Business Development Manager - Central Region

About the role

The Manager of Business Development is responsible for the development of the business plan based upon pivotal initiatives for our Propel360 brand. The Manager is a highly visible, entrepreneurial role and a key lead in driving the sales strategy for new accounts directly, as well as through matrixed internal and external relationships. This position will focus on driving customer acquisition through interactions with current or developed networks of top organizational leaders in various organizational settings, including premier client environments. This new Manager of Business Development will be responsible for a specific geographic territory.

Responsibilities

• Process leadership from contact through strategy, proposal, presentation, and successful conclusion
• Influence and develop team members without formal authority
• Demonstrate personal ownership in prospects and sales process
• Create a competitive differential by identifying and developing the right team
• Manage efforts of proposal development with coordinator
• Develop knowledge base to ensure proposal compliance and guiding the internal approval process (i.e.: contract requirements)
• Research and analyze prospect/client goals and objectives
• Develop insights that provide opportunities to teach the prospect/client innovative approaches to reach their goals and objectives
• Deliver client-focused presentations that address client objectives and generate two-way dialogue
• Demonstrate how ARAMARK's capabilities meet identified needs and enable success
• Gain collaborative support for customized solutions
• Build results-focused relationships with prospective customers
• Introduce appropriate ARAMARK team members to further enhance sales process
• Develop and lead strategy process with regard to: competitive environment; accounts sales strategy, and territory development strategy
• Build