Business Development Executive

Recruiter
Nuvias
Location
Newbury
Salary
40000.00 GBP Annual
Posted
19 Sep 2017
Closes
11 Oct 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
This role has come about due to organic growth. SIPHON is one of the fastest growing technology companies in EMEA and have recently been acquired to form part of the Nuvias Group.

The Business Development Manager will form part of the newly created Business Development function and be responsible for exceeding financial targets and ensure delivery of excellent customer satisfaction from both existing customers and predominantly to drive new business across all company products and services.

Duties and Responsibilities

New Business

Identify new prospects and manage all new leads through sales process and sales cycle through to closure

Work with finance to ensure any new customer is properly qualified and provided appropriate levels of credit at outset and loaded correctly onto NetSuite through completion of appropriate new customer set up forms

Position entire Company product portfolio to ensure all cross selling opportunities are identified and initial business is gained to drive further business in medium term

Complete Company Profile and Cross Selling Matrix and be able to demonstrate an understanding of what the prospect does and who the key people are

Make outbound daily calls to account list and new prospects and drive quotation flow every month

Drive strong customer relationships and loyalty to Company

Ensure all Company Professional Services are positioned within prospects to drive services revenue - this should include professional/field engineering services and technical support

General Sales Management

Demonstrate progress on a weekly basis on all key opportunities via the Weekly Review Meeting

Attend all Company Sales/Product Training Sessions to ensure ability to demonstrate key USP's in Company portfolio
Ensure personal usage of all Company products and services internally so they can be effectively demonstrated to customers in meetings
Complete any Supplier Sales Certifications on all Products within Company. Ensure all Customers (particularly Polycom) are certified for VoIP and drive them to achieve this
Ensure strong new business focus with outbound calling to new prospects with regular updates into Netsuite. Demonstrate pro-active behaviour in driving new business
Work with finance and then customers to ensure ALL annual maintenance contracts are renewed

Follow up on all quotations outstanding and any new opportunities and to ensure regular monthly "run-rate" business is achieved/exceeded.

Skills / Attributes Required

Ability to work in a pressurised environment, adopting a proactive approach at all times
Strategic thinker who is able to use own initiative
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong MS Office package skills and CRM experience
Ability to interact with people across the organisation, and to build lasting effective professional relationships

Preferred: Channel & IT experience. Experience making high volume calls