Business Development Manager for Municipal Water - Oakland, United States - Veolia

Veolia

Verified Company

Oakland, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Company Description About Veolia North America**
Job Description Sick Leave**: 56 hours

Observed Holidays: 11 days

Vacation:
Flexible Time Off

Pay Rate:
$120000 to $140000, Per Year.

BENEFITS
Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.

Position Purpose:

Identifies, develops and executes long-term, integrated industrial / municipal contracts for Veolia, meeting targets for business type, risk profile and pricing.

Maintains a sufficient balance of prospects in the pipeline to ensure continuity of sales.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

Leads the sales process, with support as necessary, by seeking business opportunities by

- interviewing customers, other suppliers and colleagues in other regions.

Researches the customer and partners of the customer and identifies the decision makers, procurement processes, and any history they may have had with Veolia.
Interprets customer requirements and determines which products best meet those requirements.
Prepares and makes sales presentations focusing on value to customer. Coordinates visits from Veolia technical staff and upper level management to customer where necessary. Arranges customer visits to Veolia facilities and inhouse installation demonstrations.
Works with customer engineering/technical staff to get actual specifications, ensuring that the needs and expectations of the customer are clarified and communicated.
May manage internal technical audit and internal approvals for project.
Manages and participates in proposal preparation, pricing and presentations to customers. Conducts proposal meetings, assign tasks and set deadlines, tracks progress, communicates and compiles information from involved departments and ensures that customer requirements an deadlines are met.
Automates processes where possible and ensures that historical data can be recaptured and utilized for future proposals where appropriate.
Leads negotiation with the customer including preparation of agreements and possible structuring of financing solutions. Maintains a close liaison with other members in the Veolia team including operations, finance, legal, insurance, risk management, etc.
Maintains current business development database. Prepares monthly reports and internal memos in a timely manner, to communicate and outline opportunities, to take corrective actions to resolve issues before they become problems and to assist with forecasting.
Keeps abreast of new products, specifications, and industry trends, competitor strengths and weaknesses and communicates new information to colleagues. Attends industry sponsored trade shows and seminars. Communicates potential opportunities to other Veolia locations and business units.

Work Environment:

Spends most of time in an office environment.
Spends 50% of time in customer office locations.
Spends 30% of time coordinating sales activities in market area.
Travels % of the time

- _

Possible Work Hazards:

_May be exposed to possible operations hazards including dust, fumes, toxic and caustic chemicals, rotating machinery, high pressure, hot or cold work temperatures, slippery surfaces, water and electrical hazards.

Qualifications Education/Experience/Background**:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering preferred in order to interpret customer technical requirements and determine best fit or equivalent technical and commercial experience.
Typically has at least ten years progressive sales experience in a related field with a proven track record and demonstrated aptitude with complex business transactions, pricing and project finance, financial models, and spreadsheets. Demonstrates effective technical and proposal writing.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Ability to review, comprehend and negotiate complex legal contracts (with Attorney support).
Knowledge of the operation of: give specifics here types of plants types of projects.
Knowledge of Veolia business, services offered, capabilities and interrelationship with other divisions in the Veolia Group.
Knowledge of potential customers in the target markets within geographical focus area with a network and relationships with potential customers, national trade organizations, engineering and construction firms, equipment vendors, financiers.
Knowledge of competitors in target markets, together with an appreciation of their strategies, strengths and weaknesses.
Knowledge of assigned markets, prices, legislation, suppliers, influences, contract

- structures.