Business Development Executive

Manchester Source: WhatJobs
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Overview

In this role, you will help grow IRIS’s new business pipeline by engaging prospective customers, understanding their needs and positioning IRIS solutions. You work within a collaborative sales team to generate opportunities and develop relationships with decision-makers. You’ll manage your own pipeline, hit targets and contribute to cross-functional efforts with Marketing and Sales. This is a fast-growing software business with strong development and progression opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and engage prospective customers via phone, email and LinkedIn
  • Research and discover new business opportunities
  • Build relationships with key decision-makers
  • Understand customer needs and challenges through conversations
  • Generate and qualify sales opportunities for the wider team
  • Develop and manage your own sales pipeline
  • Work toward individual and team targets
  • Maintain accurate activity and opportunity records in the CRM
  • Collaborate with Sales and Marketing teams
  • Develop product and commercial knowledge of IRIS portfolio

Key requirements

  • Experience in Sales Development, Business Development, Telesales or other customer-facing roles (preferred)
  • Confident communicating with new people
  • Curious and able to ask insightful questions
  • Target-driven and motivated by results
  • Resilient and proactive in a sales environment
  • Organised with multi-prospect management
  • Coachable and ambitious
  • Team player with a positive attitude
  • Energy
  • Resilience
  • Curiosity
  • CRM usage (recording activities and opportunities)
  • Prospecting and lead qualification
  • LinkedIn outreach

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