Business Development Manager
Job Code: 21702-A
Organization: Industrial
Location: Chicago, IL US
Travel Involved: 50-60%
Job Type: Full Time
Job Level: Experienced, 4-6 years of experience
Education: Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
Skills:
Category: Sales-Business Development
Compensation: Commensurate with Experience
Position Summary:
Purpose:
The Business Development Manager will provide leadership in the planning and implementation of market and customer penetration strategies in order to cultivate and capture new business opportunities that enable Flextronics to exceed revenue and profit expectations.
Principle Accountabilities:
The Business Development Manager will:
Establish and communicate business development strategy and targets for region and/or market.
Analyze and understand customer strategies, future product plans, and expansion activities to develop penetration strategies for new business opportunities.
Cultivate customer relationships, deliver effective proposals, and negotiate contracts to capture profitable new business.
Effectively brief and leverage executives on strategy and tactics to enhance customer relationships and consummate deals.
Establish, communicate, and hold direct and matrix team accountable for proposal objectives and deliverables to maximize operating profit and revenue growth.
Successfully negotiate difficult and/or critical business matters, through interaction with executive level managers both internally and externally.
Represent and provide market exposure for Flextronics at industry events, conferences, and trade shows.
Requirements
Bachelors degree in sales, business development, business management, or a related discipline; MBA preferred.
Seven plus years of progressive experience in business development roles; electronics contract manufacturing required.
Knowledge of program management, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations functions.
Dynamic builder of relationships with customers, with track record of identifying new areas of opportunity and negotiating complex business deals for mutual benefit.
An effective communicator with customers, executives, peers, and subordinates.
Strategic thinking, problem-solving, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
Well versed in all MS Office applications.
Multiple language capabilities are a plus.
Significant travel.
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