Junior Business Development Executive

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. 

Zycus is looking out for a seasoned Business Development/Inside Sales Executive, with business development experience of about 1-5 years. Candidate should have hands-on experience in generation of leads and new business opportunities.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manage customer accounts in a SaaS based technology company .
• White spacing activities on customer accounts along with persona mapping.
• Collaborate with Sales, TAM, CSM and Implementation/ Delivery teams.
• Create cross sell opportunities and providing support on customer marketing activities.
• Generating new business leads and opportunities
• Collaborating with Regional Sales Managers to accelerate influx of business opportunities in the assigned territory.
• Reaching out via phone/email/social media to connect with prospective customers.
• Conducting secondary research into company financials, line of business, technology requirements, etc., to personalize prospecting efforts
• Staying up to date with the latest procurement industry trends & best practices
• Competitor analysis & positioning against them
• Delivering first-level Corporate Overview Presentations
• Pre-qualification of business opportunities (Gauging- Budget, Authority, Need & Timeline)
• Strategizing cross-functional campaigns to be conducted by BD & Marketing.

Skills & Experience Required

• Should have experience of 1-5 years in business development/inside sales in a software company
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills in English (Public Speaking background is preferable)
• Soft Skills (Pitching, Probing, Objection Handling, Rapport Building)
• Strong, in-depth analytical skill
• Proficient in professional business conversational etiquette
• Account Mapping & Social Selling ability
• Networking & Team Management
• Educational Qualification: B.E./MBA from premium institutes

Five Reasons Why You Should Join Zycus

1. Cloud Product Company: We are a Cloud SaaS Company and our products are created by using the latest technologies like ML and AI. Be a part of the next generation global business process transformation using SAAS - A Disruptive trend in the industry.
2. Join the Experts: Zycus has been consistently recognized by Gartner and  Forrester as a Leader in Strategic Sourcing and Source-to-Contract  Suites. Zycus has been recognized for its 'completeness of vision' and  'ability to execute' in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites, published in October 2021 (https://www.zycus.com/)
3. Become a Thought Leader: Play a critical role in taking the business to the next level and champion thought leadership in Cognitive Procurement with our Merlin AI Suite 
4. Get a Global Exposure: Work with our fortune 500 global customers.
5. Advance your career with us: We’re enthusiastic to help our employees learn different aspects of the business, be challenged with new tasks, be mentored, and grow.

About Us

Zycus is a pioneer in Cognitive Procurement software and has been a trusted partner of choice for large global enterprises for two decades. Zycus has been consistently recognized by Gartner, Forrester, and other analysts for its Source to Pay integrated suite. Zycus powers its S2P software with the revolutionary Merlin AI Suite. Merlin AI takes over the tactical tasks and empowers procurement and AP officers to focus on strategic projects; offers data-driven actionable insights for quicker and smarter decisions, and its conversational AI offers a B2C type user experience to the end-users.

Zycus helps enterprises drive real savings, reduce risks, and boost compliance, and its seamless, intuitive, and easy-to-use user interface ensures high adoption and value across the organization.

Start your #CognitiveProcurement journey with us, as you are #MeantforMore

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

• Build relationships with prospective clients
• Maintain consistent contact with existing clients
• Manage sales pipeline
• Analyze market and establish competitive advantages
• Track metrics to ensure targets are hit

Qualifications

• Master's degree and experience in 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

Zycus is looking out for a seasoned Business Development Executives, with business development experience of about 0-4 years. Candidate should have hands-on experience in the generation of leads and new business opportunities.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Generating new business leads and opportunities
• Collaborating with Regional Sales Managers to accelerate influx of business opportunities in the assigned territory.
• Reaching out via phone/email/social media to connect with prospective customers.
• Conducting secondary research into company financials, line of business, technology requirements, etc., to personalize prospecting efforts
• Staying up to date with the latest procurement industry trends & best practices
• Competitor analysis & positioning against them
• Delivering first-level Corporate Overview Presentations
• Pre-qualification of business opportunities (Gauging- Budget, Authority, Need & Timeline)
• Strategizing cross-functional campaigns to be conducted by BD & Marketing.

Skills & Experience Required

• Should have experience of 0-4 years in business development/inside sales in a software company
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills in English (Public Speaking background is preferable)
• Soft Skills (Pitching, Probing, Objection Handling, Rapport Building)
• Strong, in-depth analytical skill
• Proficient in professional business conversational etiquette
• Account Mapping & Social Selling ability
• Networking & Team Management
• Preffered Educational Qualification: B.E./MBA 

Note:

1. Candidates need check the detail and apply for the job online before the Walk-in at "https://zycus.skillate.com/jobs/54408"

Five Reasons Why You Should Join Zycus

1. Cloud Product Company: We are a Cloud SaaS Company and our products are created by using the latest technologies like ML and AI. Be a part of the next generation global business process transformation using SAAS - A Disruptive trend in the industry.
2. Join the Experts: Zycus has been consistently recognized by Gartner and  Forrester as a Leader in Strategic Sourcing and Source-to-Contract  Suites. Zycus has been recognized for its 'completeness of vision' and  'ability to execute' in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay Suites, published in October 2021 (https://www.zycus.com/)
3. Become a Thought Leader: Play a critical role in taking the business to the next level and champion thought leadership in Cognitive Procurement with our Merlin AI Suite 
4. Get a Global Exposure: Work with our fortune 500 global customers.
5. Advance your career with us: We’re enthusiastic to help our employees learn different aspects of the business, be challenged with new tasks, be mentored, and grow.

About Us

Zycus is a pioneer in Cognitive Procurement software and has been a trusted partner of choice for large global enterprises for two decades. Zycus has been consistently recognized by Gartner, Forrester, and other analysts for its Source to Pay integrated suite. Zycus powers its S2P software with the revolutionary Merlin AI Suite. Merlin AI takes over the tactical tasks and empowers procurement and AP officers to focus on strategic projects; offers data-driven actionable insights for quicker and smarter decisions, and its conversational AI offers a B2C type user experience to the end-users.

Zycus helps enterprises drive real savings, reduce risks, and boost compliance, and its seamless, intuitive, and easy-to-use user interface ensures high adoption and value across the organization.

Start your #CognitiveProcurement journey with us, as you are #MeantforMore

• Conduct market research to identify selling possibilities and evaluate customer needs.
• Actively seek out new sales opportunities through cold calling, networking, and other possible sources.
• Set up meetings with potential clients and convert them to closures.
• Making Outbound Calls, generating new opportunities & nurturing the opportunities generated
• Follow up on leads and conduct research to identify potential prospects.
• Negotiate/close deals and handle complaints or objections.
• Work with the teams (External/Internal) to develop and grow the sales pipeline to consistently meet desired goals.
• Data-driven analysis with strong attention to detail and ability to execute within a matrix team structure.
• Sharing quotations to customers through email on real-time basis
• Communicating with customers on over phone & over email.
• Build strong relationships with clients to increase sales and customer satisfaction.
• Meet or exceed Monthly / Quarterly / Yearly sales targets by closing deals and negotiating contracts.
• Provide excellent customer service by responding to customer inquiries and resolving issues in a timely manner with collaboration of support team. Prepare and present proposals and demonstrations to clients.
• Prepare and submit sales reports and forecasts to management.

• Identify, contact and engage prospective clients.
• Online ad sales.
• Make daily sales calls/presentations and bring revenue for the company. 
• Convert leads coming from the website.
• Create and implement strategies to seek out potential partners to promote our solutions.