Landscape Business Development Manager — Growth & Benefits

Merkle Lawn Care; Wilder (KY); On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & incentives

Paid vacation

Company vehicle

Health insurance

401(k) with company match

Excellent company culture

Job summary

Merkle Landscape Solutions in Wilder, KY is seeking an A-player Business Development Manager to build market position, develop and close relationships, and manage the hand-off to field operations.

You will use Aspire CRM to document opportunities, pursue leads via cold calls, emails, and networking, and deliver proposals face-to-face while driving revenue in a growing service business.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years' sales or marketing experience in the service industry.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience and success in increasing revenue through generation of leads.
• Shows an understanding of the challenges facing the industry and attention to operational detail.
• Capacity to make critical judgments, solve problems and demonstrate careful attention to detail.
• Determination to exceed goals by working independently and as a leader.
• Experience managing sales and estimation processes (job costing, proposals).
• Exceptional interpersonal communication and relationship building skills.

Responsibilities

• Build the market position by locating, developing, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships.
• Prospect via cold call, email, drop-ins, trade shows and networking in property management groups.
• Utilize Aspire CRM to document and track related information on all opportunities at all pipeline stages.
• Collect property and service data and validate field measurement take-offs for proposal development.
• Present all proposals face to face with the prospect.
• Follow the hand-off process for transitioning the new client to the field operations team.
• Manage all customer communication with proper urgency.

Skills

Sales experience

Leadership

Lead generation

Industry knowledge

Decision making

Independent work

Sales estimation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Aspire CRM

Job description

Merkle Landscape Solutions in Wilder, KY is seeking an A-player Business Development Manager to build market position, develop and close relationships, and manage the hand-off to field operations.

You will use Aspire CRM to document opportunities, pursue leads via cold calls, emails, and networking, and deliver proposals face-to-face while driving revenue in a growing service business.