Growth & Partnerships Lead - Waste Management

• Responsible for business development activities including identifying new market opportunities for products, services and technologies.
• Researches competitive markets and identifies new opportunities and creates appropriate business plans.
• Monitors organization's market share and competition.
• Develops and executes business plan related to prospecting and closing sales to achieve budgeted revenue growth goals and drive internal value to the organization.
• Works closely with WM internal constituents to cultivate existing accounts and initiate new account implementations.
• Effectively manages prospects by developing sound marketing plans and maintaining key information in the prospect database.
• Maintains sales pipeline to achieve goals for new sales.
• Matches services with customer needs by demonstrating knowledge of customers, pricing and competition; effectively communicates pricing and service strategies; proactively engages other Waste Management business opportunities.
• Identifies partner suppliers and maintains a database of potential projects based on competitive market analysis.
• Interfaces with WM business segment partners to resolve unique customer issues.
• Performs feasibility studies to evaluate current and potential infrastructure, competitive pricing, permitting and operational conditions.
• Performs market analysis and provides recommendations on strategy.
• Establishes network of contacts in the industry to identify potential projects.
• Prepares proposals to third parties and follows through with contract negotiations.
• Maintains current knowledge of external market trends, current sustainability topics & issues, internal sale strategies and operational capabilities.
• Develops and delivers effective customized sales presentations and proposals and supports on-going marketing efforts for existing and proposed projects.
• Solicits grant funding from partners and other sources. Reviews potential grants and oversees grant approval and execution process.
• Promotes outreach activities to partners at trade shows and conferences.

Requirements Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Environmental Science, Sustainability or "Green" curriculum, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four years of relevant work experience. 5 years of relevant work experience in marketing and/or business development in the services industry (in addition to the education requirement). ATS Optimization Keywords Below are skills and terms extracted directly from this job posting to improve Applicant Tracking System (ATS) visibility. This unique feature helps candidates tailor their applications more effectively — a feature exclusive to JobTailor job listings. Hard Skills Business Plan Development Competitive Market Research Sales Strategy Execution Feasibility Studies Grant Funding Solicitation Soft Skills Effective Communication Networking Problem Solving #J-18808-Ljbffr Jobtailor