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POSITION TITLE: Sales Manager / Business Development Manager
DEPARTMENT: Sales
TIME IN OFFICE: 65 in office / 35 out of office
CLASSIFICATION: Salary Exempt
REPORTS TO: President
WORK SCHEDULE: 8 a.m. 5 p.m.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Sales Manager / Business Development Manager (SM/BDM) is a hybrid position with both sales management and individual contributor responsibilities.
As Sales Manager they are responsible for the overall success of our growth team which comprises lead generation prospect qualification and discovery and monthly recurring revenue (MRR) from new clients. The Sales Manager will manage the day to day operations of lead identification SDR lead generation and BDM opportunity (deal) management.
As a BDM they are responsible for new client acquisition of companies that do not have their own internal IT staff or seek a partner to comanage their IT with internal IT staff for their territory. The BDM guides prospects through Uprites business technology alignment process our approach for qualifying assessing and proposing managed IT services. As BDM they will generate leads through networking and cold outreach methods in addition to managing inbound leads generated by Uprite. The Business Development Manager is expected to meet or exceed targets for sales activity and monthly recurring revenue (MRR) from new clients.
The SM/BDM must represent us with the level of professionalism and expertise we are known for in the industry and embrace our way.
The section below summarizes the Essential Functions of the job:
of Time
Essential Function:
Measured By:
Sales Management
Lead the growth team to win new clients for us.
- Build and manage process for lead identification and Target Client Profile (TCP) qualification for new clients
- Build and manage process for cold calling / opportunity qualification / first appointment setting
- Build and manage process for opportunity discovery through proposal and closed sales for new clients
- Coach and guide the growth team members toward individual and team success
- Set goals and metrics to monitor and forecasting performance
- Report objectives and status to Uprite executive team
- Hire and onboard new growth team members
- Revenue attainment to budget
- Lead identification
- Calling Activity
- First Time Appointments
- Proposals Presented
- Win Rate
- Team MRR Sales
Lead Generation Networking
Identify leads that fit within our Target Client Profile (TCP) by:
- Attend industry events and networking meetings including active engagement i.e.: join a committee be involved
- Find presentation and sponsorship opportunities for Uprite
- Establish a presence in both the local market and with LinkedIn connections by sharing content and positioning Uprite Services as a leading expert in Managed IT Services
- 1 TCP lead per networking meeting
- 2 to 4 first time appointments scheduled per month
- Active participation in a at least one networking event each month
Lead Generation Cold Calling / Outreach
Identify leads that fit within TCP (target client profile) and contact via:
- LinkedIn outreach
- HubSpot sequences (email)
- Cold Calls
- 50 outreaches per week
- 1 TCP lead per week
- 2 first time appointments scheduled per month
Relationship Nurturing Prospects
Nurture prospects that are not yet a qualified opportunity not ready to buy:
- Maintain relationship contact with prospects through warm followup extended collateral and thought pieces engaging in LinkedIn posts lunches etc.
- All activities logged in HubSpot
- Adding contacts to campaigns / sequences
Once established a pipeline
Opportunity Management
- Successfully manage sales opportunities from first appointment through contract
- Manage inbound leads from website paid lead generation efforts etc.
- Qualify opportunity using Qualification playbook
- Gather opportunity information using Discovery playbook
- Validate our understanding of needs timeframes budget etc. with the prospect
- Coordinate the Business Technical Assessment (BTA) with team and prospect
- Gather requirements to prepare quote from business and technical assessment
- Introduce and leverage Uprite leadership and service team as appropriate.
- Steward the development of the proposal to ensure it is complete accurate and timely
- Obtain executive signoff prior to coordinating the prospect proposal meeting
- Present proposal to the prospect address questions and revision to decision phase.
- After signed proposal schedule a kickoff and onboarding meeting with the team to ensure a smooth transition.
- Adhere to established Playbooks
- Deliver 1 proposal per week.
- 2 signed proposals per month.
- Sales Target of $5000 or more per month
- CRM Management
Maintain ALL sales activity in realtime using our HubSpot CRM. This is critical to the success of this role. If something is not documented then it did not happen.
- Update all prospect and opportunity management activities in HubSpot.
- Update all objectives (Rocks) in Small Improvements our employee performance management system.
- Update expenses weekly in JustWorks for reimbursement.
- HubSpot activity accurate complete and timely Daily
- HubSpot pipeline information is accurate complete and timely Daily
As Needed
Professional Development
To be successful in this role you must become an expert explaining our offerings and services. This communication skill is critical to the position and is required to best serve our clients.
- Master the sales playbook for us: value proposition calling scripts client personas workflow sales support systems.
- Attend internal and external (vendor) training in the platforms we use with our clients to be considered an expert by our prospects and clients.
- Schedule 1 day per quarter for training upskilling
Meetings
To facilitate communication support and build relationship:
- Lead weekly Sales Meetings
- 1:1 Meetings with staff (weekly)
- 1:1 Meeting with President (biweekly)
- Executive L10 meeting (biweekly)
- Prepare and attend each scheduled meeting
INTERACTIONS
Identify the types of interaction an incumbent in this position would have with other employees departments and organizations both inside and outside the Company.
Type of Work Interaction (i.e. work with a coworker work with the vendor)
Interaction Intent (i.e. report information create RFQ negotiate answer questions)
President
1:1 meeting. Work together to build and refine our growth strategy. Seek direction and guidance. Review performance to budget. Provide sales forecast. Address issues obstacles and answer questions.
Leads
Call email meet in person build relationships provide information answer questions concerns identify needs.
Finance Department
Work to develop quotes and proposals. Provide timely peer review feedback of proposals. Ensure client information is complete and accurate.
Technical Team / Onboarding Team
Coordinate to conduct Business Technology Assessment (BTA) Proposal and Onboarding. Hold kickoff meeting answer questions and concerns.
Growth team members
1:1 meetings. Set team vision and mission. Share performance vs targets. Hold team and individuals accountable to activities budgets and forecast. Address issues obstacles and answer questions. Provide coaching and deal strategy. Role play with growth team. Assist with sales calls and meetings.
JOB SPECIFICATIONS/ QUALIFICATIONS:
Education and Training
Bachelors Degree in Business Sales Technology or Operations
Experience
- 3 years of outside sales experience required.
- Experience selling to Small/Medium businesses in professional services engineering manufacturing oil & gas preferred
- Direct experience selling IT services technology and/or hardware preferred.
Skills & Abilities
- Experience managing SDRs and BDMs in a wholistic lead generation and sales process.
- Ability to articulate key business objections and basic technical information to facilitate translating technical solutions to nontechnical clients in a way they can fully understand.
- Basic understanding of hardware and network systems.
- Inherent curiosity out about client businesses technology and best practices.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain leads and sales pipelines.
- Prospecting experience such as cold calling social selling networking and other activities to generate first meetings with new prospects
- Demonstrable ability to identify and work directly with the Csuite and key executive sponsors.
- Direct experience getting contracts signed against targeted metrics required.
- Proficiency using a Sales CRM to log all activities (preferably HubSpot) and follow sales processes.
- Strong presentation and closing skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Team player collaborative and willingness to learn with a positive attitude.
- A network of contacts with small to medium size businesses preferred.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin disability or veterans status.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
