Thrive

At Thrive, we’re making financial confidence accessible to everyone by bringing pensions, benefits, financial education, and salary exchange into one intuitive, coach led platform.

Founding BDM

YoungOnes

Built and nurtured strategic partnerships, expanding YoungOnes footprint in the UK flexible staffing market.

Implemented “Power Hour” structure, increasing BDR & SDR productivity and boosting meeting bookings by 25% initiative adopted across Netherlands and France.

Created and scaled a persona-based playbook and tailored outreach strategies, aligning sales efforts across enterprise verticals.

Booked and led face2face meetings with senior stakeholders at enterprise clients in Retail, Hospitality, Automotive, and Logistics.

Delivered insights to global teams by sharing weekly trends and successful tactics, improving campaign effectiveness company wide.

Contributed to brand awareness and deal velocity by optimising multichannel outreach and leveraging market specific data.

Senior Business Development Manager

Teamtailor

Focused on SME and mid market segments, owning full sales cycle: discovery, demos, stakeholder alignment, and negotiation.

Achieved 158% of annual sales target, despite missing Q1 during ramp up rebounded to become UK Associate Top Biller in Q2–Q3.

Consistently exceeded quarterly quota by 120%+ by converting cold outbound leads into revenue-generating accounts.

Delivered tailored demos and technical presentations to C-level and People teams

Mentored new AE's across the region on time management,  prospecting and closing strategies.

Generated £200k+ in outbound pipeline.

Account Executive

Set company record for 32 outbound meetings booked in a single month.

Created global prospecting training adopted across 4 regions, improving meeting to opp conversion rate by 28%.

Implemented tool stack upgrades (e.g., LinkedIn Sales Nav, HubSpot workflows, Cognism ) to optimise prospecting.

Targeted enterprise accounts and tailored outreach based on buyer personas and market trends.

Built outbound playbooks that reduced SDR onboarding ramp up time by 40%.

Senior SDR

Joined a team of 7 SDRs and quickly rose to top performer, leading all key outbound metrics.

Built and refined cold outreach sequences tailored to personas in HR, TA, and C-level roles.

Collaborated with 5 AEs to drive pipeline growth and improve lead quality and qualification.

Outbound SDR

RevGenius

Member

SDRs of London

European-Gateway 

Promoted twice in under 10 months based on standout performance and leadership ability.

Hired, trained, and managed 12 BDRs, delivering onboarding, cold outreach coaching, and weekly 1:1s.

Built and executed GTM strategies and outbound playbooks tailored to a diverse client base across Finance, Web3, mobile apps, logistics, ERP systems, retail software, and automotive tech.

Owned full 360° sales cycle on behalf of B2B and SaaS clients from cold prospecting to negotiation and close.

Surpassed KPIs consistently for meetings booked, qualified pipeline, and end-client satisfaction.

Delivered custom messaging and channel strategies for C-level prospects across EMEA in multiple verticals.

Led internal process improvement initiatives, including CRM structure, sales forecasting, and SDR-AE alignment.

• Hire and onboard 12 BDRs
• Teaching them LI / Cold calling / Tech stacks 
• Implemented a proven go-to-market outbound playbook 
• Conducting weekly 1-1 
• Align BDRs with the AEs

BDR Team Lead

BDR Outbound

LK Bennett

Took on an ambitious role in luxury retail, transitioning into high end women’s footwear and fashion sales.
Proactively upsold complementary accessories to increase average basket size and enhance client styling experience.
Acted in a leadership capacity by setting daily sales challenges, supporting junior team members, and assisting with floor visual standards.
Provided exceptional customer service under pressure, including during peak trading hours, handling tills, returns, and stock queries with speed and professionalism.
Contributed to weekly store goals by maintaining merchandising excellence and adapting to fast seasonal changes in product lines.

Sales Assistant Manager ( selfridges )

IKEA

· Assist a variety of customers with their purchases and help lift heavy loads for customers where support is ideal.
· Dealt with complaints, refunds, delivery, stock, tills, and information desk.
· Helping my colleagues hit our targets by restocking hundreds of products on the shop floor and overall store cleanliness daily.
· Increased sales by taking customer home bookings on the go and then following it up at the checkout.
· Being a team player taking on activities with other co-workers to achieve sales goals.
Ensure all products have tags and rack labels and create new tags and rack labels for products that do not have them

Co worker

Giant Store Crystal Palace

Started working at 13
Developed my skills as a sales team member by engaging with customers based on their needs.
· Provided bike fittings which is tailored to the customer's fit and form for the purpose of riding their
bikes.
· Being a confident host while welcoming clients into the store, leaving with a happy satisfied experience.
· Always making sure general and personal clients aware of the newest products and services available.
· Upselling customers resulting in heavily exceeded sales targets.
· Building my creativity by taking the lead on photography for social media platforms.
· Constant maintenance on shop floor aesthetic.
· Multitasking on the till with phone calls and customers waiting to be served.

Sales Assistant

Passionate about personal growth, travel, and fitness and committed to helping others level up through content, coaching, and team enablement.

Results-driven sales professional with 5+ years of experience across B2B SaaS, HR tech, and flexible workforce platforms. Experienced in sales, marketing, and enabling high performance teams. Skilled at positioning products, managing outbound campaigns, building strategic partnerships, and leading GTM initiatives across diverse industries.

Self motivated with a results oriented mindset, combining data-driven decisions with creative strategy. 


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