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Lucas James Talent PartnersPosted 2 months ago

Business Development Manager

HybridDetroit, Michigan, United States

Full TimeSenior LevelSmall

Job Summary

Generate prospects through strategic sales activities and maintain strong relationships with existing clients to enhance retention and drive new sales. Identify potential clients and decision makers, plan persuasive pitches, and handle objections by clarifying points and working toward positive conclusions. Cold call when appropriate to ensure a robust pipeline of opportunities and meet potential clients to grow and leverage your network. Manage accounts with attention to customer needs, opportunity identification, and business expansion, while collaborating with Accounting to resolve A/R and A/P issues and lead quoting for engineering changes. Set and achieve sales goals, participate in sales forecasts, and communicate issues and solutions to upper management in a timely manner. Deliver results within established timelines, proactively addressing obstacles to ensure objectives are met.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Approximately 10 years of progressive experience in sales and business development
  • Business or Technical education (Mechanical, Chemical or Manufacturing Engineering, Chemistry)
  • Experience with plastics, automotive adhesives, or injection molding
  • 3–5 years of strategic business planning experience
  • Active involvement in automotive industry–related groups or associations such as SAE, SPE, AIAG, and ACS
  • Full-time, Hybrid, Monday to Friday
  • May require early mornings, evenings or weekends as needed
  • The ability to lift up to 10-15 pounds

Desired Qualifications

  • Occasional travel

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