Business Development Associate

Propel, a leading technology solutions provider, is seeking a dedicated and talented Business Development Executive to join our team. This role primarily focuses on establishing connections with potential clients based in the United States. As a Business Development Executive, you will play a crucial role in driving business growth by effectively communicating with leads, showcasing our offerings, and nurturing client relationships. 

Responsibilities: 

1. Outbound Calling: Initiate conversations with potential clients, engaging them in a professional and persuasive manner. 
2. Lead Follow-up: Follow up on leads generated through various channels, including website inquiries, email campaigns, and marketing events. 
3. Product Presentation: Present the company's products and services to potential clients, highlighting the unique value propositions and addressing their specific needs. 
4. Relationship Building: Nurture client relationships by actively listening to their requirements, providing relevant information, and building trust in our solutions. 
5. CRM Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of client interactions, lead status, and follow-up activities in the CRM system. 
6. Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with the team to ensure a seamless handover of qualified leads and align strategies for maximizing conversions. 
7. Feedback and Reporting: Provide timely feedback to the team on lead quality, campaign effectiveness, and areas for improvement. 
8. Targets and Performance: Meet or exceed weekly and monthly targets for lead conversion, call volumes, and other key performance indicators. 
9. Industry Knowledge: Stay updated with industry trends, competitive offerings, and product knowledge to effectively address client queries and concerns. 
10. Professional Conduct: Uphold the company's reputation by adhering to professional standards, ethical practices, and maintaining confidentiality of client information. 

Requirements: 

1. Experience: Minimum 2 years of proven work experience as a Business Development Executive or in a similar role in sales department, demonstrating a track record of meeting or exceeding targets. Experience in the technology industry will be an added advantage. 
2. Communication Skills: Excellent written and oral communication skills in English, with the ability to articulate ideas clearly and confidently. 
3. Cultural Adaptability: Familiarity with US business culture and the ability to adapt communication style and accent to resonate with US clients. 
4. Persuasion and Negotiation: Strong persuasion and negotiation skills to effectively convert leads into clients and overcome objections. 
5. Time Management: Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage time efficiently in a high-volume, fast-paced environment. 
6. CRM Proficiency: Proficiency in using CRM software and other relevant tools to manage leads, track interactions, and generate reports. 
7. Shift Flexibility: Flexibility to work during Eastern Standard Time (EST) to accommodate US client requirements and collaborate with the team effectively. 
8. Motivated and Target-Driven: Positive attitude, self-motivated, and target-driven mindset with a passion for achieving and exceeding goals. 
9. Attention to Detail: Strong attention to detail and organizational skills to maintain accurate records and ensure a personalized client experience. 
10. Education: Bachelor's degree in business, marketing or a related field.

Nice to Have: 

1. US Accent Proficiency: Ability to communicate with a US accent, providing an added advantage in engaging with US-based clients. 
2. Technical Aptitude: Basic understanding of technology solutions or the ability to quickly grasp technical concepts to effectively communicate our offerings. 

Company Overview:

Rakuten, Inc. (TSE's first section: 4755) is the largest ecommerce company in Japan, and third largest eCommerce marketplace company worldwide. Rakuten provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. The company is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas. Founded in 1997, Rakuten is headquartered in Tokyo, with over 17,000 employees and partner staff worldwide. Rakuten's 2018 revenues were 1101.48 billions yen. 　 -In Japanese, Rakuten stands for ‘optimism.’ -It means we believe in the future. -It’s an understanding that, with the right mind-set, -we can make the future better by what we do today. Today, our 70+ businesses span e-commerce, digital content, communications and FinTech, bringing the joy of discovery to more than 1.2 billion members across the world.

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Companysize : 10,001 + Employees

Founded : 1997

Headquarters : Tokyo, Japan

Work location : Bangalore (M.G.Road)

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• Hands- on experience in big data computation technologies (at least one and potentially several of the following: Spark and Spark Streaming, Hadoop, Storm, Kafka Streaming, Flink, etc)
• Familiar with other related big data technologies, such as big data storage technologies (e.g., Phoenix/HBase, Redshift, Presto/Athena, Hive, Spark SQL, BigTable, BigQuery, Clickhouse, etc), messaging layer (Kafka, Kinesis, etc), Cloud and container- based deployments (Docker, Kubernetes etc), Scala, Akka, SocketIO, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, Redis, Couchbase, JAVA, Go lang.
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• Work with cross functional engineering teams including QA, Platform Delivery and DevOps
• Evaluate current state solutions to identify areas to improve standards, simplify, and enhance functionality and/or transition to effective solutions to improve supportability and time to market
• Not afraid of refactoring existing system and guiding the team about same.
• Experience with Event driven Architecture, Complex Event Processing
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Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• Strong technical aptitude and expertise with JavaScript, HTML,CSS
• Expertise in Adobe DTM/Adobe Launch and Adobe Analytics implementation through other tag management solutions

Experience:

• 3+ years of relevant experience in Adobe Analytics implementation using DTM/Adobe Launch
• Web Development experience is a plus as it relates to the development, configuration and implementation of Web Analytics solutions
• Experience with other web platforms like Google Analytics, Tealium, Tealeaf, etc. is a plus

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• Understand client business requirements and how to map those requirements to specific digital measurement tactics
• Development of documentation, deliverables and solutions requirements for web analytics tracking
• Work closely with account management and development teams to oversee the implementation, configuration and debugging of web analytics code, both on-site and through tag management systems
• Support digital marketing teams (paid search, SEO, conversion rate optimization, digital media, etc.) to implement customized tracking for campaign initiatives

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• Strong understanding of web analytics implementation tools - Adobe Analytics Implementation Experience
• Ability to use Adobe DTM/Adobe Launch to implement changes suggested by web analytics team
• Hands on experience in writing DTM rules and troubleshooting the existing implementations
• Expert-level knowledge in Adobe DTM/ Adobe Launch and Adobe Analytics is a must
• Knowledge and experience in Google Analytics/Google Tag Manager or other web analytics platforms is a plus
• Knowledge of web development technologies - JavaScript, HTML, CSS etc.
• Experience in producing technical specifications, solution design reference documents, reference manuals, developer guides, and/or code requirements
• Excellent ability to read and debug HTML, JavaScript to successfully test tags
• Presents results in a manner that the business partners can understand, ensuring interpretation, appropriate detail and usability
• Excellent written skills and the ability to write for both technical and non-technical users
• Willingness to travel for client discoveries and other off-site meetings
• Experience with developing analytics testing processes
• Ability to effectively communicate with clients and colleagues at all levels