Flexport is on a mission to fix the user experience in Global Trade. We are the first licensed freight forwarder and customs brokerage built around a modern tech stack. We help the world's fastest growing brands manage their international supply chains, providing a fully-managed service for moving products between any two places on the planet.

Started in 2013, we've raised $204M from investors that include Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Google Ventures, First Round Capital, Bloomberg Beta, Y Combinator, & Wells Fargo.

With revenue growing at breakneck speed, we’re looking for a consultative and tenacious Sales Development Representative to join our growing sales team in Chicago.

What you’ll do:

• Identify and qualify new sales opportunities for Flexport;
• Learn how global trade works from the ground up and build the foundation for your career at Flexport;
• Work with your dedicated Account Executives to identify ongoing strategic targets;
• Demonstrate the value of our offering through phone call, email, LinkedIn and other social mediums;
• Research your target companies and prepare executive summaries to turn your Sales Executive into a guru ahead of their calls;
• Diligently update SalesForce, our CRM, to stay current on leads and follow ups; and
• Shadow your dedicated Account Executive in meetings and other activities to help you acquire the skills you’ll need for next role on the Flexport sales team. 

What you’ll need:

• BA/BS degree and 1-3 years of professional work experience in Sales, Business Development, Client Success, Investment Banking, Financial Services, or Consulting;
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. You should be a great writer, speaker, and listener;
• Fearlessness - willing to hop on the phone with new people every single day and explain Flexports value proposition as it relates to each individual you speak with;
• An obsession with prospect happiness - set the stage for effective sales follow-up;
• The courage to challenge the status quo when logic and reason require it. See something broken? Fix it;
• Flexibility - things change around here. FAST;
• The intellectual horsepower to become a guide on international trade in a matter of weeks, and the curiosity to keep learning about all its intricacies for years to come; and
• A deep understanding of email communication. You keep the inbox at zero.