Business Development Executive

Location

United Kingdom | United States

Job description

Business Development Executive

Location: London Victoria

The International Quality and Productivity Centre (IQPC) are devoted to creating and executing content driven B2B events for senior executives globally. We are an entrepreneurial business and a market leader recently celebrating our 50-year anniversary. With offices in New York, Toronto, Sydney, Berlin and Singapore, every year we deliver around 1500 events across the globe.

People are IQPC's most important asset, everything we do is a product of our people, and our competitive advantage is based on our ability to hire the best people, develop them in the right way and offer them the most exciting opportunities.

The Division

Customer Contact Week Europe (CCW Europe) is the region’s leading analyst and industry network to the Customer Management community. With a cross industry focus, representing practitioners from leading Enterprises we focus on the following practise areas:

- Customer Contact

- Customer Experience

- Employee Engagement & Experience

Our speaker faculties include Executive Leadership of the regions leading B2C companies such as HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, ASOS, New Balance , and Uber. Our Celebrity Headliners include world renowned pioneers such as Baroness Karren Brady of Knightsbridge, Jo Malone CBE, Peter Schmeichel , Lord Sebastian Coe, Michel Roux Jr., David Coulthard and Sir Ranulph Fiennes

By bringing together these Senior Executives at a time when they are reviewing their strategic priorities, we create an unrivalled platform for our Sponsor Partners to elevate their brand and build near-term business development opportunities. Our Sponsor Partners span the worlds leading consultancies, SaaS and BPO providers.

The Position

The Business Development Executive will be responsible for advanced prospecting, gradually becoming increasingly involved in the end-to-end sales process of large sponsorship deals. Through focused training and working hand-in-hand with our highest performing sales professionals, you will be provided an unrivalled insight into what it takes to become a best-in-class sales professional.

Who are we looking for?

• 6 months+ commercial experience
• Clear goal orientation with a track record of working to and achieving performance based targets
• Commercial acumen with a strong desire to understand and influence how world leading businesses market their services
• Demonstration of excellence in academic or personal life (e.g. senior positions on University groups/societies, sporting performance etc.)
• Demonstration of ability to deal with challenging situations (e.g. managing objections, working to deadlines etc.)
• Proactive interest in self-development to supplement significant training and support provided
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with the confidence engage C-Level stakeholders
• Degree education preferable but not essential (you make the case with your attributes and achievements
• Must be motivated, reliable, and able to work independently or as part of a team
• General office technology skills required (PC, Microsoft Outlook, CRM, LinkedIn)

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