Business Development Manager

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Business Development Executive to join our sales department. The ideal candidate will possess a good technical background, coupled with exceptional communication skills and a proven track record in lead generation and conversion. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for driving business growth by identifying, qualifying, and developing leads, and effectively proposing technical solutions to potential clients.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Identify and research potential leads through various channels, including online research, networking, and industry events.
• Lead the end-to-end process from initiation to closure of deals, including communication and follow-up with leads via email, phone, virtual, and face-to-face meetings.
• Collect and analyze client requirements, and collaborate with business analysts, solution architects, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Account Management, and Tech teams to develop project pitches, estimations, and formal proposals.
• Prepare RFP/RFQ documents and engage in negotiation and agreement of estimates.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with leads, ensuring utmost satisfaction throughout the sales process.
• Maintain accurate records of all lead interactions and activities in CRM systems like HubSpot.
• Work closely with internal teams, including Marketing, Legal, Finance, Account Management, and Technical, to manage sales workflows and operations.
• Participate in inbound leads assignment, project requirement gathering, platform analysis, and successful handover to the client experience team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to set client expectations and ensure seamless communication between technical teams and clients.

Requirement:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a business development or sales role, preferably within the IT consulting or software services industry.
• Proven track record of lead generation and conversion, with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in CRM systems like Salesforce, HubSpot, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong technical acumen, with familiarity in IT consulting and software services.
• Proactive, results-oriented, and self-driven individual with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in pre-sales activities, documentation, and negotiation processes is highly desirable.
• Ability to understand client needs, propose technically sound solutions, and align project efforts with client expectations and development team capabilities.

Hiring business development executive who is ready to partner with corporates. Should have good communication skills.

Key Responsibilities

• School sales: Primary responsibility is to sell to schools and bring them onboard

o Tie up with schools and onboard them so that we can offer the plan to the parents in the school

o Negotiate and get into commercial agreements with schools

o Upsell our other payment products in the schools

• Stakeholder Management in Schools:

o Enable Jodo to liaison with the schools tied up with, for close to

everything from meeting the parents to doing events etc.

o Forge a strong relationship with the school management and principal

and be their first port of call on anything to do with finances

• Team Building- Build a high-quality sales team and lead it in that city

Role : 

Ad Sales [Media] [BTL]

Location : 

Mumbai [Work from Office]

Open Position : 

1

Joining Date : 

Immediate

Job Description & Responsibilities :

In this role, you will be responsible for generating revenue by selling advertising space and offline marketing solutions to clients. 

1]Prospect and Acquire Clients:

Identify and approach potential clients to introduce our agency's offline advertising and marketing solutions.

Conduct market research to identify target industries, businesses, and decision-makers.

Build a robust pipeline of leads and actively pursue new business opportunities.

2]Consultative Selling:

Understand clients' marketing objectives, needs, and target audience.

Provide strategic guidance and recommend suitable offline advertising and marketing solutions to meet clients' goals.

3]Relationship Management:

Cultivate strong, long-lasting relationships with clients and frontline agencies.

Serve as the main point of contact, addressing client inquiries, concerns, and requests in a timely manner.

4]Sales Performance and Reporting:

Achieve individual sales targets by effectively closing deals.

Track sales activities, leads, and client interactions.

5]Market and Competitor Analysis:

Stay up-to-date with industry trends, competition mapping & activities, and emerging offline advertising opportunities.

Provide market insights and contribute to the development of new product offerings or enhancements to existing services.

Requirements :

*Proven track record in Media Sales from Reputed Agencies.

*Good Brand & Frontline Agency connects.

*Strong sales and negotiation skills, with a demonstrated ability to close deals.

*Knowledge of offline advertising channels and industry trends is a plus.

*Ability to work independently [Team is being formed as we speak]

We are looking for an enthusiastic Business development executive to join our team with great communication skills.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develop business for the company’s design and development services.
• Creating and implementing strategic sales plans
• Generate new business contacts, collaborating with them from initial contact to contract finalization.
• Building relationships with prospective clients and maintaining consistent contact with the existing ones.
• Build customized proposals that cater to clients' need
• Responding to potential clients with queries.
• Ability to identify challenges for targeting clients and resolve them.
• Develop and maintain a database of contacts, activities, and outcomes.

What will make you stand out to us

• BBA or MBA in any discipline ( MBA Marketing Preferred )
• Experience Required: 0-1 years 
• Proficient in English (Spoken + Written)
• Great communication and interpersonal skills 
• Up-to-date with the latest sales trends and practices
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment
• Excellent team spirit and positive perspective
• Attention to detail is paramount
• Strong negotiation & presentation skills
• Ability to manage objections and manage time effectively

- 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.

●Being a mentor and guide, who potential learners can look up to for career advice. ● Counselling potential learners, helping them plan their career path and understanding how upGrad can catalyse their career. ●Carrying weekly enrolment/revenue and collection targets. ●Establishing the uniqueness and effectiveness of upGrad's model of online/blended learning. ● Owning the complete sales closing life cycle for leads assigned to you. This includes making phone/video calls, product demonstration, sales closing and post-sales relationship management. ● Maintaining a detailed database of all the interactions on the CRM with the leads and providing constant feedback to the marketing team on lead quality. What are we looking for? ● Individual with outstanding English communication skills (written and verbal), interpersonal and presentation skills. ● Hardworking Individuals with high dedication and extreme determination.∙ Experience in EdTech sales would be an advantage. ●Rockstar sales performers with proven track records. 

• Identifying opportunities for new business development through following up on leads and conducting research on target clients.

• Connecting and handling potential clients via inbound/Outbound phone calls, emails, walk-ins.

• Developing and executing sales plans to meet and exceed monthly and quarterly sales goals.

• Identifying new revenue opportunities.

• Building business relationships with current and potential clients.

• Developing and executing sales and marketing strategies to grow business.

• Achieving sales goals applying sales techniques.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing, or similar field.

• Minimum of 0-3 years of experience in sales, business development or similar role.

• Passion for sales.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Must possess strong customer service skills.

• Ability to develop good relationships with current and potential clients.

Business development can be summarized as the ideas, initiatives, and activities that help make a business better.

The target area would be clients looking forward to Digital Marketing services. Hence includes,

• Increasing revenues
• Growth in terms of business expansion,
• Increasing profitability by building strategic partnerships and making strategic business decisions.
• Responsible for prospecting, identifying, and developing business with new customers                              
• Preparing commercials for prospective clients based on the business offering in consultation with the project manager.
• Introduce the new client to the operations team and assist the operations team to work for the new client.
• Competitor analysis: Should be aware of the work being done by the competition and come up with strategies to acquire those accounts.
• Providing management with client/market feedback.
• Ability to identify client needs and decide deliverables for the same.
• Should be self-driven, target-oriented, and passionate

Role Business

• Industry Type IT
• Functional Area Sales & Business Development
• Employment Type Full Time, Permanent
• Role Category BD / Pre Sales

Education

• UG: Any Graduate
• PG: Any Postgraduate
• Doctorate: Doctorate Not Required

Responsibilities

• Develop a growth strategy focused both on financial gain and customer satisfaction
• Conduct research to identify new markets and customer needs
• Arrange business meetings with prospective clients
• Promote the company’s products/services addressing or predicting clients’ objectives
• Prepare sales contract ensuring adherence to law-established rules and guidelines
• Keep records of sales, revenue, invoices etc.
• Provide trustworthy feedback and after-sales support
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers
• Develop entry level staff into valuable salespeople 

Requirements

• Proven working experience as a business development manager, sales executive or a relevant role
• Proven sales track record
• Experience in customer support is a plus
• Market knowledge
• Communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to build rapport
• Time management and planning skills
• Bachelor degree in any domain
• He has experience of at least of 3 years filed of banking, insurance and microfinance.