Business Development Executive

Weekday AI (YC W21); Kolkata District; On-site; INR 300,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday AI in Kolkata is seeking a proactive Business Development Executive to identify new business opportunities, build strong client relationships, and drive sales growth. The role requires strong communication, negotiation skills, and willingness to travel for client meetings, product demonstrations, and site visits.

The successful candidate will generate and qualify leads, manage a healthy sales pipeline, and coordinate with internal teams to ensure smooth delivery after closure.

Qualifications

• Prior sales or business development experience is preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Willingness to travel for client meetings and site visits.

Responsibilities

• Identify and engage potential clients through cold calling, email outreach, networking, and other business development channels.
• Generate and qualify leads and build a healthy sales pipeline.
• Conduct client meetings, product demonstrations, presentations, and regular site visits.
• Understand client requirements and recommend suitable products or solutions.
• Prepare and share quotations, proposals, commercial documents, and presentations.
• Follow up consistently with prospective clients to move opportunities through the sales cycle.
• Negotiate with clients and close sales opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure smooth execution and timely delivery after closure.
• Maintain accurate CRM records, sales activity, pipeline status, and follow-up information.
• Track market trends and competitor activities to identify new business opportunities.
• Work toward achieving individual and team sales targets.

Skills

Sales

Business Development

Lead Generation

Client Relationship Management

Negotiation & Closing

Job description

Job Description:

This role is for one of the Weekdays clients

Salary range: Rs 300000 - Rs 360000 (ie INR 3 - 3.6 LPA)

Min Experience: 2+ years

Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
JobType: full-time

We are looking for a proactive and target-oriented Business Development Executive to identify new business opportunities, build strong client relationships, and drive sales growth. The ideal candidate should have strong communication and negotiation skills and be comfortable with client meetings, product demonstrations, field visits, and sales follow-ups.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and engage potential clients through cold calling, email outreach, networking, and other business development channels.
• Generate and qualify leads and build a healthy sales pipeline.
• Conduct client meetings, product demonstrations, presentations, and regular site visits.
• Understand client requirements and recommend suitable products or solutions.
• Prepare and share quotations, proposals, commercial documents, and presentations.
• Follow up consistently with prospective clients to move opportunities through the sales cycle.
• Negotiate with clients and successfully close sales opportunities.
• Build and maintain strong, long-term relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Coordinate with internal teams to ensure smooth execution and timely delivery after closure.
• Maintain accurate and updated CRM records, sales activity, pipeline status, and follow-up information.
• Track market trends and competitor activities to identify new business opportunities.
• Work toward achieving individual and team sales targets.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Prior experience in sales or business development is preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Good client-facing and relationship management abilities.
• Strong negotiation, persuasion, and closing skills.
• Willingness to travel for client meetings and site visits.
• Self-motivated, target-driven, and capable of working independently.
• Good organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple leads and opportunities.

Must-Have Skills

• Sales
• Business Development
• Lead Generation
• Client Relationship Management
• Negotiation & Closing