Business Development Manager

The Opportunity

Growth Creates Opportunity! We are seeking an A-Player to join our vibrant local business, part of a progressive horticultural organization with national reach. The Business Development Manager will:

• Build the market position by locating, developing, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships.
• Possess strong prospecting skills via cold call, email, drop-ins, trade shows, and networking in property management groups.
• Utilize Aspire CRM to document and track related information on all opportunities at all pipeline stages.
• Collect property and service data and validate field measurement take-offs for proposal development.
• Present all proposals face to face with the prospect.
• Manage the hand-off process for transitioning the new client to the field operations team.
• Manage all customer communication with proper urgency.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years' sales or marketing experience in the service industry.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience and success in increasing revenue through generation of leads.
• Shows an understanding of the challenges facing the industry at present and illustrates a knowledge of the operational attention to detail required to succeed within the industry.
• Capacity to make critical judgments, solve problems, and demonstrate careful attention to detail.
• Determination to exceed the goals of position, department, and company by working independently and as an effective leader.
• Experience managing sales and estimation processes (job costing, proposals, etc.).
• Exceptional interpersonal communication and relationship building skills.
• A Winning Attitude!

Benefits

• Competitive salary, plus a healthy performance and incentive program based on closed sales.
• Paid vacation and holidays.
• Company vehicle or vehicle reimbursement package.
• Full suite of health insurance – medical, dental, vision, etc.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Exceptional company culture.