Business Development Associate identifies and helps to develop strategic relationships with partners or potential customers. Assists in the development of a strong pipeline of new business opportunities through direct or indirect customer contact and prospecting. Being a Business Development Associate works with marketing, sales, and product development teams to implement business development initiatives. Requires a bachelor’s degree of business, finance or marketing. Additionally, Business Development Associate typically reports to a supervisor or manager. The Business Development Associate gains exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. Occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. To be a Business Development Associate typically requires 2 to 4 years of related experience.
Business Development Associate Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Business Development Associate to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- Prospect and source new business opportunities through cold calling, emailing, and social outreach;
- Develop communication and selling skills;
- Refine your ability to sell consultatively to clients and prospects on Triumvirate’s service lines;
- Review and interact with incoming leads on a daily basis and qualify and assign prospects;
- Identify opportunities early in the sales cycle to ensure maximum share of wallet for Element;
- Generate complete RFQ/ RFP packages;
- Produce and manage engaging YouTube content;
- Produce and manage engaging social media content;
- Work with the shipping department or independently accomplishing shipping tasks;
- Lead generation;
- Collaborate with the executive and business teams, as well as engineering, to create client presentations and execute deal documents;
- Develop best practices and efficient processes for growing our merchant partner base;
- Report to the Business Development Manager on (weekly/monthly/quarterly) sales results;
- Prepare weekly reports on progress;
- Stay up-to-date with new products/services and new pricing/payment plans.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree;
- Highly self-motivated;
- Real Estate industry experience is highly preferred;
- Proven track record with finding qualified contacts;
- This position is located at our Battle Creek Headquarters;
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form;
- Good interpersonal skills that foster open upward and downward communication built on mutual respect;
- Aggressive, high achiever, honest, persistent, team player and hard working;
- Able to work full-time in our Midtown Manhattan office ( we do not offer relocation packages or sponsorship for this role);
- Goal-oriented ambition;
- 2+ years of experience in enterprise software sales, preferably cloud-based;
- Pursuing sales as a career;
- Proficiency in Chinese language is a plus;
- You have demonstrated success in a competitive environment;
- Very strong written and verbal communication skills.