Business Development Manager -ESG

Reposted 17 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in South Africa
Remote
Junior
Digital Media • Software • Business Intelligence • Consulting
The Role
The Business Development Manager will handle sales, build customer relationships, provide ESG compliance advisory, and onboard clients onto the ESG reporting platform.
Summary Generated by Built In

ESG/sustainability is a continuously evolving landscape and sustainability reporting requirements continue to increase globally. Aside from compliance, organizations are facing greater expectations not only from regulatory bodies, but also from different stakeholders: customers, investors, employees, suppliers, lenders, etc.

We are currently expanding our ESG Business Development team to support our Convene ESG Software, which aims to support our clients in their sustainability reporting journey from standard compliance to next-level ESG governance. The team will continue to grow over the next years as we continue to expand our market and grow our clients. We are looking for candidates with relevant sustainability and ESG reporting or ratings/analysis background to join our team. The successful candidate is expected to have a strong interest in general ESG trends and topics, as well as a keen eye for details on data/disclosure quality.

Visit www.azeusconvene.com for more information.


Requirements

The main responsibilities are:

  • Provide day-to-day hands-on sales execution, including marketing requirements.
  • Build key customer relationships, identify business opportunities, negotiate and close business deals.
  • Manage pre-sales activities through product demonstrations, advising on bid preparation, support with product pricing and realization of business plan targets.
  • Assisting the Sales team with ESG domain knowledge
  • Provide advisory to the clients / prospects for the compliance of ESG reporting
  • Provide onboarding of our ESG reporting platform to the clients
  • Study various ESG reporting framework and contribute to the evolvement of the ESG reporting platform.
  • Build key customer relationships, identify business opportunities

The role requires interaction with clients/ prospective clients, partners and Azeus personnel which may be face- to-face or using other communications media.

Activities include:

  • Develop and maintain a Sales Pipeline, including pursuing sales leads and prospective clients within our CRM.
  • Attend trade shows inter-state (if required).
  • Deliver customer presentations and proposals and negotiate and close business deals.
  • Maintain awareness of legislation and best practice.
  • Provide updates on sales leads to Senior Management.

Experience:

  • 1 - 3 years’ experience in sales
  • 2 - 3 years ESG background
  • Good to have: Strong background/knowledge on sustainability topics in key sectors
  • Ability to work effectively as a team player with multiple stakeholders at all levels of the organization

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The Company
648 Employees
Year Founded: 1990

What We Do

Convene is a multi-awarded and leading board portal solution from Azeus that is used by boards of directors of FTSE 100, Fortune 500, financial institutions, governments, and non-profit organizations in more than 100 countries. Designed specifically for senior level executives and company secretaries, our innovative board meeting software gives you complete control over the entire meeting process - from pre-meeting preparation to post-meeting document distribution - and ensures good governance driven by security and accountability.

Convene is developed with an emphasis on responding to the challenges of enterprise and public services that require data protection, control, availability, and application security. Built with strong security mechanisms throughout the system and backed by a CMMI level 5 company with over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, Convene is guaranteed to protect confidential information and provide a great user experience for your entire board.

Our global team of professionals is available 24/7/365 to answer queries at any time of the day. As a top-tier board management software, we have dedicated experts to conduct face-to-face and online training sessions for your organization.

With better designed features, Convene provides a seamless paperless board meeting experience across all devices. Book your demo now at www.azeusconvene.com/sales.

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