About the Role
This is a hunting role focused on identifying construction projects at the permit and pre-construction stage, determining decision-makers, and booking meetings for the sales team. Success requires strong research skills to find project leads and effective phone communication to engage them.
Responsibilities
- Monitor municipal permit filings, planning applications, development approvals, and construction news across Ontario
- Identify projects at the permit and pre-construction phase
- Track developers and general contractors actively winning work
- Identify the developer, general contractor, construction manager, project manager, and purchasing lead for each project
- Source names, titles, direct phone numbers, and email addresses
- Understand who controls the spec, budget, and the order of contact
- Make a high volume of outbound cold calls daily
- Qualify interest, uncover project timelines, scope, and buying process
- Book qualified meetings for the sales team and meet a monthly meeting target
- Enter every project, contact, call outcome, and note into Salesforce daily with accuracy
- Maintain the pipeline of tracked developments
- Brief the sales representative before each meeting on project details, attendees, discussion points, and opportunities
Requirements
- 1-3+ years of outbound cold calling or prospecting where the phone was the primary tool
- Proven comfort with high call volume
- Strong research instincts and resourcefulness in finding contact information
- CRM experience (Salesforce strongly preferred) and discipline to maintain clean data
- Experience selling into construction, building products, real estate development, or skilled trades
- Familiarity with permit and planning data sources (e.g., municipal portals, ConstructConnect, Dodge, BuildingConnected)
- Understanding of multifamily construction phases and purchasing roles
Skills
- Research
- Cold calling
- Prospecting
- Salesforce
- CRM
- Communication
Location
- Ontario
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1-3+ years
Salary/Compensations
- $60,000 base salary
Benefits
- Performance bonus tied to qualified meetings booked
