OverviewAre you looking for a highly rewarding opportunity that provides extensive career growth opportunity? Gilbane is seeking a
Business Development Professional II to be responsible for leading the business development lifecycle to drive profitable, sustainable growth across multiple market sectors by identifying, positioning, and capturing new clients and opportunities aligned with the goals and objectives of the Business Unit (BU).
Responsibilities- Consistently delivers and books an annual average of $2-3M in total anticipated profit (as aligned with profit plans) with a focus on building high quality backlog
- Develops and executes a Business Development (BD) plan/pipeline with consultation and guidance from the Director/Senior Director of Business Development, including: Individual BD Roadmap, Market Sector Analysis, Focus/Must Win/Strategic/Strategic Few, and Expected Hit Ratio aligned with BL market mix and gross profit targets
- Contributes to the BU business plan and goals
- Maintains benchmark target of 8-10 focus prospects in CRM at all times, reflecting a mix of clients aligned with BU goals
- Demonstrates a mix of new and residual sales
- Creates and articulates capture and differentiation strategy for each focus pursuit
- Develops champions on pursuits and regularly completes majority of pre-sell steps
- Develops understanding of market conditions
- Knows regular and occasional competitors - national and regional - that Gilbane encounters in the market, as well as basic competitive profile
- Demonstrates the ability to articulate the principal Gilbane differentiators versus most regular competitors
- Demonstrates an understanding of project delivery options and can articulate benefits to clients
- Develops acumen in legal and risk review
- Manages L1/L2 and supports L3/ERR process and documentation for pursuits
- Supports commercial strategy for pursuits including fee, general conditions, profit levers and enhancements that are commercially competitive
- Manages and directs sales deliverables to support pursuits including planning and communications with operations and sales and marketing support
- Creates suitable technical content and manages operations partners effectively in developing project-specific operations input to proposals/ presentations
- Obtains debriefs on all wins and losses, and posts information to the competitive intelligence database
- Maintains ongoing client relationships after project start-up
- Participates with PIC/PX in client satisfaction process
- Actively participates and engages in leadership roles in suitable professional political, community organizations, with an increasing focus on client/market organizations
- Develops a strong network within the local Architect, Engineer, Construction (A/E/C) community
- Engages operations personnel and subject matter experts throughout the sales process
- Develops the ability to coach, mentor, and train Operations partners on matters related to business development
- Maintains CRM and personal roadmap regularly and accurately
- Reports forecast and current activity
- Coaches and mentors less experienced team members
- Supports a positive and inclusive work environment
QualificationsEXPERIENCE/EDUCATION- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Business, Marketing, or related industry experience
- 3-8 years of business development experience within the A/E/C industry
- Or equivalent combination of education and experience
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to develop and document strategy
- Ability to shape impactful client-facing deliverables
- Demonstrates competitive instinct and behavior while producing a consistently high effort and a focus that intensifies with project pursuits and produces a rapid mastery of the role
For Ohio, this ranges from $108,300 - $150,000 plus benefits and retirement program.
Gilbane offers an excellent total compensation package which includes competitive health and welfare benefits and a generous profit-sharing/401k plan. We invest in our employees' education and have built Gilbane University into a top training organization in the construction industry. Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
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