Business Development Representative

Simple Staffing

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Grand Rapids, Michigan

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The role involves finding companies that need to ship freight and helping them move their products. Daily activities focus on making phone calls, building a sales pipeline, and managing a personal book of business.

Qualifications

You have the drive to learn an entire industry from scratch and possess excellent communication skills for sales conversations. You are coachable, eager to absorb knowledge, and looking for a career with a direct correlation between effort and earnings.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Sales

Prospecting

Cold Calling

Job Description

​* Simple Staffing is hiring for this position on behalf of Fide Freight *

Freight brokerage moves $80 billion a year in the U.S. alone. It's the people who connect companies that need to ship products with the trucks that move them. It's sales. It's relationships. It's solving real problems for real businesses.

It's also one of the few industries where you can start with zero experience, build a book of business that's yours, and turn it into a long career. The reps making the most money in freight today didn't come from a logistics background; they came in willing to learn, work hard, and put in the reps.

Why you should apply

  • You want a direct correlation between effort and earnings
  • You want to learn a real skill that pays for decades
  • You want to be part of a team that supports each other
  • You want a career, not a job
  • You want a path that comes with growth and promotions

What we actually need from you

You don't need experience. You don't need a degree.

Here's what we do need:

  • You can have a real conversation on the phone. This is a sales job. You'll be talking to people every day.
  • You're willing to learn an entire industry from scratch. We'll teach you. You have to show up ready to absorb.
  • You'll take coaching. Our best people are the ones who hear feedback and use it.
  • You want a career, not a 90-day stint. We hire slow because we're building something long-term. Come in with that mindset.

About the role

You'll be a Business Development Rep, finding companies that need to ship freight and helping them get it moved. You'll learn how to prospect, how to have sales conversations, how to build relationships, and how to manage a book of business that's yours.

This is an entry-level role with a real career path. Reps at Fide get promoted on merit, not tenure. If you're good, you'll move up. If you're great, you'll move up fast.

What the day-to-day actually looks like

You'll be in our Grand Rapids office, at a desk, with the team. Most of your day is on the phone; making calls, having conversations, and building your pipeline. Some of it is research, planning, and learning. Some of it is training and shadowing.

It's a phone job. If that doesn't excite you, this isn't the role.

You'll be successful here if:

  • You want to win all the time and find motivation in temporary setbacks
  • You don't settle, you find ways to overachieve and keep improving
  • Your ability to learn is off the charts and you're hungry for more
  • You love connecting with people - online, on the phone, and face-to-face

Simple Staffing

About Yesa We are a high-performance direct sales agency powering growth for enterprise brands and future leaders alike. At our core, we believe sales is a team sport. That’s why we train, deploy, and scale elite sales teams that deliver real, measurable outcomes. In a world flooded with digital noise, we put human connection back at the center of customer acquisition. - Elite Sales Training - Data-Driven Strategy - Brand-First Execution - Career Acceleration for Early Talent With over $500M in contract sales delivered for clients like Cogeco, Grant Cardone and Canada First, YESA is rewriting the playbook on what’s possible in sales. Building confident professionals, trusted brand ambassadors, and future leaders of the Canadian economy. For Clients: YESA helps some of Canada’s largest companies scale fast, stay lean, and maintain brand integrity—while driving revenue. Our brand-trained sales professionals activate across door-to-door, phone, email, SMS, and face-to-face channels. Whether you need to ramp a campaign or scale across provinces, we provide a plug-and-play sales engine that delivers. For Staff: We don’t just hire salespeople—we develop them. We start at the beginning, evolving young professionals into confident, high-performing sales leaders. Our training is built like a sport: systemized, coached, competition-inspired and performance-tracked. Through our proprietary training model, we develop the whole person, equipping our people with the mindset, skills, and leadership needed for long-term success in life and business. Want to scale your business—or your career—with YESA? Let’s connect: www.joinyesa.ca | www.yesa.ca
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