Senior Vice President Business Development
CROSSMARK · Eden Prairie, MN · 2 days ago
Business Development$225k–$275k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Drive Enterprise Growth
- Deliver against annual revenue and profitability targets through strategic new business acquisition.
- Develop and execute comprehensive growth strategies focused on targeted manufacturers, categories, and market segments.
- Identify, qualify, and prioritize high-value opportunities that align with CROSSMARK’s strategic capabilities and long-term growth objectives.
- Expand relationships within existing clients by identifying opportunities to introduce additional CROSSMARK solutions and integrated services.
- Lead Strategic Pipeline Management
- Establish and maintain a robust, predictable pipeline that creates sustainable future growth.
- Drive disciplined CRM utilization, opportunity progression, and forecasting accuracy.
- Leverage data, market intelligence, and industry relationships to identify emerging opportunities and competitive threats.
- Ensure consistent qualification standards and resource prioritization across all opportunities.
- Own the Pursuit Process
- Lead the enterprise pursuit strategy for strategic opportunities, RFPs, and transformational engagements.
- Partner with proposal, pricing, finance, operations, and executive teams to develop differentiated solutions and compelling commercial strategies.
- Establish clear win strategies, value propositions, storylines, and competitive positioning for each pursuit.
- Sure flawless execution from opportunity identification through contract execution and client transition.
- Elevate Executive Selling
- Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and buying teams.
- Lead executive-level discussions that focus on business outcomes vs than capabilities alone.
- Deliver compelling, insight-driven presentations that differentiate CROSSMARK through strategic thinking, commercial expertise, and measurable value creation.
- Influence key decision-makers through effective storytelling and consultative engagement.
- Build Organizational Capability
- Create a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Coach team members to improve executive engagement, opportunity strategy, storytelling, and closing effectiveness.
- Share best practices and institutionalize winning processes across the organization.
- Serve as an Industry Ambassador
- Maintain an active presence within the CPG, retail, and commercial services communities.
- Represent CROSSMARK at industry events, conferences, and executive forums.
- Cultivate a broad network of industry relationships that generate insights, opportunities, and strategic introductions.
Qualifications
- Experience: 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in business development, sales, consulting, or commercial strategy.
- Proven history of generating and closing multimillion-dollar revenue opportunities.
- Demonstrated success leading complex pursuits, enterprise sales cycles, and competitive RFP processes.
- Experience working with leading CPG manufacturers, retailers, or commercial service organizations.
- Prior leadership experience managing and developing high-performing teams.
- Knowledge & Capabilities: Deep understanding of the CPG, retail, and commercial services industries.
- Exceptional executive communication and storytelling skills.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to translate data into actionable growth strategies.
- Expertise in opportunity strategy, pipeline management, and complex deal orchestration.
- Ability to influence stakeholders across all levels of an organization.
- Prioritizing relationship-building capability with executive-level decision-makers.
- High degree of personal ownership, resilience, adaptability, and intellectual curiosity.
- Entrepreneurial mindset paired with disciplined execution.