Business Development Manager
About The Position
The Business Development Manager is a highly driven outside sales professional responsible for aggressively growing market share through new business development, distributor expansion, and account acquisition. Our ideal candidate lives in the Orange County, Irvine, Los Angeles, CA market and has a proven track record of prospecting, generating leads, closing new business, and delivering profitable growth. This role is designed for a true sales hunter who thrives on uncovering opportunities, opening doors, winning new accounts, and maximizing the performance of distributor partners. The Business Development Manager will focus on key distributors and end users within the welding, industrial, safety, construction, and oilfield channels while driving revenue growth through strategic territory development and execution.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college, or a minimum of five years of successful outside sales experience with an industrial manufacturer or industrial distributor.
- Demonstrated success in new business development, territory expansion, and account acquisition.
- Proven ability to generate leads, build pipelines, and consistently close profitable business opportunities.
- Experience working with distributors in industrial, welding, safety, construction, or related channels preferred.
- Strong presentation, negotiation, verbal, and written communication skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Strong organizational, planning, and opportunity management skills.
- Valid driver's license with a clean driving record.
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
Nice To Haves
- A self-starter with a strong hunter mentality and an unwavering drive to win new business.
- Highly competitive, resilient, and motivated by achieving and exceeding sales goals.
- Skilled at building relationships while maintaining a relentless focus on prospecting and closing.
- Comfortable operating independently in the field with exceptional time and territory management skills.
- Passionate about developing distributor partnerships and transforming underperforming accounts into top-performing revenue contributors.
- Committed to demonstrating our core values of tenacity, curiosity, likeability, and humility.
Responsibilities
- Proactively identify, target, and close new business opportunities within assigned territory and target markets.
- Generate and convert qualified leads.
- Develop and execute a strategic territory growth plan focused on market penetration, customer acquisition, and revenue expansion.
- Grow underperforming distributor accounts by identifying gaps, implementing growth strategies, expanding product penetration, and increasing sales activity.
- Build strong relationships with distributor leadership, outside sales teams, and key decision-makers to drive mutual growth and market share gains.
- Conduct joint sales calls, product demonstrations, and training sessions to create demand and accelerate sales performance.
- Utilize a consultative selling approach to uncover customer challenges, position value-based solutions, and successfully overcome objections.
- Consistently manage and advance a robust sales pipeline, maintaining a strong focus on opportunity creation, progression, and closure.
- Analyze market conditions, competitive activity, and customer needs to identify new avenues for growth.
- Effectively communicate financial benefits, return on investment, and total cost of ownership concepts to distributors and end users.
- Collaborate with internal sales, marketing, and customer support teams to maximize customer success and profitable growth.
- Meet or exceed monthly, quarterly, and annual sales targets, new account goals, and territory growth objectives.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
