Business Development Manager

Employbridge; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental & Vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Employbridge is seeking a Business Development Manager for the South Kansas City territory to expand market share through proactive new business development, strategic prospecting, and comprehensive account management. The role emphasizes building relationships, meeting sales goals, and driving revenue growth across various industries.

Ideal candidates will excel in outside sales activities, including cold calling, territory planning, and networking with decision-makers.

Qualifications

• Leadership and interpersonal skills are required to drive results.
• Ability to manage customer relationships and sales cycles across industries.
• Strong communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Expand market share through new business development and sales opportunities.
• Provide full end-to-end customer sales and account management.
• Earn and nurture relationships to grow revenues within existing customers.
• Lead strategic market conversations and present solutions to clients.

Skills

Leadership

Customer relationships

Sales mindset

Territory planning

Strategic thinking

Communication

Job description

SOUTH KANSAS CITY territory - Business Development Manager If you’re looking to make an impact and partner with incredible clients across a variety of industries, then Employbridge has exciting career opportunities for you. We’re passionate about helping jobseekers find work that truly matters, and we’re committed to making a difference day by day.

At Employbridge, our culture is built on a strong foundation of core values that guide us as we work together to Champion People and Unlock Potential. We believe that your voice, your ideas, and your experiences shapes our success. You’re not just a part of a team but at the heart of everything we do.

Regardless of where you come from, we want to create a space for you. We’re proud of our inclusive and supportive environment, where everyone feels like they belong and can be their authentic self. The work we do is dynamic, meaningful, and will challenge you to be Better, Always. Plus, you might find unexpected opportunities along the way. There’s so much more to explore—come see for yourself!

The Business Development Manager expands market share through new business development, sales opportunities, and by providing full end-to-end customer sales and account management. This role generates new business through outside sales activities such as cold calls, prospecting, territory planning, and relationship building. The position is accountable for nurturing relationships to grow revenues through existing customers. A successful Business Development Manager is accountable to sales goals and performance through ongoing personal development.

Responsibilities

• Actively and consistently supports all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
• Excellent customer service skills including ability to react appropriately in stressful situations and deal with difficult customer situations diplomatically.
• Attracts new and maintains existing customer relationship via phone, social media, face-to-face meetings, and email (is aware of social selling index via LinkedIn).
• Engages with decision makers (including executives) during buying process.
• Targets higher quality leads and leverages existing partnerships to expand the prospect funnel.
• Acts as a market leader through connections with networking groups, trade associations, and social media groups.
• Engages in pre-call planning that uses market research to gain insights to customer’s challenges, identifies key stakeholders and challenges customers to think about how to transform the way their business works while demonstrating a strong understanding of the customer’s priorities.
• Provides consultative account management, post-sale support, frequent contact, and follow-up.
• Leads strategic market related conversations with customers and can present and upsell additional products depending on the client’s needs.

Your Attributes

• Business perspective, perseverance, patience, and responsiveness.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to sell top down at all levels in a company regardless of the industry.
• Manage a sales funnel, identify, and develop key account and close business.
• Understands what makes a business or organization successful as well as staying up to date on daily happenings and developments in the business world.
• Seeks to become knowledgeable about customers to provide better service. Able to identify and prioritize customer needs, recognize constraints, and deliver on promises.
• Identifies key components of problems and situations, and generate a range of creative solutions, evaluate them, and choose the most appropriate option.
• Picks up and assimilates relevant information quickly and easily while learning new tasks. Ability to think on your feet in rapidly changing environments.
• Builds better relationships with leadership, customers, and colleagues by being trustworthy and working ethically.
• Achieves results in a quality, timely, and cost-effective way. Sees priorities, plans the efficient use of resources, and monitors progress against objectives.
• Responds positively to change and adapted to new situations quickly. Able to take on a diverse range of tasks equally effectively.
• Experience using various technology platforms to drive effective decisions.

This position pays a competitive base salary, monthly commissions, a comprehensive benefits package, and excellent growth potential!

Employbridge Benefits Include:

• Employbridge offers a competitive benefits package which includes Medical/Dental/Vision, prescription drug benefits, 401(k), paid time off and holidays, a wellness program, and incentive programs. We also offer a variety of career paths and encourage promotion from within.

To find out more, visit us at www.employbridge.com.

Employbridge is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.