiring managers
- Manage and update CRM records, notes, follow-ups, and pipeline activity
- Research companies and decision-makers using LinkedIn and other tools
- Help improve outbound messaging, call strategy, and sales process
- Book qualified sales meetings with potential clients
- Provide feedback on objections, market response, and lead quality
Requirements
- Must be available to work 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday–Friday
- Experience in outbound sales, cold calling, or business development
- Strong spoken and written English
- Experience using a CRM
- Experience with LinkedIn prospecting and sales automation tools
- Ability to work independently and manage follow-up consistently
- Comfortable speaking with U.S.-based business owners, managers, HR leaders, and executives
Nice to Have
- Experience selling services to U.S. companies
- Familiarity with the U.S. business market
- Construction, manufacturing, industrial, staffing, recruiting, or skilled trades experience
- Experience with tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator, ZoomInfo, Apollo, HubSpot, Salesforce, Crelate, Salesloft, Outreach, or similar platforms
Application Instructions
- Complete your online application
- Record a video introduction (maximum 2 minutes) sharing:
- A brief introduction about yourself
- Your relevant work experience
- Upload your video to: Sales Development Representative
