Strategic Project Business Development Manager
Status:
Regular, Full time
Location:
Mississauga, Ontario
Job Description
Reporting To:
General Manager
Key Accountabilities
- Responsible for generating industrial sales in Ontario by managing a network of EPC’s and Major Project Build Specifiers and obtaining product specifications. Investigate and develop long term projects. Eventually hand sales off to the OEM, CI, Utilities, and Telecom pillars (70%);
- Keep PC Managers (London, Hamilton, Mississauga) appraised of project developments in each respective region and develop customer strategies cooperatively (20%);
- Liaise with Inside Sales / Account Managers to align project management details with account management strategies (10%)
Duties
- Ensure all job functions are performed in accordance to the Guillevin Standard Practice Instruction (SPI) Manual;
- Promote specifications of products strategically at industrial users and consulting engineer levels;
- Identify all EPC and Specifiers in each region for review with responsible PC Manager; focusing on:
- Current product demand
- Distribution channel analysis
- Economic and regional trends
- Market pricing
- Voice of customer insights
- Forecast demand
- Maintain contact with customers through direct or joint visits and via alternate types of correspondence (phone, mailing, electronic);
- Coordinate with counterparts in other regions:
- Provide input and by working closely with other department managers to ensure proper strategic market direction and by identifying obstacles, competitive products and pricing to determine our market competitiveness;
- Present seminars on products and services to engineering firms and end-users.
- Maintain contact with those that are influential within the industry such as manufacturers;
- Organize and participating in trade shows as identified in each region;
- Monitor publications and reports of construction evaluating capital investment project sand following-up to determine need/application of existing and new products and identifying key contacts to promote sales opportunities;
- Review quotations and evaluating technical and commercial recommendations on project proposals;
- Review all target markets/firms with responsible PC Manager prior to implementing action plan;
- Operate within the Region’s allocated Variable Expense budget;
- Manage vendor partners with each project bid to ensure Noramco’s success in being awarded projects within prescribed profit margins;
- Coordinate and assist, where necessary, the various functions in office sales and administration, including:
- Liaise with operations and purchasing personnel while entering orders;
- Provide pricing quotations and following-up on every quote, when necessary;
- Utilize ERP system’s CRM capabilities for the creation of new and maintenance of contacts and other related business development functions;
- Administer the opening of new accounts and maintain existing customer-account databases;
- Collaborate with team members using Microsoft Teams for lead, task, and project management;
- Deal with every customer complaint in an expedient manner and ensure they are satisfied with our resolve;
- Schedule work and allocate resources to ensure orders are fulfilled in an efficient manner and administration (data entry, paperwork) is completed according to company protocol;
- Prospect and develop new business through a strategic process of warm and colds calls;
- Stay informed of sales objectives, targeted product lines, required market-intel, vendor objectives, and competitor activities and actively promote new knowledge to management and teammates as deemed necessary;
- Stay current in your profession and enroll in continuing education focused on sales strategies and account management principals:
- Participate in the preparation and execution of physical inventory as required;
- Continuously develop knowledge of product to remain up-to-date with various product lines (including vendor training) and industry changes;
- Provide back-up support to the sales department when required;
- Performs any other duties as required by management.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree, advanced degree preferred
- Strong work ethic and can-do mentality
- Ability to build and maintain a strong industry network
- Solid analytical skills with the ability to provide analytical advice
- Effective written and verbal communication
- Ability to manage multiple parallel tasks
- Collaborative team player
- Ability to maintain discretion when needed
- Good computing and data processing skills to consolidate and interpret industry data
What’s in it for you
Voted Great Place to Work®, you can build an interesting and challenging career with possibility of advancement as well as continued personal and professional development. National Cable Specialists (NCS) has always given its employees the opportunity to develop their autonomy, professional skills and competencies. By joining us, you will integrate a team of motivated, competent, and engaged team players. Our Total Rewards package focuses on our human capital to create an environment where our employees can reach their full potential.
What we offer:
- A fast-paced, dynamic, empowering and friendly work environment open to today’s reality.
- Competitive salary and participation in our generous profit-sharing program that recognizes the individual contribution of our employees. There is no limit to your ingenuity; you are encouraged to create, improve, learn and surpass yourself.
- Flexible benefits program where you can choose the benefits and levels of coverage that are right for you:
- Health, dental, paramedical & vision care, and prescription medication
- Short- and long-term disability benefits because you never know what the future holds
- Supplemental Health Insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with Telemedicine
- Travel Insurance
- Reimbursement of training expenses to acquire new skills and advance your career within the organization
- RRSP with generous employer contribution
- Possibility of contributing to a TFSA with a favorable group rate
- Post-graduate scholarship program for children of our employees
- Employee discounts on purchases
- Free parking
- Electric vehicle charging stations in many of our locations
National Cable Specialists (NCS) ensures equality in the recruitment and selection process by making employment decisions based on qualifications, relevant experience, knowledge and capability, demonstrated skills and accomplishments.
We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those under consideration will be contacted.
The masculine gender is used solely to simplify the text.
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Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Profit sharing
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Quebec Province: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate your proficiency to speak, read and write French?
- Why do you want to work for us?
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (required)
Experience:
- Electrical Wire and Cable: 3 years (preferred)
- Generating Industrial Sales: 3 years (preferred)
- Supporting Major Project Build Specifiers: 3 years (preferred)
- Investigating trends/sales potentials: 3 years (preferred)
Language:
Willingness to travel:
Work Location: In person
