Business Development Manager - ( Lighting )

Wesco; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wesco in Chicago seeks a Manager - Business Development to identify and develop new business opportunities, expanding profitability and market share. You will manage relationships with customers and suppliers, lead roll-out meetings, and coordinate across internal teams to drive growth.

The role requires strong communication, financial analysis, and negotiation skills, with travel 50%–75% to support key accounts and partnerships across locations.

Qualifications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong business analysis, financial modeling and negotiation skills.
• Capacity to initiate and develop relationships with key decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, evaluates, and develops new business opportunities to expand profitability.
• Retains and expands existing relationships, product lines or market segments and solicits new business.
• Oversees development and research to build on strengths and increase market share.
• Establishes relationships with potential customers and suppliers and schedules meetings with Wesco reps.
• Calls on existing or prospective customers within the business development program.
• Represents Wesco in acquisitions, partnerships, alliances, joint ventures, and startups.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Business analysis

Financial modeling

Negotiation skills

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration preferred

High School Degree or Equivalent

Job description

As a Manager - Business Development, you will manage research, analyze, and develop new business opportunities. You will be responsible for creating effective business plans to generate revenue, increase product lines, expand into new markets, and improve customer satisfaction. You will analyze and monitor business growth and decline, as well as provide possible solutions and new ways to strengthen the Company's competitive position within the industry.

Responsibilities

• Identifies, evaluates, and develops new business opportunities in order to expand business and increase profitability.
• Responsible for retaining and expanding existing company relationships, product lines or market segments, and soliciting new business from prospective customers and suppliers.
• Oversees development and research activities to build on the Company's strengths, identifies potential new markets and business opportunities and increases market share.
• Establishes relationships with potential customers and suppliers. Discusses unmet needs, problems, or complaints, and arranges for meetings with appropriate Wesco representatives.
• Calls on existing or prospective customers within framework of business development call program.
• Represents Wesco in identifying, evaluating, and negotiating acquisitions, partnerships, alliances, joint ventures, and start-ups in current and new business.
• Conducts roll out meetings at new, key, and global account customer locations.
• Leads, develops, and nurtures local implementation teams (LIT).
• Finds, calculates, and documents cost savings related to direct spend, indirect spend and value add services programs.
• Creates and implements account business development activities including product gap identification, account discovery process, and One-Wesco engagement.
• Conducts internal and customer training sessions on account and customer processes.
• Serves as liaison between key suppliers, marketing services, and location operations
• Ability to travel 50% - 75%

Qualifications

• High School Degree or Equivalent required; Bachelor's Degree - Business Administration preferred
• 5 years required, 6+ years of preferred experience directly related to position
• 5 years required, 6+ years preferred of financial analysis, sales, negotiation
• Knowledge of industry including suppliers, customers, and competitors
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong business analysis, financial modeling and negotiation skills
• Ability to initiate and develop relationships with key decision makers inside and outside company
• Capable of spotting new business opportunities and quickly evaluate opportunities
• Capacity to analyze financial and operational data, statements and projections
• Ability to identify and cultivate external resources
• Ability to establish relationships of trust
• Ability to learn complex technical information quickly
• Comfortable working in fast-paced environment and simultaneously manage several projects
• Knowledge of Wesco's existing business lines, strengths and challenges preferred
• Ability to travel 50% - 75%

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