Business Development Executive - Euromonitor

We are looking for sharp, dynamic professionals who are searching for an intellectually rewarding sales challenge to join our Beauty, Health & Fashion team. This role is based in our Chicago office, working with our cosmetics, fashion and jewelry territories in North America. This space is a major growth engine for the company for the next ten years. The industries we are pursuing are underserved by the market research industry with significant information gaps, particularly in international markets.

We need a consultative sales person who enjoys calling into organizations, is intellectually curious and thrives on complex sales. The role will develop the clients’ needs, match and align those needs with the appropriate solutions, demonstrate our award-winning products and services and win new business. This career is demanding and it needs someone who is highly organized with an entrepreneurial drive to succeed.

If you have a solid degree in business and career aspirations to work in the information industry, and/or international business and/or work alongside long term strategy makers, Euromonitor is a place where you will grow personally and professionally!

Key responsibilities:

·        New business sales and achieving sales targets

·        Evaluate territory potential and prospect new accounts

·        Develop strategic account development plans

·        Develop and foster new relationships through high levels activities, including in person meeting and cold calling

·        Conduct effective presentations

·        Proposal writing and winning new clients

·        Maintain effective internal communication

·        Pipeline balance and management

·        Achieving developmental benchmarks

Requirements

·        Commercial awareness and self-motivated

·        Knowledge or interest in international markets and market research

·        Excellent oral and written communication skills

·        Energy, enthusiasm and a positive attitude

·        Goal orientated, target driven and highly organized

·        Able to work under pressure to produce results

·        Bachelor’s degree preferred; MBA will help accelerate your success

Benefits

Why work for Euromonitor?

Our values

• We act with integrity
• We are curious about the world
• We are stronger together
• We seek to empower
• We find strength in diversity

International: not only do we have a very multinational workforce in each office but we are all dealing with our 16 offices worldwide on a daily basis. With 16 offices globally there are regular opportunities for international transfer.

Hardworking but sociable: our staff know how to work hard but also how to enjoy themselves! We pride ourselves on creating an appropriate work-life balance, with flexible hours and regular socialising including frequent after work meet ups, summer and Christmas parties and a whole range of sports and other groups to be involved with.

Committed to making a difference: We think that people are looking for something worthwhile in a company beyond the workplace. Our extensive Corporate Social Responsibility Programme gives each member of staff two volunteering days a year in addition to holidays. It sees us reaching out into the local community with our mentoring, group volunteering, and fundraising initiatives as well as supporting international charities through our website sales, matching staff sponsorship fundraising, and carbon offsetting all our flights, amongst many other activities.

Excellent benefits: we offer highly competitive salaries, healthcare insurance, food vouchers, saving fund, plus generous holiday allowances and in many offices a Core Hours policy allowing flexible start and finish times to each day.

Opportunities to grow: we offer extensive training and development opportunities at all levels. The vast majority of our managers and directors have been promoted from within and many have moved across departments as well as upwards. We pride ourselves on identifying and rewarding talent.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Euromonitor International does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.

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