Business Development Executive

Business Development ExecutiveThe business development executive's primary duty is to make sales and obtain orders or contracts by securing new customer orders and contracts within assigned verticals and owning the sales process through to closing new business. You will prospect and meet with potential customers at their places of business, conduct early discovery, qualify opportunities, and advance them through defined sales stages to successfully close new business deals. This position is ideal for someone who is curious, proactive, and excited about building a career in field based sales focused on acquiring new business. This role customarily and regularly spends the majority of time working away from the company's office and the individual's home conducting in-person prospect meetings, presentations, and negotiations at prospect locations to obtain signed agreements.Responsibilities:Prospect for new customers and set in person appointments to present solutions and obtain orders/contracts.Conduct early discovery to understand customer priorities and potential solution needs in order to position offerings and advance opportunities toward purchase decisions.Conduct in-person prospect meetings to deepen engagement and advance opportunities toward proposal and close.Qualify opportunities using defined criteria and capture insights clearly in CRM.Customarily and regularly travel within the assigned territory to meet prospects and customers at their business locations.Present offerings, answer questions, and recommend solutions to secure customer purchase commitments and advance opportunities through negotiation and closing.Prepare quotes/proposals and negotiate and close defined scope new business by obtaining signed agreements and purchase commitments.Maintain accurate CRM records of outreach, meetings, contacts, and opportunity progression.Prepare detailed handoff documentation to ensure smooth transitions to customer success after successful deal closure.Meet or exceed established performance goals for pipeline generation, new customer acquisition, and sales revenue.Qualifications:Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent experience.Customer facing B2B sales, field sales, or business development, or inside sales experience preferred.Familiarity with CRM tools for lead management and activity tracking is a plus.Ability to customarily and regularly travel within the assigned territory for in person customer/prospect meetings and field based selling.Valid driver's license and reliable transportation for daily field travel.About Konica Minolta Business Solutions:Konica Minolta Business Solutions' (Konica Minolta) journey started more than 150 years ago, with a vision to see and do things differently. The company partners with clients to give shape to ideas by supporting their digital transformation through its expansive intelligent connected workplace portfolio. Its business technology offerings include IT services, intelligent information management, video security solutions and managed print services, as well as office technology and industrial and commercial print solutions.Konica Minolta operates on a North American shared services model, which aligns cross-border priorities and enhances delivery to its field organization. This combines service functions in the U.S. and Canada, ultimately providing more resources to support areas such as sales administration, logistics and supply chain, marketing, product planning, finance, IT, HR and legal.