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As Director of Business Development - Facilities, you will have an opportunity to lead new business pursuits with Sports & Entertainment prospect clients, and work closely with our Sales and the Facilities Leadership Teams in developing overall sales strategies within Aramark’s Facilities Service offerings. These include custodial, grounds and landscaping, and operations and maintenance services.
Job Responsibility:
Lead new business pursuits with Sports & Entertainment prospect clients
Work closely with our Sales and the Facilities Leadership Teams in developing overall sales strategies within Aramark’s Facilities Service offerings
Drive sales process leadership from prospecting contact through strategy, proposal, presentation and successful closure of Integrated Facilities Services project and annuity-based agreements within a defined territory
Be responsible for creating and developing relationships with/selling to Sports & Entertainment prospects/clients
Aggressively research, identify, qualify, and target potential clients and develop access strategies to client introductions
Develop and maintain relationships with key prospect/client personas while understanding and communicating prospective customers' campus culture
Exercise creativity and judgment in developing and evaluating sales and marketing strategies in selling Facilities Services
Develop and lead strategic processes with regard to: Competitive Environment, Account Sales Strategy and Development Strategy
Identify needs and develop customer specific solutions for those needs
Utilize resources from across Aramark in order to design and deliver customer desired outcomes
Influence and develop team members without formal authority
Develop relationships with intermediaries to build pipeline of opportunities and awareness of capabilities
Represent Aramark Facilities Services in the marketplace at various industry organizations and events
Build relationships personally with prospective customers
Provide appropriate market & competitive information
Requirements:
BA/BS is required for this position
Ideal candidate will possess at least 5 years of solution-based selling experience
Knowledge of CRM systems - preferably Salesforce
Working knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications is required
Effectively use deliberate influence strategies to impact, shape, or re-direct the behaviors of others, without formal authority
Position requires flexibility to travel 50-70%, including overnight
Excellent written and oral communication skills, presentation skills, and computer skills, including proposal development
Demonstrates a solid understanding of custodial and maintenance services and applies it to make mutually beneficial business decisions in a mature service industry
Must have a genuine desire and ability to discover the changing needs of clients and respond accordingly with solutions that target those needs
True understanding of Strategic Consultative Selling
Successfully building alliances and influencing key decision makers (of all levels)
Strategic sales planning and methodologies
Competitive drive and determination with focus on results orientation
Researching and obtaining market awareness of industry and client
Financial and technical acumen in understanding needs and developing proposals and responding to RFP’s
Excellent organizational skills
Developing and executing sales processes through indirect/direct influence
Nice to have:
MBA favorable
Knowledge of Sports & Entertainment sales highly preferred
What we offer:
Bonus
Commission
Equity eligible
Medical
Dental
Vision
Work/life resources
Retirement savings plans like 401(k)
Paid days off such as parental leave and disability coverage