Business Development Manager Job in Sydney 2000, New South Wales Australia
About the Job
Do you love being the first person to know about the funkiest new restaurants, the coolest bars and the hottest shows? Do you love exploring and experiencing new things in your home town? Do you love working with people and have a passion for sales? Are you driven and have a keenness to be involved in a high-energy and rewarding business?
If you’ve answered yes to all of the above, then consider Our Deal as your next great career move!
Our Deal Overview
Our Deal is a fast-moving, fun-loving and dynamic company that applies the internationally successful “group-buying” business model to the Australian market. We offer great “daily deals” to Australian consumers each day and provide an effective advertising channel for small and large businesses. Founded in May 2010 by a team of serial entrepreneurs, and now fully owned through a Joint Venture of News Corporation and Network Ten, Our Deal is well positioned in the market, backed by Australia’s largest media organisations, and rapidly growing. Our objective is to provide the best service in the rapidly expanding market for both our subscribers and our advertising business clients.
Visit our website: www.ourdeal.com.au
Position Summary:
The Business Development Manager will be responsible for identifying, approaching and signing up local businesses – such as restaurants, hotels, day spas, cooking schools, hair salons, activity operators, etc – to run great deals through Our Deal’s vast array of advertising channels. This position offers a base salary, performance based bonuses, car allowance, phone and internet allowance, and more.
The key activities will be associated with the role include:
- Identifying, cultivating and acting on sales leads in each regional market
- Conducting presentations with business prospects (ideally face-to-face) and negotiating favourable terms for potential business deals
- Assessing the businesses of prospects to minimise risk and ensure the deal terms are clear and appropriate
- Maintaining strong working relationships with clients
- Working closely with the production coordinators in approving the presentation of deals to go live on the website
- Providing timely and accurate sales reports to direct supervisors
- Using company Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools and processes
- Reporting to a General Sales Manager who will provide ongoing support
Skills Experience:
- Minimum 3 years direct sales experience
- Demonstrated sales skills, including ability to create and manage sales pipeline, think creatively, market to various types of businesses and convert sales leads
- Excellent communication, business and negotiation skills
- Impeccable presentation and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously with acute attention to detail
- Flexible attitude to multitasking between departments
- Insight into the local market place and intimate knowledge of current consumer purchasing behavior
- Self-motivated, high-energy, sense of humor and positive attitude
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing, exciting organisation and make your mark within their dynamic team. If you are interested in this role, and possess the required skills and experience, please apply to louise.arcruri@ourdeal.com.au and attach a current CV.