Business Development Manager

Seventh Sense; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Seventh Sense is seeking a dynamic sales/Business Development professional in Chennai to identify opportunities, generate leads, and present tailored product solutions. You will build strong client relationships, coordinate with partners, and drive growth across markets.

Responsibilities include leading a team, negotiating deals, and ensuring contracts align with company capabilities while expanding the brand presence in the industry and client community.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication in English; fluent speaking and writing.
• Ability to communicate in the regional language of the location.
• Strong leadership to manage a team.
• Clear voice, pronunciation, and grammar in English.
• Good interpersonal skills with understanding of product, market, and customer.
• Ability to understand client needs and present solutions.
• Willing to travel and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Researching and identifying sales opportunities, generating leads, target identification, and classification.
• Reaching out to new customers with pitches outlining benefits of products/services and engaging via partners to close deals.
• Understand client requirements and customize products/services accordingly.
• Lead and motivate the sales team; conduct regular team meetings to review performance.
• Build and maintain relationships with potential and existing clients to grow business.
• Design negotiating strategies and lead negotiations to close deals with internal resources.
• Ensure contractual requirements align with company operations and capabilities.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Fluent English

Regional language

Interpersonal skills

Needs analysis

Willing to travel

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Researching and identifying sales opportunities, generating leads, target identification, and classification
• Reaching out to new customers and making presentations or pitches outlining the benefits of products/services and reaching out directly or through partners to target prospective business deals
• Understanding the client's requirements and then customizing the product/ services as per their needs
• Managing and handling the team, continuously following up with the team members, and conducting team meetings to review the performances of the team members.
• Encouraging the team and motivating them to achieve the targets.
• Focused on achieving/ exceeding targets defined for self and team
• Carry out market research through industry contacts, publications, trade events, and news to identify ideas for growth
• Filter out high-potential deals by analyzing business strategies, opportunity requirements / pre-requisites / financials, and internal priorities
• Design the best negotiating strategies by considering the risks and rewards, and keeping in mind the counterparties' preferences & goals
• Lead the negotiation to close the deal and draw in resources from within the company to make it happen
• Manage all contractual requirements and align the result with the company's internal operations and capabilities
• Constantly keep upgrading your business development techniques, and help in enhancing the company knowledge base by participating in training and educational initiatives
• As the face of the organization, you will also help in building the brand of the company in the industry, vendor, and customer community which also includes maintaining relationships with all potential and existing clients

Competencies and Skills Required

• Communication skills are the key to Sales. Good command of the English language and, the ability to speak fluently and write correct English are the basic requirements for this profile.
• Should be able to communicate in the regional language of that particular location.
• Should have good leadership qualities to manage the team.
• A clear voice, fluency, and correct pronunciation along with a strong grasp of grammar and words in the English language.
• Good interpersonal skills coupled with a thorough understanding of product, market, and customer.
• Ability to understand client's needs and present solutions
• Should be willing to travel and be adaptiv