Business Development Coordinator I (NE Region)

About the role

The Business Development Coordinator contributes to the growth and development of the firm. Responsibility to ensure collection of information about clients is always accurate.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with management to develop business plans for the company.
• Implement plans towards strategic marketing of company’s products.
• Provide an enabling environment for complementing the company’s business plan strategically developed towards better profit making.
• Develop modalities towards overcoming competition and setting the business up as leader in the company’s chosen niche.
• Oversee process involved in business development as a representative of the firm.
• Understand the firm’s business operation and status, including specific opportunities, competitive landscape and business trend towards better service delivery and improved profit making.
• Identify all potential leads towards placing the firm on solid profit-making foundation.
• Collect and share industrial and market intelligence among members of staff and management.
• Collaborate with other members of staff towards better execution of the firm’s plans and business development activities.
• Evaluate any trade association and professionals that can positively impact business practices in the firm.
• Liaise with relevant staff in proposal development and be involved in tracking success ratio of such proposal.
• Liaise with other members of staff for the development and maintenance of profiles specific to the firm.
• Liaise with other staff members; execute, organize, and plan various activities of the firm (i.e., client receptions, webinars, and seminars).
• Work with the marketing department staff to strengthen the firm’s integrity.
• Travel (i.e., multiple states) with multiple night stays (i.e., 2-4 days) as required for attending various industry events as needed (30% minimum).
• Conference coordination/facilitation including but not limited to, scheduling, shipping, lodging, travel, maintenance and updates for current promotional and conference material(s). Gather relevant information for BD staff accordingly.
• Tracking, retrieval, review, distribution, and storage of trade show booth inventory, promotional items; generation of memos regarding selecting, ordering; inventory tracking, reports of use.
• Conduct data entry tasks as related to CRM cleanup: key converts of duplicative contacts, information, contacts, and companies as needed.
• Acquire knowledge about the firm and implement such knowledge in day-to-day dispensation of duty.

Qualifications

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a business, administrative, communication, public relations, marketing, or other related disciplines, combined with 3 years of relevant experience in Business Development or Sales within the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (A/E/C) industry.

Skills

• Proven time management & organizational skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective selling and/or client service skills.
• Effective problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Effective PC skills – including MS Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, Office 365, and SharePoint.
• Effective video chat platform skills – Zoom, Teams and RingCentral.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks within a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to effectively manage conflict (i.e., calendar schedules, booth set-up).
• Ability to travel regularly and attend industry trade shows and meetings as required.
• Ability to prioritize and organize while working autonomously (i.e., time management).

Benefits

• Must be able to sit and/or stand for long periods of time, able to lift 30lbs, able to handle stressful situations and multi-tasking, able to work under time constraints, long hours may be required.
• Must have a valid driver’s license.

Pay

Details of pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

Details of schedule are not specified in the job posting.