Manager/Executive - Business Development/Sales - IT/SaaS (6-8 yrs)
Designation : Business Development Manager/Sales Executive
Location : Bangalore
Duration : Full-time / Permanent
Interview : Phone followed by F2F (Locals Preferred)
Openings : 5 - 6 positions
Preferable people who are doing field sales and are currently based out of Bangalore. It will be better if they are from Tier-2 kind of B-schools as well (Narsee Monjee, Welingkar, Xavier's, SIBM, SIMS, Alliance, Christ etc), MBA though is not a compulsory requirement.
Desired Profile :
1. 1-5 years of experience in Sales (IT, SAAS, Banking, Real Estate), Startup Sales experience is also preferred in any industry.
2. MBA from a reputed business school will be a advantage.
3. Candidate should have excellent communication and presentation skills.
4. A go-getter and should have ability to work independently, able to built network and generate business.
Personable, communicative and someone who can build a rapport with all levels of an organization. Humble, not tied to hierarchy and is comfortable in an unstructured environment. Creative, passionate about being a part of early stage company and eager to grow with the company Would not think of the role as another job
Roles & Responsibilities :
- Building Sales Funnel - (Generating Leads) - The BDM should get the right contacts of residential complex either from Scouting - Visiting Apartment complex and meeting the Facility Managers /Residents, Procuring Databases- Online & Offline, Builders, Brokers etc.
- Fix meetings - The BDM will be responsible for arranging meetings for myGate demo and discussion. The meeting should be fixed at a convenient time suggested by the client. Unless absolutely necessary, do not ask the potential client to change the day/time. Here are few examples of right individuals for meetings :
- A resident who is keen to know about myGate and will connect you to Association members.
- Member of Association.
- Facility Manager who will then connect you to Association members
- Key decision maker in an RWA.
- Builders & Real Estate Companies who are running the MC's at new apartments
- Product Demo - The BDM should be well versed with the entire product suit to conduct a face to face demo session. Based on the level of person in the meeting, Sales/BD Head or one of founding partners (Vijay or Abhishek) may also join the BDM to help him convert the client.
- KYC - a BDM is expected to get maximum information about the prospect before the meeting - Information should included - Number of Flats/Villa's in the apartment, Number of Security Guards, PABX availability ( working condition of the phones, connectivity issues, cost an apartment pay for the same), Security issues residents are facing, the entire workflow of the gate etc- all this information can be obtained from the guards/ residents walk-ins etc)
- Follow up and Relationship Building - The BDM should try to build a very good relationship with the decision makers of the management committee, also needs to be in constant touch with the MC, so that they do not loose interest in the offering until the deal is finalized.
- Close the deal - The Demo meetings should result in a closure of the sale, with the right level of approvals in the management, because if the decision is not taken after the demo, the closure cycle will get very long and it will lead to increase in constraints.
- Contract signing & Payment Confirmation - Once verbal approval from client, get the contract up to date and execute signing with them, also get the payment confirmation - (Date on which the payment will be done)
- Email introduction prior to the start of deployment - Send a welcome mail to the client along with introductory collateral in a pre-drafted format. Details to be covered in a separate document. This will include handover to Client's account manager and be introducing accounts manager to the client.
- Follow up with accounts manager - BDM to ensure that the deployment is complete and MC is satisfied with the process. Solicit References - after the product is successfully deployed, the BDM should meet the MC members and request for references of their friends and relatives staying at another complex. a happy customer can really refer you the other customers who are of the same TG and can influence a lot in the deal closure.
- Keep CRM database up to date - the CRM data should be up to date such that one can pull metrics on different stages of lead -- conversion any time.
- Keep Contract database up to date - ensure that specifics & economics of the deal is up to date in the Contract and Invoice database/system
Company Profile :
Client is a technology company started by some of the alumni of IIIT, IIM and ISB. We are a well funded company with an impeccable team. Our products are in security domain and at present we do not have much competition in our domain. We use Behavioural Intelligence Augmented Systems in building our products.
Our founders are ex- top officers from Armed Forces (SGP/NSG) and Corporates like Goldman Sachs, Goolge, Oracle, who understand the security space and technology both very well. Also, our tech team comprises of brilliant programmers many of whom are IIT-JEE top rankers. So,if anyone who is interested in challenging work, a great work environment and great team with competitive pay structures, MyGate would be a great place to bet.
If interested, please call me at 7838387377.
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