What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Development Manager position at Elevated?
Company Overview
Elevated is the fastest growing independent elevator services provider in the nation. We bring together the industry’s finest technicians to serve our customers in 58 markets across 22 states.
Each office within Elevated has local operations and staff dedicated to providing a superior standard of service, and now benefits also from a world-class corporate infrastructure, state-of-the-art facilities, and superior training and support for our workforce.
Job Summary
The ideal candidate must be capable of identifying new elevator maintenance customer prospects, qualifying leads, and successfully securing multi-year elevator service contracts. Primary goal is to increase the elevator service customer portfolio, as well as sell elevator modernizations to on and off portfolio customers.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Aggressively cultivates the elevator service market looking for potential elevator service customers.
- Responds to bid invitations
- Reads Elevator Maintenance bid specifications
- Surveys the Vertical Transportation Equipment with or without the Service Manager.
- Prepares maintenance proposals
- Negotiates the terms of a successful contract award
- Responsible for the profitable sale of modernization contracts on a full line of vertical transportation equipment (elevators/escalators).
- Utilizes all forms of cultivating new business including leveraging existing relationships, cold calling, exploring available records, partnering with trade consultants, and participating in local functions such as trade shows and trade groups.
Qualifications and Skills
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Bachelor's degree, preferred
- Minimum of three (3) years of elevator service sales experience
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in MS Office (Outlooks, Word, Excel)
- Excellent and effective interpersonal communication skills
- Strong organizational skills and detail oriented
- Ability to prioritize and meet the day-to-day demands
- Valid driver's license and safe driving record
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Benefits and Perks
- Top pay in the industry
- Medical, Dental, Vision,
- Company-provided vehicle or monthly automobile allowance.
- 401(k) match toward your retirement account