Business Development Trainee

Our client is a leading mid-market investment bank with strong practices around M&A, PE, Capital Markets, Institutional Equities, Wealth Management, Insurance Broking & Portfolio Management Services. 

Candidate shall be responsible for:

• Relationship management focusing on acquiring and nurturing mid-sized & large Corporates.

• Own the overall sales strategy on lead management, team & targets for your region focusing profitability and market share.

• Strong network across C-level executives of large & mid-sized corporates. • Build the overall sales playbook, training and recruit a sales team to grow quickly across the region.

• Design value proposition/ client acquisition pitches and knack of closing deals efficiently 

• Update and educate oneself continuously on happenings in marketplace, local environment, opportunities etc. which have direct bearing on local operations. • Ensure all necessary knowledge enhancement efforts (including certifications wherever applicable). 

• Good networking with the Insurance Companies / TPAs & other key stake holder relevant to insurance broking arena.

Requirements

Qualification: MBA (Finance / Marketing) or equivalent degree from Tier I & II campus.

Experience: 6 to 10 years of exp in General Insurance Broking / Sales mainly into relationship management.

Other Requirement: 

• Superior technical skills required to understand and propose products or solutions by focusing on client requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders, communicate effectively with executives and balance competing priorities.

• Strategic thinker with excellent communication skills and attention to detail, as well as having the ability to communicate complex details simply.

Despite the pandemic, we have grown reasonably well and plan to multifold into a fully distributed network of highly skilled tech talent looking to expand across countries soon.

Our Sales team has to date, been led by one of the founders, Murtuza Kutub. We are now looking to add another leader to the team who can help us hire, grow, nurture, and retain quality sales talent and continue providing value to our high-value clients (average deal size of $50,000).

We expect to grow to $5 million by the end of FY 22-23.

You can be a part of a company leading the world of tech startups and making quality tech products used by millions of users worldwide.

Profile: Business Development Manager (International Business)

Location: Hybrid Model (Chennai based)

Timing:  Healthy overlap with both US and Indo-Australian timezone.

Job Description:

• Generating new business and interest through account-based marketing programs involving email and calling campaigns
• Play a vital role in pipeline growth through the generation of SQLs and scheduling of the first meeting of prospects with the founders
• Generate new business pipeline through outbound prospecting activities
• Research and evaluate prospects before engagement
• Be the first point of contact for new business prospects and determine the next steps for each prospect moving forward (preparing proposals, responding to RFQs, followups)
• Nurture relationships and continuously engage prospects to develop a long-term relationship
• Use multiple channels of communication effectively to develop engagement with prospects.
• Monitor and attend meetings with prospects while handling the introductions and follow-up with the founder
• Collaborate with the Marketing team on new campaigns
• Maintain accurate data within the CRM reflecting the sales development pipeline to provide visibility to market opportunities in assigned territory.
• Work closely with Marketing, engineering, and Design teams to build a continuous feedback loop to improve the qualification process.
• Develop a complete sales playbook and document all the processes
• Build a team under you, train them, and ensure they hit their targets
  
  

Requirement

• Prior experience of 2-4 years in outbound pipeline generation as a Business Development Representative in the North American and/or EMEA markets.
• Ability to effectively leverage communication channels like cold emails, cold calls, LinkedIn outreach, etc.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in person, through email, and via telephone
• High levels of motivation and self-driven attitude
• Preferably experience working with B2B SaaS companies
• Good understanding of CRM (HubSpot, Fresh sales & others)
• Good understanding of Prospecting and Automation tools
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively interact, negotiate, and close deals with multiple levels of prospects

What can you expect?

• State of the Art gadgets and tools
• Receive a more-than-competitive salary + $$$ incentives
• Complete Health coverage for you and your family
• A flat and transparent culture
• Enjoy a culture with opportunities for growth and learning.

Job description:

• To manage and develop the exhibition sales team setting objectives to achieve pre-set targets identified from the exhibition sales plan.
• To ensure that all opportunities are reacted to, proactively targeted and relationship managed in a timely manner.
• To develop sales strategy, taking into account market trends and the business environment and review this on a monthly basis reporting on any findings.
• To undertake relevant sales and marketing activities in order to achieve sales targets from exhibition clients.
• To ensure contracts are accurately raised and reflect the proposal made and ensure they are signed and returned.
• To ensure packages of services are agreed with the client and communicated to the ACC Liverpool events and operations teams.
• To ensure that the sustainability of an event is taken into account when offering availability to a client.
• To identify opportunities and grow new business from a variety of large multi national, local and regional organisations to ensure a diverse complimentary mix of events.
• Liaise closely with Corporate, Association, Sport and Entertainment sector leads on any potential clash events prior to confirming availability to clients to avoid programming conflict.
• To develop a robust CRM process to ensure that key client relationships are developed on an on-going consistent basis and that this information is recorded and reported each month.
• On a monthly basis, report on enquiries received, lost and developed, the state of the sector including business position in relation to the budget target.
• To follow up on any leads and general enquiries, dealing with them in a timely and efficient manner and ensure that team members do the same.
• To proactively call potential customers and ensure that team members are targeted to do the same.
• To set up and attend regular ‘keep in touch’ client meetings.
• To set up and attend regular ‘keep in touch’ team member meetings.
• To attend exhibitions, meetings and other events nationally and internationally as required to promote our organization.
• To provide a monthly sales activity report.

• Directly impact revenue generation
• Advise patients about the service through structured way.
• Understand patients profile & problems to explain the benefits 
• Hand holding the patients throughout their journey