Business Development Specialist

Position Summary

The Business Development Specialist is part of the Sales & Business Development team for Greco Architectural Metal Products a CSW Industrials company. This role is responsible for expanding sales and market awareness of Greco products in the Canadian market with an initial emphasis on growing the companys specification bid invitation and award rates in Ontario and other major markets throughout Canada.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with general contractors and sub-contractors to become prequalified.
• Engage with pre-construction and other project teams throughout the bid process providing the companys sales and estimating team with direct support to negotiate and win the sale.
• Actively engage in pre-bidding stages to increase specification and bid invitation frequency and use Dodge SpecSuccess and other tools to submit substitution requests when need to get into the specifications.
• Work with the companys sales and estimating team to compile a list of bidders for each project so that there is full coverage for bid day.
• Lead management of opportunities from demand generation and identification through to bid requests being Stay connected / available with opportunity after passed to estimator(s) and contracts to help ensure continuity and excellent service across the entire customer experience.
• Participate in internal and external training for sales and product-related skills and utilize tools provided to become better educated about products and applications offered by Greco.
• Develop and maintain performance-oriented sales initiatives updating CRM and other pipeline management tools.
• Use lead identification tools such as Dodge Construction to identify and pursue projects and project owners and position Greco products as a preferred solution.
• Work independently through in-person virtual and digital self-marketing efforts trade shows industry organization meetings or any other form of networking event or opportunity to promote the companys products.
• Daily duties to include but are not limited to quoting follow up on backlog follow up on outstanding quotes and projects and ensure the best possible close rates.
• Deliver presentations to architects designers general contractors and Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJs) including AIA-approved continuing education courses as well as company specific CES and PK presentations in person and virtually to ensure Companys specification frequency and growth initiatives.
• Consistent engagement with architects and specification writers to increase basis of design (BOD) rate and get into their office master spec and develop and nurture a consultative relationship with project architects to ensure protection of BOD preference.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills

Experience

Education

Other Requirements

Greco Architectural Metal Products has accommodation processes and policies in place and provides accommodation for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or documented medical need please contact the Human Resource office so that arrangements can be made for the appropriate accommodation to be put into place before you begin your employment.

Required Experience :

IC

Key Skills

Business Development,Sales Experience,B2B Sales,Presentation Skills,Time Management,Marketing,Cold Calling,Microsoft Powerpoint,Salesforce,Organization Design,Public Speaking,Lead Generation

Employment Type : Full-Time

Department / Functional Area : Sales

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1