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Vendra (YC S24)

Business Development Representative

Vendra (YC S24), San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Base Pay Range $80,000.00/yr - $100,000.00/yr

What We’re Looking For We’re scaling our production operations across the United States and are expanding our GTM team with a BDR to help drive customer discovery, re‑engagement, and acquisition. You’ll operate across research, lead generation, pipeline creation, enrichment, calling/emailing, and campaign execution. This is a hands‑on, experimental role with massive ownership.

What You’ll Do

Drive new logo acquisition

Prospect, identify, and engage target accounts across aerospace, defense, industrial, and other advanced manufacturing sectors

Run outbound sequences via email, phone, LinkedIn, and other channels

Book qualified intro meetings for the founders

Nurture and expand existing customers

Maintain regular touch points with active customers and find expansion opportunities

Identify cross‑sell and up‑sell potential based on customer needs, supply chain gaps, platform activity, etc.

Work with operations team to strengthen customer engagement and retention

Re‑engage and re‑activate dormant or churn‑risk accounts

Analyze historical activity, order patterns, and customer behavior to re‑engage inactive accounts

Craft and iterate on messaging to rebuild trust and re‑open conversations

Drive renewed opportunities into the pipeline for founder follow up

Pipeline growth and meeting setting

Quality inbound and outbound opportunities using defined ICP

Schedule meetings for founders with strategic accounts for platform demos, scoping sessions, and commercial needs

Ensure clean CRM hygiene, activity tracking, and pipeline documentation

What Success Looks Like

Consistently hitting monthly meeting‑set and qualified opportunity targets

Creating high‑quality pipeline that converts into revenue

Revitalizing dormant accounts every month and converting them to RFQ submission + order

Graduating prototype / one‑off customers to production volumes across multiple programs, RFQs, and orders

Maintaining strong customer relationships with metrics on customer success and engagement

What The Ideal Candidate Looks Like

1‑3 years of experience in BDR/SDR, sales development, or inside sales (ideally in digital manufacturing, supply chain tech, or marketplaces)

Experience with outbound prospecting tools (HubSpot, Apollo, LinkedIn Sales Nav, etc.)

Demonstrable experience with Gen AI tools (enriching leads, account research, messaging iteration, etc.)

Ability to learn technical manufacturing language quickly (CNC machining, fabrication, tolerances, materials, etc.)

Highly organized and comfortable with fast‑paced decisions and objectives

Background in engineering (mechanical, manufacturing) preferred but not required

Why You Should Join Vendra

You’ll be shaping the sales and customer trajectory to build a category‑defining company in manufacturing

You’ll work in an environment where your contributions will have immediate, tangible impact on revenue and success

You will have tremendous growth opportunities because we want our early hires to lead future organizations

Compensation

Base: $80,000 - $100,000

OTE: 50% of base at 100% quota attainment with uncapped earning potential

Career growth: Clear path to AE → AM → GTM leadership if you hit your numbers

Seniority Level Entry level

Employment Type Full‑time

Job Function Sales and Business Development

Industries Manufacturing

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