Inside Sales Representative I

Inside Sales Representative I

At Bluefin, we thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment where innovation and leadership are at the forefront of everything we do. Join us in revolutionizing data security within the integrated payments industry, as we protect over 35,000 companies across 59 countries with our cutting-edge encryption and tokenization technologies. Our collaborative culture empowers you to take initiative and make impactful contributions, while our commitment to professional growth ensures you have the tools and opportunities to excel. Embrace the challenge of working in a vibrant atmosphere that values agility and leadership, and be part of our mission to create secure, frictionless experiences for businesses and their customers. If you're ready to drive change and make a difference, we invite you to embark on this exciting journey with us!

What You'll Do

The essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Drive achievement of Bluefin revenue, margin, and growth objectives by proactively managing inbound referral opportunities and conducting outbound sales calls to prospective merchants.
• Own the full sales cycle for referred merchant opportunities, from initial contact and discovery through pricing, proposal, closing, onboarding, activations, and early lifecycle support.
• Consult with merchant to understand their business needs payment acceptance environment, current challenges, and growth objectives, then position appropriate Bluefin products and services to support those needs.
• Effectively communicate Bluefin's value proposition, including intangible program benefits, service quality, security advantages, payment solutions, and partner-channel benefits, through phone and virtual sales conversations.
• Independently evaluate merchant processing opportunities and recommend appropriate pricing while balancing profitability, competitive market conditions, risk considerations, and long-term relationship value.
• Make informed decisions throughout the sales, underwriting, onboarding, and activation process to support timely merchant implementations and a successful account conversion.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for referred merchants during the sales and onboarding journey, ensuring consistent communications, clear expectations, and positive client experience.
• Partner closely with Underwriting, Risk, Activations, Relationship Management, and other internal teams to coordinate merchant approvals, documentation, pricing reviews, escalations, and activations.
• Contribute toward minimizing client attrition through leveraging the relationship, excellent problem solving and resolution, and providing overall exceptional information and service.
• Accurately manage leads, opportunities, activities, merchant data, and client communications within Bluefin's CRM and internal systems with a high degree of urgency, accuracy, and completeness.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• Knowledge and understanding of payment processing products and services, knowledge of Mastercard/Visa Association rules and regulations, technical skills, contract language, credit policies, product conversions (highly desirable)
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, selling, objection and negotiation skills within inbound and outbound sales environment (desire to win!)
• Exceptional detail-oriented, problem-solving, and analytical skills
• Ability to manage effectively leads through a CRM system.
• Ability to work independently for extended periods of time while achieving sales results with a high degree of self-motivation.
• Strong team player with a positive, "can-do" attitude to achieve sales results.
• Strong organizational skills, computer (data fields entry), and planning skills
• Ability to adapt to a fast paced and evolving environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Bluefin provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, pregnancy, physical disability, mental disability, age, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, gender, gender identity or expression, sex stereotyping, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.