Posted 1mo ago

Business Development Manager

@ Black Box
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
OnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities:Lead generation, Proposal development, Client engagement
Requirements Summary:Minimum 12+ years’ experience; 5+ years in IT sales; strong pre-sales, outsourcing, and account management; willingness to travel; excellent networking and negotiation.
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Job Specifications & Requirements

  • Minimum 12+ years’ experience, with at least 5 years’ experience in Sales in the IT-sector

  • Well networked with customer organizations

  • Experience of handling larger outsourcing engagements within the IT-Service industry (pre-sales or sales phase)

  • Proven track record of sales successes. Business development experience

  • Willingness to travel. Open, communicative and team-oriented

  • Self-reliant and compelling, Analytic and conceptual frame of mind

  • Goal oriented, resilient 

     

Key Responsibilities

Lead generation and onboarding new logos
 

  • Collaborate with Practitioner Sales, Client Delivery Leads to identify services/ offerings / value proposition to take to the customer based on client requirement

  • Forge relationships with buying offices of potential client, gather relevant vertical and market knowledge

  • Learn, know and bring the best of Black Box to customer (offerings, use cases, etc.)

  • Define overall pursuit strategy incorporating feedback from past customer experience; develop client proposal and pricing along with bid manager and Solution Architects

  • Generate leads through secondary research and pursue leads identified by marketing teams and leaders 

     

Drive leads to closure

  • Own actual negotiation; also coordinate inputs / participation from different stakeholders

  • Develop negotiation strategy & negotiate contract / agreement; oversee bid manager in drafting SoW for contract; participate in win/loss review

  • Collate & communicate learnings from pitches, proposals, customer feedback to Sales team