Senior Manager in Business Development at Acuity Inc. developing and managing distributor relationships while driving sales growth and team leadership responsibilities.
About the role
- Build and maintain existing and new relationships with client home office teams, operations partners, and supplier teams.
- Fully understand the life cycle of a sales and be able to communicate it accordingly to a variety of audiences.
- Proactively identify sales opportunity with suppliers and merchants and successfully close sales.
- Manage a pipeline and sales quota with strong communication to internal teams/supervisor.
- Understand contracts and work orders, and properly communicate these accordingly.
- Positively partner with cross-functional teams, including but not limited to: operations, systems, creative/marketing, fulfillment, insights, and more.
- Seek new information and opportunities via the industry, client partners, and supplier contacts to continue to remain relevant and drive sales while growing relationships.
- Create and deliver presentations to a variety of audiences.
- Be familiar with and frequently use negotiating tactics.
- Maintain a strong and assertive customer service mindset with strong verbal and written communication skills.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience;
- Previous experience in a similar or retail industry is highly desired.
- A minimum of two years of related sales experience within the retail or CPG industry with a proven track record for meeting sales quotas.
- Strong computer and technical skills including Microsoft systems such as Windows, Office, etc.
- Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): This position requires the use of a smartphone or tablet not provided or paid for by the company. The operating system must be Android OS 5.0+, or Apple 8.0+.
- Ability to present facts and recommendations effectively in oral and written form. English is the primary language skill; however, bilingual skills may be required based on business necessity.
Benefits
- Standard office environment. (3) Days a week in the office other work will be performed remotely. This role requires limited travel within the US up to 10 times per year to visit clients and perform retail audits.
- Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), WIS is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to effectively perform the essential functions of the job. We are an Equal Opportunity employer.
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