Full time

Compensation: 4.2 LPA fixed + up to 1.8 L performance incentives (6 LPA total)

Experience: 1+ year

As a Business Development Associate (BDA), you will work from our Bangalore office and turn leads from all our experience centers (ECs) into paying customers, converting prospects who haven't bought from us yet. You will call potential clients, especially those missed by the EC and sales teams, re-engage them, and own client coordination across every EC so no one falls through the cracks. This role suits someone who already knows how to sell a considered, high-value purchase, whether from a D2C brand, a pre-sales desk, real estate or insurance, and wants to grow fast in a profitable, founder-led startup.

Call potential clients from leads across all experience centers, prioritising clients missed or dropped by the EC and sales teams

Call customers who abandoned their online carts, understand what held them back, and convert them into orders

Follow up with customers who visited an experience center but didn't buy, and convert those visits into real sales

Understand each client's project, needs and budget, and recommend suitable materials over phone, WhatsApp and email

Handle client inquiries,



complaints and concerns promptly and professionally

Keep client and lead details updated in our CRM

Rapid career growth, with exposure to retail operations and customer engagement

1+ year of experience in sales, pre-sales or business development

Prior experience in at least one of these: Bachelor's degree in any discipline; BBA/MBA preferred

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; Kannada and/or Hindi is a plus

Comfortable making a high volume of outbound calls and managing multiple client conversations at once

Based in or willing to relocate to Bangalore and work on-site from our office

Experience selling home decor, furniture, building materials or other high-ticket retail products

Familiarity with CRM tools

Material Depot is a Y-Combinator-backed startup transforming how architects and designers discover and purchase interior materials. We're building India's first online discovery engine + omnichannel retail experience for materials like tiles, laminates, wallpapers, wooden flooring, wall panels, and more.

📌 Business Development Advisor - Full Time (Bengaluru)
🏢 Material Depot
📍 Bengaluru