Business Development Associate
hace 19 horas
Cradley Heath
Element has an opportunity for a Business Development Associate. In this role you will be an inside seller, responsible for establishing and maintaining strong relationships with a defined group of Element clients and prospects. You will expand business with dormant and existing accounts, provide increased touch points for accounts, and is budget responsible for 200+ growth and retention clients. It will be your responsibility to assure customer satisfaction through all stages of the sales process. In addition to client relations, this role will interact with the broader Element Sales Team, General Manager, and lab/technical personnel. The ideal candidate will be action oriented, customer focused and have an entrepreneurial drive. Responsibilities • Establish and proactively maintain a strong professional relationship with key decision makers and influencers within assigned accounts, • Identify current and future customer service requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual customers, acting as a liaison between the customers and Element, • Identify opportunities early in the sales cycle to ensure maximum share of wallet for Element, • Qualify opportunities with assistance of inbound team / specialists, • Manage relationships and utilise technical support to assist in Sales, • Follow up in a timely manner on quotations for the assigned customer base, • Actively utilise CRM to record activities proactively and accurately, • Actively participate in regular pipeline reviews, ensuring all CRM records are up to date and critical success factors are identified for key opportunities, • Achieve sales goals by converting and penetrating accounts, • Build and maintain a working knowledge of Element’s service offerings; participate in training/coaching opportunities Qualifications • Business Development, Sales or Account Management experience, • Ability to read and interpret documents such as customer quotes / contracts, marketing materials, and customer testing specifications, • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organisation, • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions and proportions and apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry, • Ability to solve practical customer problems and interpret a variety of instructions, data and details furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form, • A valid drivers licence, with an acceptable driving record under Element’s policy, • Experience in interpreting testing procedures and requirements desired, • Availability, flexibility, and maturity to represent the company at a broad range of events / projects in the community, with customers and within the company, • Good interpersonal skills that foster open upward and downward communication built on mutual respect, • Ability to interface with clients, win new work and determine their requirements; help develop proposals including cost estimates, work plan and T&Cs, • Some overnight travel may be required