Representative, Business and Sales Development

Owens Community College

Owens Community College

Sales & Business Development
Toledo, OH, USA
USD 51,192-57,564 / year
Posted 6+ months ago

Advertised Position Title:

Representative, Business and Sales Development

Job Description:

Essential Functions:

  • Generate leads for prospective and existing clients. Develop new business relationships with small, mid, and large companies, non-profit and governmental agencies that lead to revenues (at least 4 x's base salary).

  • Provide customer service to new and existing clients of Owens Workforce & Community Service including but not limited to:

  • Negotiating and maintaining client contracts, preparing and submitting sales contracts for orders, evaluating client needs, presenting to clients, responding to client inquiries

  • Maintain client records including CRM.

  • Continue community outreach with area business and non-profit leaders

  • Generate ideas for new programs based on feedback from companies to be shared with programming team.

  • College's strategic initiatives.

  • Works with the Vice Presidents and other campus constituents to

  • ensure that the grant process is fully developed.

  • Monitors and reviews grant process at the College annually.

  • Other related duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Advanced knowledge of sales and marketing, management principles and practices, general business environment training principles, occupational and professional assessment tools, and relationship building.

  • Skilled in oral and written communications at the executive and employee levels, as well as, computer skills

  • Must have ability to design, implement and assess programs.

  • Must have ability to identify and implement effective problem solving methods.

  • Must understand relationship management.

  • Must have the ability to gather and analyze statistical data and generate reports.

  • Ability to establish and maintain effective interpersonal working relationships with business and community leaders, educational personnel and our general constituents.

  • Must have ability to sell and meet deadlines.

Other Characteristics:

  • Demonstrates the skills necessary to develop positive working relationships.

  • Shows genuine respect for everyone.

  • Shows a sincere interest in clients and college personnel problems and helps to find proper solutions to the problems.

  • Understands and appreciates the importance of relationship building.

  • Makes favorable impressions and easily gains acceptance by others.

Minimum Education:

  • Associate degree or two-year technical certificate

  • A valid driver's license

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Associate's degree and/or 3 years sales experience. Customer service, basic business knowledge, knowledge of economic development, knowledge of immediate area businesses.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree

Union Position:

Job Classification:

Staff

Duty Days:

260 Days

Work Schedule:

Mon-Fri 8a.m-5p.m

Grant Funded Position:

No - Not Grant Funded

FLSA Status:

United States of America (Exempt)

Pay Basis:

Salary

Hiring Range:

$51,192.00-$57,564.00

Retirement System:

SERS - SERS (Retirement System Classification)