Business Development Supervisor jobs in Louisiana

Overview

The Business Development Position will be based in the Louisiana, service the Gulf Coast Region and execute commercial sales activities. Applicant should have a strong understanding of the sales process, excelling at prospecting, converting leads, building relationships, and closing business.

Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated quick learner, with a bias for action. The candidate will possess strong negotiating skills, the ability to showcase our offerings in a compelling way and be comfortable presenting in front of groups. The person must be able to work collaboratively in a team environment, to ensure a culture of success is maintained.

· Engage with customers to develop, maintain, and expand commercial relationships

· Present and sell products and services to current and potential customers

· Prepare action plans and schedules to identify specific customer targets for new business growth

· Prospect industry accounts to expand customer base

· Work closely with estimating, engineering, and purchasing to ensure providing best solution to customers.

· Develop and maintain sales materials and current product knowledge

· Establish and maintain current client and potential customer relationships; identify and resolve customer concerns

· Prepare a variety of status reports, including itineraries, timely call reports and expense reports; review monthly sales reports in order to monitor customer performance and evaluate appropriate business actions; forecast annual territory sales, report pertinent customer data, gather and report on competitive activity.

· Achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual sales goals within assigned territory

· Participate in marketing events such as seminars, tradeshows, and marketing events

· Assist with overdue collections of accounts within the region.

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred and/or three years to five years of applicable industrial/technical sales experience required

· Process water filtration experience strongly preferred

· Proven track record of successfully increasing territory sales volume consistently

· Ability to persuade and influence others as well as develop and deliver sales presentations

· Computer proficiency required

· Strong time management skills and the ability to organize and manage multiple priorities

· Must be a strong team player with the ability to work with high performance teams

· Customer-oriented and able to adapt to changing customer requirements; Strong problem-solving skills required

· Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills as well as ability to utilize appropriate e-mail and telephone etiquette; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; Ability to speak, listen and communicate well throughout all levels of the organization

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $100,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance

Schedule:

• Evenings as needed
• Weekends as needed

Travel requirement:

• Travel

Work Location: In person