Business Development Specialist

CONA Services • Charlotte, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Business Development Specialist supports customer and/or channel teams by performing administrative tasks that help ensure business strategy success. The role manages pricing submissions and item setup processes across customer programming, supports financial management activities involving budgets and customer invoicing, and analyzes program performance to develop selling stories that support business strategies.

The position is based in Charlotte and works in an office environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (four years).
• One to up to three years of work experience, with knowledge acquired through that experience.
• Advanced organizational, time-management, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Financial acumen.
• Basic analytical skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple assignments with time-sensitive deadlines.
• Agility, nimbleness, and flexibility.
• Computer proficiency in the MS Office Suite, particularly MS Excel and MS PowerPoint.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, Liberal Arts, Sociology, or Psychology.
• Competence in customer portals such as Retail Link and Vendor Managed Pricing.
• Eagerness to learn and desire to grow in the role.

Responsibilities

• Submit pricing activities in customer portals, emphasizing data accuracy, integrity, and consistency to support accurate and efficient price execution, profitability, and customer and business experience.
• Administer customer new-item setup and reset processes and manage internal SKU maintenance, including maintaining the authorized material list.
• Support financial management activities, including auditing deductions on customer invoices and customer trade marketing funding, in connection with budgets and customer invoices.
• Own, review, research, and maintain daily, monthly, annual, and other periodic sales performance reports and other key business metrics related to customer channel programs.
• Communicate customer activity details and sales objectives to necessary business partners through internal processes such as authorization trackers and looks of success.
• Conduct special projects and perform other duties as assigned by the direct supervisor.

Benefits

• 401(k) match
• Health coverage
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Career pathways to advance and develop
• Dedicated training
• Personalized mentorship

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level