Business Development Manager

Turtle

$70K — $95K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Preferred college degree in sales or equivalent extensive experience
  • 5+ years in Outside Sales, Account Management, Integrated Supply, or related fields
  • Strong knowledge of MRO in manufacturing or facilities
  • Excellent interpersonal, writing, and presentation skills
  • Experience in financial reporting and budgeting is a plus
  • Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, and social media platforms
  • Experience with Salesforce is highly desirable
  • Willingness to travel up to 50% as needed
  • Self-motivated with an aggressive sales mindset

Responsibilities

  • Engage with potential clients to understand their MRO management needs
  • Cultivate and generate leads for sales activities
  • Collaborate with sales and marketing teams on generating interest
  • Participate in events to promote Turtle Integrated services
  • Prepare and deliver proposals based on customer analysis
  • Conduct assessments and meetings for program implementation
  • Perform additional duties as needed

Benefits

  • 401(k) plan
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid holidays and vacation
  • Employee negotiated discounts
Full Job Description
About the Role

The Business Development Manager has responsibility to research, identify and develop sales opportunities resulting in new business awards for the Integrated Supply Division. The Integrated Supply Division provides MRO supplies and services to customers throughout North America. This position will work with internal and external stakeholders to develop solutions and proposals for prospective Turtle Integrated clients.

This is a salary plus commission position.

What You'll Do
  • Engage with prospective clients on their goals and objectives for MRO management programs and services
  • Cultivate leads for proactive sales generation activities
  • Collaborate with Turtle Integrated Sales and Marketing on initiatives to generate interest and meaningful business contacts
  • Participate in events/shows to promote Turtle Integrated solutions
  • Prepare and present effective proposals and presentation materials based upon thoughtful engagement and analysis of customer requirements
  • Conduct on-site assessments, bid meetings and program implementation discussions as required
  • Other duties as assigned

What You'll Bring
  • College degree in sales related field is preferred. Degree may be substituted for significant experience within integrated supply and/or higher-level services
  • 5+ years' experience in building relationships, leading and working in Outside Sales, Inside Sales, Account Management, Integrated Supply or similar practice
  • Knowledge of Maintenance and Repair Materials (MRO), most notably in a manufacturing or facilities environments
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, writing ability, and presentation and verbal skills, with prior experience presenting in group settings and to senior management
  • Experience in financial reporting, budgeting and/or cost projections desired
  • Strong skills in Excel and PowerPoint; as well as digital platforms such as LinkedIn and Twitter; ability to learn and work with other complementary software packages
  • Salesforce experience highly desirable
  • Ability to travel up to 50% when required
  • Aggressive sales personality, self-starter, able to motivate oneself.

What We Offer

We offer a competitive benefits package that includes:
  • 401(k) plan
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation
  • Employee negotiated discounts

Who We Are

Founded in 1923, Turtle is a fourth-generation, family-owned, and three-generation women-owned business, and one of the nation's largest independent electrical and industrial distributors. Headquartered in Clark, NJ, our Electrical Distribution division operates 14 branches spanning from coast to coast. It is a significant force in the engineering and procurement of power distribution, automation, lighting, and energy projects, offering integrated services for the industrial and construction markets. Turtle Integrated provides on-site MRO procurement, cost-saving, and spend analytics across the US and in Canada, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

What To Do Next

You can begin by filling out our application online. If you want to learn more about Turtle, please visit our website www.turtle.com or our LinkedIn: [redacted].

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