Business Development Manager

ManpowerGroup; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

ManpowerGroup in India seeks a driven Business Development Manager to strengthen its client portfolio and accelerate growth in staffing and talent solutions. The role focuses on B2B sales across enterprise and mid-market clients, building trusted relationships with CXOs, HR leaders, and procurement teams to deliver consultative workforce solutions.

You will drive acquisition across Permanent Hiring, RPO, Executive Search, and Talent Solutions, managing the full sales lifecycle and ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience in B2B sales within staffing, recruitment, or talent solutions.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with CXOs, HR leaders, and procurement teams.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and solutioning abilities.

Responsibilities

• Drive new business acquisition across enterprise and mid-market clients.
• Identify, prospect, and develop new business opportunities across target industries.
• Build and maintain relationships with CXOs, HR leaders, procurement teams, and business heads.
• Understand client talent requirements and provide consultative workforce solutions.
• Sell and position permanent hiring, RPO, executive search, and talent solutions.
• Manage the complete sales lifecycle from prospecting to account growth.
• Develop a strong sales pipeline and achieve revenue targets.
• Collaborate with internal recruitment and delivery teams to ensure delivery and client experience quality.
• Identify cross-selling opportunities and expand existing accounts.
• Establish long-term partnerships as a trusted workforce solutions partner.

Skills

B2B sales

Client relationships

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

CRM software

Job description

We are looking for a driven and result-oriented Business Development Manager to strengthen our client portfolio and accelerate business growth. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in B2B sales within the staffing, recruitment, or talent solutions industry and the ability to build trusted relationships with senior business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive new business acquisition across enterprise and mid-market clients.
• Identify, prospect, and develop new business opportunities across target industries.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with CXOs, HR Leaders, Procurement Teams, and Business Heads.
• Understand client talent requirements and provide consultative workforce solutions aligned with their business needs.
• Sell and position solutions across Permanent Hiring, RPO, Executive Search, and Talent Solutions.
• Manage the complete sales lifecycle, including prospecting, client meetings, solutioning, proposal discussions, negotiations, client acquisition, and account growth.
• Build a strong sales pipeline and consistently work toward achieving defined revenue and business targets.
• Collaborate with internal recruitment and delivery teams to ensure effective solution delivery and a strong client experience.
• Develop existing accounts by identifying opportunities for cross-selling and business expansion.
• Establish long-term, strategic partnerships with clients and act as a trusted workforce solutions partner.