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What Does a Business Development Professional Do?
The Job
Business Development Professional
What is a Business Development Professional?
Business Development Professionals grow and nurture new business for the company they work for.
Why Companies Need Business Development Professionals
Business Development Professionals increase sales for companies. Sometimes this is in a business-to-consumer capacity (B2C), as in car sales, and other times it is in a business-to-business capacity (B2B) as in advertising sales. Business Development Professionals are critical to company growth because their efforts directly help the company find customers for their products and services. This, in turn, creates revenue for the company, which is key to almost all other business objectives.
How can I get paid the most?
- Number of available leads grows.
- Number of sales closed grows.
- Number of upsells for services and goods grows.
- You reach your assigned sales goal.
- Customer relationships are retained for a longer time.
What do Business Development Professionals do?
As a Business Development Professional, you are responsible for many different sales-oriented activites. These include:
- Representing the company to customers.
- Delivering presentations and advising customers on the right product or service for their concerns.
- Maintaining a good relationship with all assigned customer accounts.
- Keeping records of correspondence, bid requests, contracts, invoice status and more.
- Assessing the market potential of new products, services or locations.
- Working with a team to ensure delivery of purchased goods or services.
- Identifying potential customers for the company’s goods or services (lead generation).
In addition to these highlights there may be other tasks/actions that you will be asked to participate in or complete that coincide with accomplishing the organization’s objectives that are broader than the direct responsibilities of this in-demand job.
Who manages you and who do you work with?
Business Development Professionals report to the head of sales and often work on teams. There are frequent interactions with customers as well as the marketing and fulfilment departments.
The Person
What attitude, attributes and abilities do you need to do the job well and fit with the company culture?
What Abilities (skills and experience) do I need?
- Sales & Marketing
- Customer & Personal Service
- Communication Skills
- Administration & Management
- Persuasion
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Negotiation Skills
- Social Perceptiveness
- Service Orientation
- Complex Problem Solving
- Computer Literacy
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Certifications
- Mathematics
- Relevant Legal Knowledge (e.g., trade regulations)
- Time Management
- Able to Use Customer Relationship Managment System (CRM)
What Attributes & Attitudes are a best fit for this job?
- Independent
- Creative
- Responsible
- Â Social
- Goal Oriented
The Work
Time Commitment
- FlexibleÂ
- ScheduleÂ
Where do you work?
- RemoteÂ
- In-Office/WorksiteÂ
How will you get your work done?
Company typically will provide you with the tools that they need you to use to complete your job. This may not include hardware, transportation, or general tools that you would use for both personal and business purposes. Check with the company you match to be sure of what the company will and will not pay for.Â
The Type of Job​
- Full-TimeÂ
- Part-Time Â
These jobs are in demand may also include Internship, Apprenticeship or Learn-On-The-job matches.
Giggers, part-time or independent contractors with multiple clients or projects may not match for this work opportunity. Â
What will I get paid and what I will get for doing this job?
The information below is a range of what you could be offered. Compensation and total rewards vary from company to company and your level of proficiency, match, experience, knowledge, and geography.Â
- Total Compensation Range:Â $21,840-$127,180
- Employee Benefit, Programs, Perks: $5,000- $25,000 per yearÂ
- Paid Time Off and National Holidays Â
- Purpose or Impact Alignment between your interests and the companies’ objectivesÂ
 All elements of the total rewards: base compensation, variable compensation, health, and welfare programs the offerings and the conditions of receiving or eligibility of such offerings are all subject to change. The company will provide any changes in writing prior to the effective date.
The Company
All companies that you could match with on pepelwerk offer legitimate direct hire jobs. The people that you will work for and with are interested in building a team of people that have the right fit for the culture, the job and compliment how the team works.Â
When you match for jobs you will have an opportunity to learn more specifics about the company to determine if you are interested in working for them. Â
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