Business Consultant
About Us
Vensure Employer Solutions is the largest privately held organization in the HR technology and service sector, providing a comprehensive portfolio of solutions, including HR/HCM technology, managed services, and global business process outsourcing (BPO). The company and its service providers collectively serve over 95,000 businesses and process over $135B in annual payroll. As a "One Employer Solution” headquartered in Chandler, Arizona, Vensure helps thousands of businesses streamline and grow their operations with custom strategies that benefit both employers and employees. Find out more by visiting www.vensure.com.
Position Summary
The Business Consultant is responsible for identifying and cultivating new business opportunities through networking, channel partners, and self-generated opportunities. This role involves executing aggressive prospecting strategies to gain access to key decision makers within a prospective client's organization. The Business Consultant maintains ownership of the entire sales cycle, including post-sale and implementation processes. Additionally, this role negotiates pricing and scope of service with prospective clients, completes required sales paperwork, and finalizes the terms of the client service agreement.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
- Proactively generate new business opportunities within the designated territory
- Conduct thorough analysis, planning, and implementation of products and services tailored to meet client needs
- Stay informed about competitors' initiatives and analyze potential competitive threats
- Schedule and conduct regular meetings with clients to address questions and concerns during the implementation phase
- Collect and analyze data to provide strategic guidance on products, services, marketing, sales, and other business areas
- Prepare concise and impactful executive summaries for client presentations
- Develop lead generation strategies and effectively use CRM (Salesforce) to track activities
- Complete and submit accurate new business paperwork, expense reports, and weekly activity reports by the deadlines set by management
- Participate in monthly consulting meetings and provide training and coaching to other team members
- Frequent domestic travel will be required to attend team onsite meetings, client visits, customer events, industry conferences, and training sessions
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
- Proactive and highly motivated individual with a strong focus on achieving new business goals
- Demonstrated ability to drive revenue growth and exceed sales targets
- Exceptional negotiation and closing skills with the ability to influence key stakeholders
- In-depth understanding of the company's products or services
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for effective collaboration and presentations
- Efficiently manage time to balance multiple clients and tasks, while staying organized in a dynamic work environment
- Ability to define problems, collect and interpret data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to perform key responsibilities
- Professional style, pride, adherence to corporate policies and procedures
- Sound business ethics and high standard of performance while pursuing established goals
- Highest standards of confidentiality and privacy in all aspects of the role
- Flexibility to adjust strategies based on market changes and business needs
- Commitment to understanding and meeting customer needs
Education & Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalent combination of experience, skills, education (including other relevant non-traditional degree programs, certifications, or job training programs)
- At least two years' sales experience preferred
- Previous experience and proficiency with CRM tools (Salesforce or similar) preferred
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and demonstrated ability to learn other applications as needed
Physical, Mental, & Communication Demands
- Sedentary Work: Primarily involves sitting for extended periods, often at a desk or computer
- Manual Dexterity: Frequent use of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and other office equipment
- Mobility: Ability to travel occasionally for meetings, events, and partner visits
- Occasional walking or traversing throughout the office to meet with leaders and other employees
- Visual Acuity: Ability to read and analyze data on a computer screen (or to read and analyze data with reasonable accommodation) and in printed materials
- Lifting & Carrying: Minimal physical lifting required, but may involve handling documents, and lifting light office supplies
Required Licenses and/or Certifications
None
Environmental Conditions
- Primarily will be an indoor, office environment
- May occasionally have moderate noise level from copiers, W2 or check printers, and coworkers
- May work in various additional environments, including client offices, industry conferences, customer events, and training sessions
- This means adapting to different settings and conditions regularly
- This role may involve extended periods of sitting during travel and meetings, as well as standing and walking during client visits and events
Disclaimer
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee filling this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by management. Management has the right to add to, revise, or delete information in this job description. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. Employment remains "at will".
Benefits
- Health Insurance: Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retail Plan: 401(k) with company match
- Paid Time Off: PTO, Holidays, Parental leave and Sick Leave provided as required by applicable state law
- Other Benefits: Life insurance, short term disability, long term disability, employee assistance program (EAP), flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA), identity theft protection, critical illness, accident, cancer, hospital protection, legal and pet insurance