Business Development Management

Chain IQ; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Chain IQ, a global AI-driven procurement partner, is seeking a Business Development Manager in Zürich, CH. You will drive growth in the EMEA region, identify new sales targets with top management, and craft sophisticated proposals to win procurement services while guiding delivery and building stakeholder relationships.

Join a dynamic, international team where ethical practices, client focus and ownership are valued.

Qualifikationen

• University degree or equivalent professional experience
• Excellent project management and multi-tasking abilities
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Excellent commercial and analytical thinking
• Proactive, client-focused mindset with strong communication
• Fluent in English and German; additional languages a plus

Aufgaben

• Drive revenue growth by leading procurement health checks and sales proposals
• Coordinate with prospects in important meetings, including C-level
• Lead contract negotiations efficiently and effectively
• Support onboarding to start services in line with contracts
• Track BD activities in the CRM system
• Promote ethics, client focus and integrity across the team

Kenntnisse

Project management

Leadership

Commercial acumen

Analytical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Client-focused

Team player

Procurement knowledge

MS Office/PowerPoint

Ausbildung

University degree

Tools

MS Office

Jobbeschreibung

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Title: Business Development Management

Location: Zürich, CH

Date: Sep 14, 2026

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients' indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters - bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.

Role Purpose:

As Business Development Manager you will be working at the forefront of the company’s growth activities within the region EMEA. You will be responsible to identify and agree on new sales targets together with the top management, to create and negotiate sophisticated sales proposals in order to sell procurement services, to lead through the delivery of the services and to build relationships with clients’ stakeholders.

Your responsibilities:

• Driving revenue growth by taking the lead in client’s procurement health check assessments and in the development & submission of sophisticated sales proposals
• Helping to drive the sales pipeline by preparing, leading and participating in important prospective client meetings (incl. C-level meetings)
• Leading contract negotiations efficiently and effectively
• Supporting the client onboarding process to successfully start the client service in line with the contractual obligations
• Managing and keeping track of business development/sales activities in CRM tool
• Acting as role model fostering a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices, client / quality focus and encourages individual integrity

Your profile:

• Excellent project management skills with the ability to remain calm under pressure and to multi-task
• Strong leadership skills in managing client-related procurement health check assessments with a proven ability to work effectively in a cross-functional and cross-cultural team
• Solid commercial acumen, strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a positive and client-orientated mindset combined with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline driven and extremely rapidly changing environment
• Innovative and pro-active thinking to identify business opportunities and to create solutions to improve customer experience
• Team player with excellent communication skills and good aptitude to learn with a willingness to share knowledge and to learn from others
• Profound understanding of the procurement function and related activities
• University degree or long-term professional experience / industry expertise
• Fluent in English and German; French or other languages would be an advantage.
• Advanced skills in MS Office including PowerPoint and equivalent creative solution

Join a truly global team.

We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. We're proud to be Great Place to Work-certified and even prouder of the people who make that possible. Let’s shape the future of procurement - together.

Chain IQ – Create. Lead. Make an impact.

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