Business Development Intern

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. 

Requirements:

 Time management and prioritising workload

 Industry Knowledge and Experience desirable

 Working knowledge of Microsoft office

 People management skills

 Excellent oral and written communication skills

 Presenting skills

Roles and Responsibilities:

 Manage the overall running of the sales team

 Develop and implement strategic sales plans that expand a company’s customer base and Solidify its presence

 Achieving growth and hitting sales targets by successfully managing the team and by assessing the teams’ strengths and weaknesses.

 Developing and implementing new sales initiatives, strategies and programmes to capture key demographics

 Liaise and develop professional relationships with team members.

 The setting of objectives for all team members.

 Conducting regular 1 2 1’s business day meeting

 Absence management

 Performance management

Job description

The ideal candidate will have experience in all stages of the sales cycle. They should be confident in building new client relationships and maintaining existing ones. They should have evidence of strong skills and possess good negotiation skills.

• Job Location: Noida

• Qualification: Any Graduate

• Required Experience: 1 to 3 years in IT service-based firm

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with prospective clients

• Maintain consistent contact with existing clients

• Manage sales pipeline

• Analyse the market and establish competitive advantages

• Track metrics to ensure targets are hit

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 1+ years of experience in the IT sales industry

• Experience in full sales cycle including deal closing Demonstrated sales success

• Strong negotiation skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills

• CRM experience is preferred

• Working experience on Upwork is a bonus.

Please NOTE: This is purely an onsite job

Role Description

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to coordinate and collaborate with our sales, delivery, and support teams in the creation of sales-related documents, specifically pre-sales activities, documents, proposals, client presentations, due-diligence, risk assessments, and more.

As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for understanding clients' existing business processes and requirements and providing pre-sales support for our Sales Managers and Account Managers.

Proposals- In this role, you will need to understand the requirements and create a winning proposal or presentation based on inputs from multiple technology and domain teams. You will need to coordinate with different teams to ascertain inter-dependencies and maintain an overall proposal delivery project plan with defined tasks, deliverables, and associated timelines.

Repository - You will be responsible for creating and maintaining case studies, introductory segment presentations, and samples in coordination with delivery and sales teams.

Pipeline Reporting- The role also involves sales pipeline reporting and tracking, including financial and sales activity reporting. You will also be responsible for ensuring that all standard company presentations, brochures, and collaterals are up-to-date and indexed properly in the repository.

As a self-starter, you will be expected to identify key issues and priorities and focus on delivering required results with minimal direction and supervision. Multitasking with a high level of ownership is essential for success in this role, considering the high level of role seniority and sensitivity.

Market Intelligence- As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for conducting comprehensive reviews of the market through a thorough analysis of demand-supply dynamics, competition landscape, value chain, and regulatory frameworks governing the industry. In addition, you will conduct in-depth assessments of companies involving a review of their business structure, product/service offerings, management team, recent developments, go-to-market approach, and outlook.

Leadership- As a mentor, you will be responsible for training associates/analysts working on the projects being executed. You will support the development of proposals through case-studies, samples, and preliminary background research. You will exhibit sector-specific subject-matter expertise as relevant.

Reporting: EVP, Client Engagement Team

Internal and External Interfaces - DPA sales & marketing, operations teams and Clients

 Position Details: Full-time, permanent position

Qualification: MBA in Finance/ Marketing. Experience in the financial services industry will be an added advantage.

Research background will be an added advantage.

Work Timing: Day shift ~ 11am to 8 PM shift

Skills and Experience:

·  Good flair for writing and presentation skills

·  Good communication skills with an excellent command over English

·  Good understanding of financial markets/economics

·  Ability to articulate and communicate thoughts/opinions in effective manner.

·  Good command over MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Behavioral and Culture Competencies

·  Should be able to think on their feet when it comes to proposing solutions to clients based on their pain points/requirements.

·  Must be a team player.

·  Able to co-ordinate with multiple teams within the organization along with client teams(s)

·  Comfortable in client communication, written and oral

·  Able to work under pressure and with short deadlines

About Decimal Point Analytics:

Decimal Point Analytics (DPA) is a modern technology-enabled research and consulting firm. Since our inception in 2003, we have been a trusted partner to an entire spectrum of financial market professionals. We are thrilled to be able to deliver innovation in research processes through a team of experts in financial services and computing. By utilizing and scaling the values we bring into the engagements, our customers have been able to delight their end-customers and garner competitive advantage in the process.

Why should you be excited about this role?

We are the backbone of the organization when it comes to engaging with clients and growing the business at a strategic level. If you believe that you have what it takes to contribute meaningfully to accomplish these goals, this is the role for you!

If you are a detail-oriented and motivated individual with a passion for sales support and coordination, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

RESPONSIBILITIES:-

 As a  Business   Development  Manager   working under   FMCG   segments, an ideal candidate must perform the following responsibilities:

·      Approaching  potential  leads  a  close  them  within  a  stipulated  time  frame.

·      Create  exclusive  distributors,   exclusive super stockist and business associated for the company towards business growth.

·      Finding and developing new markets and improving sales.

REQUIREMENTS:

·       Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing or related field.

·       Experience in sales, marketing or related field.

·       Strong communication skills.

·       Excellent organisational skills.

- Conducting a demo session with the parents and kids to explain the programs.

- Interacting with different departments to close the sales.

- Guiding the students to a brighter career path (over a video call)

- Build a repo with the customer.

• Play an integral role in new business pitches and hold responsibility for the effective on-boarding of new clients and operate as the lead point of contact for any and all matters specific to your customers
• Develop a trusted advisory relationship with key accounts, customer stakeholders and executive sponsors
• Provide strategic pre sales support for sales activities including needs analysis, data review, product demonstrations and other general sales support
• Mine the existing accounts for new business possibilities and utilizing available resources to drive account retention and growth
• Proactively assess, clarify, and validate customer needs on an ongoing basis and document as SOW
• Work cross-functionally with business development, marketing, product, technology and finance teams to ensure the timely and successful delivery of the solutions per to customer needs 
• Analyze latest marketing trends using CRM and analytics tools and tracking industry activities and providing valuable inputs for fine-tuning marketing strategies.

Required Experience 

1 - 5 years of total experience 

Minimum 1 year of experience in SaaS B2B sales 

Experience of selling in education sector is a plus (good to have) 

Requirements | What do we look for? 

• You have strong written and verbal English communication skills 
• You are excellent and confident in giving demos/presentations of enterprise SaaS/software tools 
• You have planned and executed sales in a defined zone previously 
• You have performed end-to-end sales and achieved targets as an independent contributor 
• You are a self-starter and enjoy collaboration with others 
• You understand that making mistakes means you’re learning 
• You have a constant desire to grow and develop 

Roles and Responsibilities | What will you do? 

As a Business Development Manager at company you will be responsible for selling company’s flagship SaaS product (campus placements automation tool) to colleges and universities on an annual license subscription basis. 

• Planning and setting weekly/monthly lead generation and outreach goals
• Prospecting, generating leads from the college database shared with you for your zone (1 or more States assigned to you), via emailing, calling, or any necessary means 
• Scheduling and fixing product demo over calls and emails 
• Perform product demos confidently to the placement officers and leadership (Chancellors, Directors, Owners) of the institutes 
• Prepare and send proposals, discuss and negotiate pricing, close deals 
• Maintain a healthy pipeline and achieve your set quota/targets

The must-have requirements: Preferably the candidate should have their own mode of transport. Travel Expense reimbursement will be provided.  

• Preference: Local candidates/ candidates who know the city well in terms of areas and student hubs would be preferred. 
• Experience: 0-2 years 
• Job Type: Field Job 

• Own vehicle required 
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills 
• Salary: 2LPA – 3LPA 
• No. Of Openings: 5 

Job Description:  

• Conduct research in a specified area and collect information as per the guidance of City Head  
• Assisting the city heads in pitching to the vendors (brands) and bringing them onboard. This process includes registration, briefing and providing contracts as per discussed norms and policies of the company. 

• Working in tandem with the research team to understand potential vendors well. 
• Formation of an on-ground report on the basis of accumulated data and submitting it to the board so that further strategies could be implemented. 
• Building a network on the basis of your location so that the company can form proper channels and develop connectivity within the city. 
• Submitting critical data collected about vendors to the team and ensuring all privacy policies are followed. 
• Being creative in your sales pitch, contributing ideas and helping the team grow. 

• Build long-term trusting relationships with clients 
• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market.