Business Development Associate (Remote: MA, CT, RI, PA, NY, NH)

BJ's Wholesale Club

1d • Remote

About The Position

BJ’s Wholesale Club is powered by more than 30,000 team members who make a real impact every day. Whether you're stocking shelves, solving problems or shaping strategy, your work helps families save on what matters most. We’re a team built on purpose and opportunity. Join us and be part of something meaningful. At BJ’s Wholesale Club, our team members are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being and future – both on and off the job. When you grow, we grow. The General Responsibility for this role is to report to an assigned B2B Sales and Development Manager, focusing on new customer acquisition. This involves generating B2B bulk sales through new and Win Back customers in an assigned territory, utilizing company-supplied equipment, existing IT systems, and business processes to prepare purchase documents. The associate will follow up on all leads to maximize selling efforts, work directly with customers virtually or through visitations at Clubs, and be able to work in a fast-paced environment that includes some data entry tasks for preparing customer orders. Collaboration with internal departments is expected to satisfy customer needs and requests, and the associate will execute B2B plans and strategies to accomplish organizational objectives. The role also involves discovering and qualifying potential clients from assigned prospects and new leads, quoting products from BJ's assortment, presenting, closing, and processing sales orders, ensuring client needs are understood and satisfied, building and managing client relationships, and growing quarter-over-quarter revenue and margin dollars in an assigned territory. The associate will collect and discern information to ensure BJ’s offerings meet individual client needs and implement B2B strategies and tactics that deliver the entire BJ’s quote-to-cash process in a mutually beneficial, profitable manner.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in sales, communications, or related field preferred
• Proven verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to collect, track and analyze data to draw insights that can be applied to client’s needs
• Problem-solving skills
• Active listening skills
• Ability to build rapport and collaborate with BJ’s stakeholders, vendors, and clients
• Ability to learn and teach new ideas and processes
• 1-2 years proven sales experience in the same or a related field preferred

Nice To Haves

• Bi-lingual preferred
• Familiarity with AI tools, including ChatGPT

Responsibilities

• Reports to assigned B2B Sales and Development Manager
• Generates B2B bulk sales through new and Win Back customers in an assigned territory
• Utilize company supplied equipment, existing IT systems, and business processes to prepare purchase documents for customers
• Follows up on all leads to maximize selling efforts
• Works directly with customers virtually or through visitations at Clubs
• Ability to work in a fast - paced environment that will include some data entry tasks for preparing customer orders
• Collaborate with internal departments as needed to satisfy customer needs and requests
• Execute B2B plans and strategies to accomplish the organizational objectives
• Communicate BJ’s B2B business model and value to new clients
• Connect with clients in person, via zoom/teams, email, or phone to understand their business model and needs
• Collect and analyze client data to learn and discern client behavior
• Build client relationships that maximize sales from the current BJs assortment
• Effectively deliver B2B promotion tools and resources to clients
• Collaborate with internal departments and stake holders to facilitate client’s needs and fulfillment
• Ability to keep accurate customer records
• Discover and maintain knowledge of BJ’s products, services, and value proposition
• Resolve client complaints, assist in returns or refunds, and prevent additional issues by improving processes
• Maintain awareness of client problems to communicate appropriate recommendations to management staff
• Deliver revenue and profitable margin per the sales targets for your assigned territory
• From a list of assigned prospects + new leads, discover and qualify potential clients
• Discover and quote products from BJs assortment
• Present, close, and process sales orders for clients
• Ensure client needs are understood and satisfied
• Build and manage client relationships
• Grow quarter-over-quarter revenue and margin dollars in an assigned territory
• Collect and discern information to ensure BJ’s offerings meet the individual needs of clients
• Implement B2B strategies and tactics that deliver the entire BJ’s quote-to-cash process in a mutually beneficial, profitable manner

Benefits

• Weekly Pay: Get paid every week so that you can manage your money on your terms
• Free BJ’s Memberships: Enjoy a complimentary The Club Card Membership, plus a free Supplemental Membership for someone in your household
• Generous Paid Time Off: Take the time you need with vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave
• Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits: Choose from three medical plans, and access optional dental, vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), and flexible spending account options to fit your lifestyle
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: Build your financial future with a company match (available to team members 18 and older)
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Accumulate funds through after-tax payroll deductions that can be used to purchase shares of BJ’s common stock at a 15% discount

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees