Senior Business Developer

Village Green Landscapes is a locally owned and operated full-scale landscape company serving the Twin City metro area with office locations in Saint Paul, New Brighton, Brooklyn Park, and Savage.

POSITION SUMMARY
Our Senior Business Developer serves as a critical role in the prospecting, sales and management of new customer accounts. They provide oversite for the customer contract and ensures that operational leadership is informed of all project requirements. They also will aid in management oversight transition to a member of the Account Management team. They prospect, sell and manage all services within the established agreement including lawn maintenance, landscaping, irrigation, turf care, fertilization and snow removal and ice control services.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drives new business, grows accounts, and ensures account retention
• New business development includes sourcing leads, cold calls, and growing current accounts
• Demonstrate innovative and forward-thinking maintenance and design concepts
• Anticipate customer needs and develop concept with the customer
• Drive strong customer relationships and internal team collaboration
• Meet Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and sales goals
• Ensure that all jobs are completed according to contract and within budget.
• Develop and interpret departmental labor metrics to maximize realized production.
• Make high quality decisions in a fast paced and quickly evolving environment

QUALIFICATIONS
Required

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 5 years of landscape/commercial snow/green industry sales experience
• If driving a company vehicle: valid driver's license, clean driving record, DOT medical card or the ability to obtain one
• Ability to pass a pre- employment drug test.

Preferred

• Associate or bachelor's degree in related field