Business Development Executive
LP & Associates' client
Ho Chi Minh City
Posted
65 months ago
Role title: Business Development Executive
Overall Role Purpose: Identify new business opportunities, acquire, develop, and improve company‟s in the target Industrial Estate zones in 12-24 months period. The manager must ensure that the markets receive the highest levels of service from the network, using a consultative selling approach and applying company advantage programs and logistics solutions to strategically improve the overall competitive advantage of the customer.
Reports to: Relationship Sales Manager
Accountabilities
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Key activities
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Overall goals / Typical measures
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Customer
- External
- Internal
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Customers (Local & International)
Lead and manage customer presentations and proposals, ensuring there is a common understanding of service expectations and solutions, both with the customer and Company
Business Development Manager
Follow BDM directions and report progress
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Gain market share in industrial areas in Vietnam
Achieve revenue targets
Timely and accurate reports
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Stakeholder
- External
- Internal
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Business and Trade Associations/ Industry and Commerce Associations
Establish relationship and work closely with their governing bodies and members
Government Entities (i.e. the Industrial Estates Authority)
Establish relationship and work closely with their governing bodies and members
Sales Management Team
Lead and coach the functional sales team, Field Sales Executives, Key Account Executives, and Global Executives for company products and logistics solutions and selling skills ensuring businesses are acquired and secured
Coordinate with National Sales team to provide seamless services to customers and to ensure fair internal treatment
Operations/ Business Services Management Team
Coordinate with National Operations team to ensure quality services and customer satisfaction
All Relevant Departments
Inform and coordinate with other departments to ensure smooth operations flow and target achievements
Asia Pacific Regional Office
Work with worldwide company Network in securing country, regional and/or global contracts from targeted customers
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Gain leadership position in the industry
Establish positive regulatory environment to support business growth
Provide seamless services to customers
Ensure customer satisfaction
Ensure appropriate internal communication
Achieve revenue targets for GMNC customers
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Process
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Sales Planning
Formulate sales plan that incorporates initiatives in identifying and gaining new businesses and maximizing growth within the existing customers to achieve required sales results
Lead and direct company resources to identify and develop express and logistics opportunities in industrial areas.
Lead and manage the development of business acquisition projects with nominated accounts ensuring targeted revenue and profitability levels in line with the sales plans
Customer Relation Support
Manage a consistent customer approach across all projects and sites to provide a common basis for working together to avoid duplication and redundancy and to provide customers with a “one company” service or solution.
Develop strategies, service initiatives and contingency plans for the effective denial of competitor initiatives with the nominated customers to prevent split business and customer defection.
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People - Management
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Incumbent has no direct reports and authority over country line and functional personnel. Nevertheless he/she must be able to demonstrate ability to influence decisions/actions.
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Informal influence to enable improvement and change within the organization
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Skills / Qualifications
Skills
Ability to manage and develop relationships and negotiate at all levels of management in a customer organization.
Computer software literacy (Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
High caliber in sales
Highly Motivated
Excellent Drive and Resilience
Extended Network Knowledge
Strong written and spoken English skills
Language of business practices is required: total quality management, supply chain management, progressive and regressive pricing, electronic commerce, profit value chain components, matrix management
Competences
Competency segment „Business‟
Analysis: Breaks down a problem, situation or process into its component parts, separates the main issues from side-issues, understands the nature of parts and their relationship to one another. Seeks out and critically evaluates both numerical and narrative information. Draws accurate conclusions.
Planning & Organizing: Sets clear and realistic goals and objectives. Establishes a course of action and a sequence of steps to ensure that activities and objectives are efficiently achieved. Is structured with good personal organization. Schedules time effectively and uses efficient work methods and tools.
Decision Making: Makes timely and appropriate choices based on accurate analysis and experience. Uses sound judgment even in conditions of uncertainty. Anticipates impact of decisions and plans how to manage risk.
Results Orientation: Continually seeks to accomplish critical tasks with measurable results. Overcomes obstacles and makes adjustments to achieve results. Focuses self and others to achieve targets aligned with business goals.
Competency segment „Leadership‟
Teamwork: Works cooperatively with others to achieve target and objectives. Accomplishes own tasks in support of team goals and actively offers to help colleagues. Supports group decisions.
Competency segment „Personal‟
Accountability: Acts responsibly. Can be counted on to keep commitments. Complies with the intent of policies, procedures and agreements. Builds others' trust in own professionalism, integrity, ex pertise and ability to get results.
Communication: Provides both verbal and written information in a timely, clear and concise manner. Expresses ideas effectively, adjusting style, tools and mode to the needs of others. Listens attentively, and summarizes or asks questions, when needed, to clarify information.
Self Management: Remains calm, objective and controlled in responding to urgent or demanding situations. Maintains effective performance under pressure. Stays positive.
Expected years of experience
Exposure in handling specific industry accounts is an advantage.
Comprehensive knowledge of company network or related industry is an advantage.
Total dedication to and focus upon servicing and supporting both internal and external customers
Ideally with experience in selling to the key industries
Minimum 5 years corporate sales experience, preferably in a service-related industry
Previous experience in managing account managers or sales staff
Educational Qualifications
Preferably with a degree in Business Management
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