Wesco is a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services, and supply chain solutions. As a Manager – Business Development, you will be responsible for account management in the Data Center industry and creating effective business plans to generate revenue and improve customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
- Identifies, evaluates, and develops new business opportunities in order to expand business and increase profitability
- Responsible for retaining and expanding existing company relationships, product lines or market segments, and soliciting new business from prospective customers and suppliers
- Oversees development and research activities to build on the Company’s strengths, identifies potential new markets and business opportunities and increases market share
- Establishes relationships with potential customers. Discusses unmet needs, problems, or complaints, and arranges for meetings with appropriate stakeholders
- Calls on existing or prospective customers within framework of business development call program
- Represents MaxCell in identifying, evaluating, and negotiating acquisitions, partnerships, alliances, joint ventures, and start-ups in current and new business
- Conducts roll out meetings at new, key, and global account customer locations
- Leads, develops, and nurtures local implementation teams (LIT)
- Finds, calculates, and documents cost savings related to direct spend, indirect spend and value add services programs
- Creates and implements account business development activities including product gap identification, account discovery process, and engagement
- Conducts internal and customer training sessions on account and customer processes
- Serves as liaison between key suppliers, marketing services, and location operations
Requirements:
- High School Degree or Equivalent required
- 5 years required experience directly related to position
- 5 years required of financial analysis, sales, negotiation
- Knowledge of industry including customers and competitors
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong business analysis, financial modeling and negotiation skills
- Ability to initiate and develop relationships with key decision makers inside and outside company
- Capable of spotting new business opportunities and quickly evaluate opportunities
- Capacity to analyze financial and operational data, statements and projections
- Ability to identify and cultivate external resources
- Ability to establish relationships of trust
- Ability to learn complex technical information quickly
- Comfortable working in fast-paced environment and simultaneously manage several projects
- Ability to travel up to 50%
- Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration
- 6+ years of preferred experience directly related to position
- 6+ years preferred of financial analysis, sales, negotiation
- Knowledge of MaxCell's strengths and challenges