Allyn International is currently looking for a full-time Business Development Specialist in Greenville, SC to join our organization! Allyn is a privately-held professional services firm established in 1992. We are dedicated to providing high-quality, customer-centric services and solutions for the global marketplace. Our core products include transportation management, logistics sourcing, freight forwarding, supply chain consulting, tax management, and customs compliance. Our clients range from small local businesses to Fortune 500 firms in multiple industries.
What does a Business Development Specialist do?
There are two parallel pieces as defined below.

1. Managing technology/campaigns focus for lead research and procurement
1. Supporting strong pipeline of leads globally for sales leaders and managers to use
2. Securing appointments for sales and business leaders in Allyn
2. External Bus Dev Campaigns support
1. This includes campaign/content generation and data analysis of responses
2. This includes creative outreach across multiple platforms as per business strategies from Bus Dev team

For the first category, scope would include:
1. Data management in Salesforce, LinkedIn and Uplead for maximum potential
2. Integration support across platforms where it makes sense
3. Research and procurement of leads according to current business strategy (e.g., by location, position, industry, etc)
4. Analytics of company progress with leads to inform strategy
5. Keeping appointments on the calendar for sales and business leaders with prospective clients

For the second category, scope would include:
1. Working with Bus Dev team to message the right leads in the right industries/companies, in the right places
2. Supporting sales communication across all digital platforms
3. Strategic growth-informed bus dev content strategy
1. working with internal colleagues for fresh content on a regular basis
4. Support revision of company website design to meet current sales goals

Position Details:
Location: Greenville, SC
Work Schedule: 40 hours, 8:00AM - 5:00PM, Monday-Friday (some weekend / after-hours support / on-call rotation may be required)
Position Classification: Full-Time; Salaried Exempt
Physical Demands: Sitting, typing, walking, and talking on the phone
Work Environment: Office Cubicle

Drug Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer

Benefits:
One day a week (WFH), 12-week maternity and paternity leave, tuition reimbursement, medical, dental, vision, basic life (paid for by Allyn), voluntary life, STD (paid for by Allyn), LTD, 401k with Company Match, Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Time, Paid Holidays, and more!

Required Experience and Education:

• Bachelor’s or equivalent college degree - Focus in Logistics preferred
• Sales and/or operations data experience a plus

Required Skills:

• Excellent customer service
• Competent with visual content creation
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook
• Strong independent work ethic
• Integrity
• Active listening
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Decision making abilities
• Problem solving skills
• Planning and organizational skills
• Data analysis skills
• Project management
• Presentation skills

Responsibilities:

• Effectiveness to generate campaigns that lead to appointments
• Effectiveness to mirror business objective in obtaining appointments with target markets, locations, companies, etc
• Effectiveness at translating strategy into specific actions leveraging both internal content and external research for the right messaging
• Effective articulation of what works and what does not work, by the data provided in the outreach, campaigns process
• Strong recordkeeping and data management that shows correlation of strategy and outcome in terms of sales generation
• New appointments and lead responses based on the above
• Ability to work independently and flexibly, following the guidance of the sales and strategic development leadership.

Allyn is a privately held professional services firm established in 1992. We provide high quality, customer centric services and solutions for the global marketplace. Our core products include transportation management, logistics sourcing, freight forwarding, supply chain consulting, tax management, and customs compliance. Our clients range from small local businesses to Fortune 500 firms in industry sectors such as power generation and renewable energy, road construction equipment, electronics, industrial materials, heavy duty trucks, mining and drilling equipment, oil and gas, modular building, medical equipment, not for profit, and US government. Allyn conducts business in over twenty different languages and has extensive experience in both developed and emerging markets. Our highly trained experts are located throughout North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Allyn has regional headquarters in Fort Myers, FL USA, Shanghai P.R. China and Prague, Czech Republic.

Allyn offers a team environment, competitive benefits and ongoing training, and support for our team members. If you are in alignment with our corporate values of focused growth, well-being, enjoyment, contribution, excellence, creativity, prosperity, and integrity, and while valuing professionalism and teamwork - now is the time for you to accelerate your career and join the Allyn team. Apply today or refer a friend!

Job Type: Full-time