Director, Business Development

JOB SUMMARY

The Director, Business Development is responsible for developing sales in the geographic region, providing leadership and expertise to the sales team on prospect generation, solution selling, as well as developing and executing sales strategies. This role ensures optimal performance within the defined region in terms of overall new business revenue generation and adherence to Livingston’s strategic plan, vision and values.

Location:

Open to US or Canada.

• Define revenue goals for the region, define individual performance requirements, communicate business development plans and leverage incentive programs to motivate team to overachieve revenue target.
• Manage high-performance teams by establishing a spirit of cooperation and cohesion for achieving goals, displaying attributes that make people want to follow. Lead by example as a hands‑on team player with a “roll up the sleeves can‑do attitude”. Mentor, inspire, challenge and coach sales team to overachieve their assigned revenue target within identified geography.
• Instill an executable discipline for proactively identifying, creating opportunities and coordinating resources applicable to growing revenue within the geography.
• Ensure sales team members are equipped with the product knowledge, selling‑skills and business development strategies required to be successful. Identify performance and training gaps and recommend solutions or training to maximize revenue goals.
• Develop and manage the team to meet and exceed revenue target.
• Manage overall performance and activities of the sales team which includes managing individual revenue targets; ensure that clients and key prospects information are populated into the CRM () and produce accurate individual Business Plans reports on a monthly basis.
• Maximize the region’s strength in market position to drive new revenue from prospect accounts and existing accounts.
• Review and analyze information provided by Marketing, Sales Ops, CRM (), Client feedback and other sources to determine gaps, opportunities or threats and take the necessary steps to capitalize on opportunities.
• Personally devise and lead business opportunities and actively work to assist in business development activities. Establish and maintain effective relationships with clients. Attend and participate in sales meetings.
• Train the team on brand building techniques and how to prepare effective presentations, proposals and RFP responses.
• Understand the competition (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) and act on them. Create the business development plan and execute the strategy to expand business to develop new revenue within the geography in alignment with the company’s strategic plans.
• Meet regional sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.
• Maintain professional internal and external relationships that meet company core values.
• Proactively establish and maintain effective team relationships with all support functions.
• Work closely with operational functions to ensure new clients’ needs are addressed.
• Build and maintain key relationships with potential clients.
• Work in close collaboration with the marketing solution specialist and other Director of Sales (other regions). Share best practices and develop solutions which benefit all stakeholders. Promote cross functional selling of LII solutions and promote and monitor synergy between the regions lead Program.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management.
• Adhere to established policies and procedures.

• Works effectively with both internal and external contacts treating everyone with respect, trust and dignity.
• A strong change agent who is a good listener and respectful of others, skillfully settling differences by using a win‑win approach in order to maintain relationships. Applies influence and negotiation skills to drive business results.
• Dynamic, entrepreneurial, decisive; forward‑thinking leader who is also practical and results oriented.
• Solid analytical, planning and decision‑making skills.
• Enjoys working under pressure in a fast‑paced, deadline driven…