Business Development Representative | Manufacturing Private Equity

Growth oriented manufacturing business backed by a private investment firm hiring Business Development Representative
. Operates as the "tip of the spear" contacting warm leads, gaining access to RFPs, and working with Sales Leadership + Internal Stakeholders to quote and develop new business opportunities.

• 2-10 years' Inside Sales experience
• Manufacturing industry experience preferred
• Request for Proposal (RFP) experience
• Track record of adding new revenue

• Proactively generates new business, engaging existing customers to expand account revenue, and driving outbound sales activity across multiple product lines
• Focuses on identifying opportunities, building strong customer relationships, and preparing quotes
• Coordinates closely with production, engineering, management and customer service to ensure a seamless sales process.
• Places outbound calls to prospective and existing customers with the goal of securing new orders, upselling existing accounts, and reactivating dormant accounts.
• Qualify leads from marketing campaigns, trade shows, referrals, and online inquiries.
• Maintain ownership of the customer relationship from first contact through initial order, ensuring a high-quality handoff to ongoing customer support.
• Record all call activity, contact information, and opportunity updates in CRM.
• Performs research as needed on new prospects
• Works as a team to grow e-commerce business from Amazon