Sales Development Representative (f/m/d)

Aptiv’s Corporate Sales team sells to all levels of decision makers within Aptiv’s prospective customers that span the Robotics, Drones, UGV’s, Aerospace, Government & Defense OEM’s. This role will be focused on our Adjacent Markets strategy.

The Strategic Outbound Sales Development Representative (OB SDR) is an outbound lead generation position responsible for focused outbound efforts, closing prospects for discovery meetings that, in turn, lead to business opportunities while building new customer relationships.

Position Overview

Reporting directly to the Director/Manager of Sales Development with dotted line to VP of Adjacent Markets, the SDR is often the first contact for many Aptiv prospects via outbound telemarketing calls, emails and social touches. The OB SDR qualifies prospects, uncovers business priorities and challenges, to develop quality meetings for the Adjacent Markets account teams.

At the front end of the process, the OB SDR is responsible for identifying accounts/prospects in their assigned territory then passing them to the appropriate account executive. The OB SDR role is a development position for a person aspiring for advancement in our sales organization.

Responsibilities

• Identify prospect’s business priorities and challenges within new, high-intent accounts, uncovering obstacles to their goals and pinpointing relevant new business opportunities
• Research key accounts and stakeholders, using sales engagement tools to deliver prompt follow-up, spark interest, and arrange deeper discovery meetings for the account executive team.
• Learn and maintain in-depth knowledge of Aptiv solutions, use cases, customer stories, industry trends and competition
• Knowledge of or ability to learn Robotics & Drone/Defense OEM’s to align Aptiv solutions with industry challenges
• Consistently achieve or exceed performance goals and pipeline revenue that results in closed won opportunities for the AE team.

Qualifications

• Cold calling and prospecting: Demonstrated ability to engage decision-makers through outbound calls, emails, and LinkedIn, with a track record of meeting or exceeding quotas.
• Technical articulation: Ability to understand and communicate complex technical solutions, such as Aptiv’s cloud-to-edge platforms, as value to technical and non-technical stakeholders (e.g., CTOs, engineers)
• CRM proficiency: Experience with sales tools like Salesforce, 6sense, LinkedIn Sales Navigator and other sales engagement tools to manage pipelines and track interactions
• Research and personalization: Skilled at researching accounts and prospects (e.g., Robotics – Boston Dynamics, Kuka, Drones – Anduril, Helsing, etc.) to tailor outreach, addressing specific pain points like edge latency or security