Director of Business Development

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Winston-Salem, NC, USA
In-Office
100K-120K Annually
Entry level
Analytics • Business Intelligence • Consulting
The Role
Leads company-wide business development and sales growth by identifying new markets, customers, services, partnerships, and revenue opportunities. Oversees sales strategy, team performance, pipeline management, forecasting, strategic accounts, profitability, and customer retention. Works with executive and operational leaders to build scalable sales processes, evaluate growth opportunities, and execute long-term growth plans while maintaining margins and service quality.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Director of Business Development is a senior leadership position responsible for driving profitable growth across the company by developing new business opportunities, expanding existing customer relationships, strengthening the sales organization, and
identifying new markets and revenue streams.
 
This position serves as the bridge between the company's growth strategy and execution. The Director of Business Development is expected to actively pursue opportunities rather than simply manage existing business. Success will be measured by revenue growth, profitability, pipeline development, customer retention, market expansion, and the effectiveness of QRC’s overall sales efforts.
 
The Director of Business Development works closely with the CEO, CFO, operational leaders, sales team, and marketing team to
ensure the company's growth is intentional, profitable, and scalable.

Key Responsibilities

    Business Development and Growth
    • Develop and execute overall business development strategy
    • Identify new customers, markets, services, and revenue opportunities
    • Build relationships with commercial property owners, facility managers, general contractors, developers, manufacturers, and
    other strategic customers
    • Develop opportunities for commercial service agreements, replacement projects, construction projects, refrigeration, and other company service offerings
    • Expand presence within existing accounts by identifying additional services and opportunities
    • Maintain a strong pipeline of future opportunities and ensureconsistent follow up
    • Develop strategic partnerships and referral relationships that cangenerate long term business
    • Represent the company at industry events, customer meetings, networking opportunities, and community events when appropriate
     
    Sales Leadership
    • Provide leadership, accountability, and direction to the sales team
    • Establish clear sales goals, expectations, and measurable KPIs
    • Monitor sales activity, pipeline, close rates, average sale, gross margin, and other key performance indicators
    • Coach sales people on customer relationships, opportunity development, estimating, proposals, presentations, and closing
    • Ensure opportunities are properly tracked and managed through Service Titan and other company systems
    • Develop a consistent sales process that can be taught, measured, and scaled as the company grows
    • Work with operational leaders to ensure sales commitments canbe successfully delivered
     
    Strategic Accounts
    • Develop and maintain relationships with QRC’s most important customers
    • Establish a structured key account strategy for major commercial customers
    • Conduct regular customer reviews to understand upcoming needs and opportunities
    • Identify opportunities to increase QRC’s share of wallet withinexisting accounts
    • Assist with resolving significant customer issues when executive level involvement is appropriate
    • Protect long term customer relationships while maintaining appropriate pricing and profitability
     
    Market Development
    • Evaluate potential new markets, territories, customer segments,and service offerings
    • Work with marketing to develop targeted campaigns that support the company's growth objectives
    • Identify underserved areas of the market where the company can establish a competitive advantage
    • Monitor competitors, market conditions, pricing trends, and industry developments
    • Help determine where the company should invest resources to generate the highest long term return
     
    Financial Accountability
    • Develop annual revenue and gross profit goals in coordinationwith the CEO, CFO, and operational leadership
    • Maintain visibility into the sales pipeline and provide reliablerevenue forecasting
    • Ensure growth opportunities meet the company's profitability expectations
    • Evaluate opportunities based on revenue, gross margin, strategicvalue, capacity, and risk
    • Avoid pursuing revenue simply for the sake of growth when the work does not meet the company's financial or strategic objectives
     
    Leadership and Strategic Planning
    • Participate as a member of the senior leadership team
    • Participate in annual and quarterly strategic planning
    • Help develop the company's three to five year growth strategy
    • Work across departments to remove obstacles preventingprofitable growth
    • Maintain accountability for commitments, priorities, and companygoals
    • Help build the people, processes, and systems required to support the company as the company grows
     
    Key Performance Indicators
    Performance should be measured using objective results including:
    • Total company revenue growth
    • Gross profit dollars generated
    • New business revenue
    • Existing customer revenue growth
    • Sales pipeline value
    • Pipeline coverage against future revenue goals
    • Sales close rate
    • Commercial service agreement growth
    • Customer retention
    • Strategic account growth
    • Sales forecasting accuracy
    • Sales team performance against individual goals

Qualifications

    • Proven leadership experience in business development, sales,operations, or a related role
    • Strong understanding of the HVAC, refrigeration, construction,service, or related industries preferred
    • Demonstrated ability to develop relationships and generate newbusiness
    • Strong financial and business understanding
    • Ability to evaluate opportunities based on both revenue andprofitability
    • Strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills
    • Ability to hold people accountable while maintaining productiveworking relationships
    • Comfortable working directly with customers, executives, fieldpersonnel, salespeople, and operational leaders
    • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multipleopportunities simultaneously

Leadership Expectations

    The Director of Business Development is expected to think andoperate like an owner.
     
    This position is not simply responsible for managing the sales department.
     
    The Director is responsible for creating growth
     
    The successful person will continually ask:
  • Where is the next opportunity?
  • Which customers should we be doing more business with?
  • What markets should the company enter?
  • What services should we expand?
  • Where are we leaving revenue on the table?
  • How do we make our sales organization stronger?
  • How do we grow without sacrificing profitability, customerexperience, or operational execution?
  • The Director of Business Development should ultimately create a predictable and scalable growth engine that supports the company's long term vision.

Skills Required

  • Proven leadership experience in business development, sales, operations, or a related role
  • Strong understanding of HVAC, refrigeration, construction, service, or related industries
  • Demonstrated ability to develop relationships and generate new business
  • Strong financial and business understanding
  • Ability to evaluate opportunities based on revenue and profitability
  • Strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills
  • Ability to hold people accountable while maintaining productive working relationships
  • Ability to work directly with customers, executives, field personnel, salespeople, and operational leaders
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously
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The Company
HQ: Greensboro, NC
279 Employees
Year Founded: 2014

What We Do

Cogent Analytics is a business management consulting firm committed to serving privately held businesses in the US. Founded in 2014, we've grown from a small team of six to a thriving organization of over 220 dedicated professionals serving Main Street businesses across 36 U.S. states. Our mission is to improve the lives of business owners by providing honest and effective business consulting services. We believe that small to mid-sized businesses are the backbone of our economy and the lifeblood of their communities. Our people-centric approach focuses on the individuals behind the businesses and the communities they serve. At Cogent Analytics, we're more than just a business - we're a family that acts like a business from time to time. We invest heavily in our team, fostering a culture of support, growth, and recognition. We're proud of our A+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau, client testimonials, and lifecycle relationships that are testaments to our ethical business practices. Join us as we continue to champion the cause of the entrepreneur, helping businesses overcome challenges, achieve their full potential, and contribute to the strength and vibrancy of our communities. At Cogent, your business is our business — let's build something together. Website: www.cogentanalytics.com Email: [email protected] Phone: (336) 665-8154

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