Associate Business Development Manager

Associate Business Development Manager – Milan  

The ROLE: 

Convera is a global leader in commercial payments that powers international business by moving money with ease. This role is a great opportunity to progress in your sales career through different business development roles as well as explore other opportunities across the GTM business. 

To succeed in this role, we are looking for resilient, motivated individuals with a tenacious and competitive mindset to work on all aspects of the sales cycle, from prospecting clients with low interest, through a full “discovery” stage, to a client trading habitually.  

As a trusted business partner, you will focus on building effective long term, mutually beneficial and profitable relationships with clients from mid-cap to corporates in Italy by growing the business and extending the reach of Convera’s products & services to achieve new business revenue. 

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

 Lead Generation & Prospecting 

• Use your deep knowledge of Convera’s value proposition to attract new leads to build a suitable pipeline, while also understanding the needs, challenges, and requirements that prospects/clients face when trading overseas 
• Achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) such as revenue setting targets, and report them on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis to drive new business 
• Focus on [Small-to-Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME)] business acquisition(s), with businesses with FX turnover and/or payment exposure by aligning with Partners under the direction of Sr. BDMs, Head of Desk, or Sales Leaders 
• Proactively seek new business opportunities in the market, through cold calls, attending networking events, referrals, exhibitions, and through our internal sources (e.g., LinkedIn Sales Navigator and/or [D&B hoovers]) for researching companies 
• Use sales enablement tools, such as Salesforce, with a focus on maximining effectiveness by using sales tech stack such as Highspot, Zoom Info, to generate new sales opportunities 
• In partnership with your dedicated Demand Generator, manage a pipeline of varied opportunities (i.e., in terms of company/need/solution required), and progress that pipeline by ensuring that a targeted number of meetings are being completed, and client Application Forms are being returned 

• Create business proposals to articulate the benefits of our product range and consultatively guide prospects/clients to additional products & services and appropriate solutions 

 Relationship Building & Management 

• Introduce relevant support functions such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Corporate Hedging Manager (CHM) and or Senior Business Development Manager (Sr. BDM’s) to clients 
• Build and maintain long lasting client relationships with associated organizations, partners, and advisors of our prospective clients 
• Collaborate with internal teams to build a strong external network of Ideal Customer Profile (ICP) partners 

 Negotiations & Contract Management 

• Influence clients ranging from start-up owners to directors, to C-suite executives of targeted corporations 
• Ensure client adoption of our services by scheduling regular meetings to discuss and review progress, and own an undertaking of a general “health check” of client’s status 
• Maintain documentation of all relevant SFDC records (e.g., sales diary, prospect’s next steps, etc.), and/or ensuring you get Accounts through the Accreditation/Set Up process 

 Collaboration & Coordination 

• Work closely with internal teams (i.e., including bid, customer assurance, pre-sales, and customer care) to ensure seamless service delivery 

 BASIC QUALIFICATIONS 

• 1-3 years of Sales industry experience, ideally in the financial services marketplace 

• Experience introducing and onboarding new customers  

• Strong organizational and effective time management skills 

• Active listening, strong written and verbal communication skills, such as a professional telephone manner 

• Abil