Business Development Manager

<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.2pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">JOB PURPOSE</span></strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">: </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.2pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Business Development Managers are the key point of contact between the organization and its clients.  Responsible for meeting aggressive sales targets, growing revenue and building</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; background: white;"> business by identifying and seeking out new sales opportunities.  </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.2pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Cambria, serif; color: #262626; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">RESPONSIBILITIES:</span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;" type="square"> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Actively seek out and close new business development opportunities and target markets through recognizing prospects, cold calling, networking and other relevant mediums</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Conduct market research to identify new business development possibilities and evaluate client needs </span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Arrange meetings with potential clients and deliver compelling  presentations on products/ service</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">  </span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">Display efficiency in gathering market and customer information to enable negotiations regarding variations in pricing, delivery and customer specification</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">Maintain and develop good relationship with clients through personal contact, meetings, via telephone, etc. </span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; background: white;">Assist current and prospective customers in identifying potential use cases for  GardaWorld products, services and solutions by articulating compelling value propositions</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Represent GardaWorld on internal and external interactions including at client events, relevant industry and trade specific events, social and public functions, and other activities </span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Extensively travels throughout the region as needed to accomplish sales goals</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Performs other duties as required</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:</span></strong></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm;" type="square"> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">5+ years of experience in selling and growing business-to-business environment base of accounts and actively prospecting for new business development opportunities</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Experience selling within the financial, technology, retail, restaurant and pharmaceutical industries preferred</span></li> <li style="margin-bottom: 7.2pt; line-height: 15.6pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Bachelor’s degree in Business or comparable combination of education and work experience required.  Master of Business Administration a plus</span></li> <li style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Highly self- motivated and ambitious in achieving goals.</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"> </p> <p style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria, serif;">EOE, Drug Free Workplace</span></em></strong></span></p>

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