Business Development Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

Intertec is a trusted custom software development and technology consulting company headquartered in Munich, Germany. In nine years, we have grown to a company of 120 international employees, working with DAX and FTSE 100 companies, startups, and incubators (e.g. Rocket Internet). Since our inception, we have pioneered custom solutions that have become central components in our client’s business success. Our vast technology and industry expertise help our clients across multiple business domains to deliver successful and scalable products. 

When joining Intertec, you enter an environment that inspires you to learn, grow, and lead by example. 

Job Description

The Business Development Manager is focused on general support of the sales process and sales team members. The Business Development Manager is integral to the Sales and Business Development team while supporting all current go-to-market strategies. You will be responsible for the end-to-end process, starting from first contact, preparation for the meeting, collecting information, and working on the proposal up to contract negotiations under the supervision of the Chief Customer Officer. 

Business Development Responsibilities:

  • Creating new business opportunities by prospecting for new customers and thinking out of the box
  • Generate leads and cold call prospective customers
  • Foster and develop relationships with customers/clients
  • Meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone
  • End-to-end responsibility for acquiring new business
  • Help define, execute, and own an engagement plan for new prospects
  • “Farming” customer relationships, specifically with key decision makers
  • Supporting the company to meet its commercial objectives
  • Analyzing and reporting your business activities
  • Outgoing calls to leads: verification and clarifying the information 

Management Responsibilities:

  • Acting as a leader to build, structure, and execute commercial objectives 
  • Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
  • Think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives to develop and improve the business
  • Work strategically - carrying out necessary planning to implement operational changes
  • Supervising the financial status of your business activity (P&L)
  • Organizing & coordinating the commercial relationships with your partners.
     

Qualifications

  • Proficient English language 
  • BA/BS degree or similar college/university level education in Business, Computer Science and/or Linguistics (in lieu of degree, relevant skills or equivalent experience).
  • Good listener, proactive, persuasive, and communicative and have a "hands-on" mentality
  • Ability to travel
  • Strong verbal and written communication 
  • You are autonomous, and you can manage your priorities, but also you are a team player keeping focus on the company’s interests
  • Excellent desktop research skills, data analysis and data entry skills
  • Tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
  • An excellent telephone manner for making initial contact and for ongoing communication with customers and business associates
  • Interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
  • Written and verbal communication skills - needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills
  • IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets
  • Teamwork skills and a collaborative approach to work
  • Decision-making skills
  • Ability to multitask and prioritize your workload
  • Project management and organizational skills
  • Ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals
  • Negotiating skills
  • Ability to think strategically
  • Ability to analyze sales figures and write reports
  • A flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
  • Initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch.

Additional Information

At Intertec, you can build a dynamic career in your field of interest, work with professionals to gain industry insight and have exposure to international projects as well as enjoy on-going learning and development opportunities. Our team loves to have a good time, express their personality, and show it off to the world. Whether we’re celebrating a birthday, gathering for a team event, or celebrating a company’s success, we take pride in doing it with a smile. Life is too short not to have fun while you work.