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As Business Manager for ALTEN you will be responsible for sales and consulting services, recruitment, and management of engineering consultants in a professional and international environment. In short, your job will be to strive for happy Alten consultants and satisfied customers. By coaching your consultants and by creating continuous opportunities for them you create a dynamic and committed environment which helps stimulate business and support our customers.
Job Responsibility:
Creating new business opportunities by prospecting new customers within engineering sectors
Manage existing account relationships supporting active Client projects
Optimizing business profitability with mid-size accounts
Close deals on service-based contracts (fixed-price, delivery-based) or on time-based contracts (delegation of consultants)
Responsible for determining proposal and pricing strategy to close sales and win business. Support the company to meet its commercial objectives
Continuously interview and match candidates to have already qualified talent ready to meet customer’s current and anticipated needs
Organizing & coordinating the commercial relationships with your partners
Building close customer relationships and staying in close contact with customer managers to gain trust and develop business needs
Overseeing the consultant career evolution (annual review, training...)
Overseeing your own team of engineering consultants
Ensure customer' satisfaction, project follow-up
Manage your P&L statement for your business unit
Work within Salesforce to track leads and sales performance data
Travel to existing and prospective customer sites to understand and develop solutions to support customer needs, with support from the technical team as needed
Requirements:
Bachelors degree is required, MSc or BSc degree in engineering, business, or related field
3+ years of work experience
Experience in cold calling and targeted business prospection efforts is preferred with ability to establish a network of relevant engineering contacts and customers
Experience in recruiting passive top tech talent
Excellent communication skills
Ability to maintain strong business professional relationships
Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills
Ability to work under minimal supervision
Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed
Ability to be coachable and adaptable in a changing environment
Competitive and self drive
Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed, 30% travel