The Business Development and Sales Development Support Executive will assist the BD team in identifying new business opportunities, supporting pre-sales activities, documentation, CRM updates, and managing follow-ups. The role involves extensive coordination with internal departments and external stakeholders to ensure smooth execution of sales development activities.
Requirements
• Support BD Managers with lead generation research, database creation, and account mapping.
• Coordinate and prepare responses to RFPs, RFIs, EOIs in collaboration with proposal and technical teams.
• Update and maintain Zoho CRM with lead, opportunity, and account details.
• Draft and maintain documentation including meeting notes, follow-up trackers, and business intelligence reports.
• Engage with internal departments (engineering, legal, finance, logistics) to collect and compile required documentation.
• Track progress leads through the sales funnel and assist with follow-ups.
• Assist with coordination of delegations, exhibitions, and customer visits, ensuring appropriate documentation is prepared.
• Prepare MIS reports and assist in data analysis of success/failure of leads and opportunities.
• Support in competitor and market intelligence research tasks.
• Undertake additional administrative and coordination tasks as directed by the Reporting Manager.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in any field
- 3–5 years of experience
- Strong communication skills
- Good English proficiency
- Proposal drafting experience
- Experience with the end-to-end business development and sales process
- Tender documentation experience
- Stakeholder coordination skills
- Strong documentation and record-keeping skills
- Self-initiative and proactive work style
What We Do
Incorporated in 1993, Zen Technologies Limited designs, develops and manufactures state-of-the-art Combat Training Solutions for the training of Defence & Security Forces worldwide and is a leader in providing Counter-Drone Solutions for safeguarding the borders, critical infrastructures etc. Zen Technologies is headquartered in Hyderabad, India with offices in India, UAE and USA. Zen Technologies has a portfolio of over 40 products designed and developed indigenously ranging from Live Fire, Live Instrumented, Virtual and Constructive training systems for individual and collective training and Counter Drone Solutions. With over 1,000 simulators and training systems shipped around the world, Zen Technologies is a proven leader in building training systems for developing and measuring Combat Readiness. Zen Technologies is built on strong R&D capabilities and has filed or received over 125 patents. Zen Technologies Limited is an ISO 9001:2015 (QMS), ISO/IEC 27001:2013 (ISMS) and CMMI Maturity Level 5 Company.
