Business Development Manager
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- 1 location, Sales & Business Development, Hybrid, Senior
- Current openings
- 3 active jobs
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- English
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Climate Action was founded in 2007 and has been working at the intersection of climate change policy, innovation, and finance.
We do this by creating complex, high-impact hybrid and digital events, engaging with our 140,000 members globally. We partner with an incredible ecosystem of 1,000 impact partners, UN Agencies, and private sector companies.
We are a commercial business with a clear mission: to drive meaningful climate progress through the work we convene. Joining us means contributing to that impact.
Role Purpose:
The Business Development Manager is responsible for building relationships and driving sponsorship revenue for our highly regarded, sustainable finance and investment conference portfolio.
About the role:
We are seeking an individual who has a minimum of 5 years dedicated to B2B event sales within the conference environment, with a particular emphasis on high-value sponsorship sales.
We require an individual with a deep understanding and experience within conference-led events, with a focus on events centered around climate and sustainability themes , such as sustainable investment, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance), energy, finance, and transportation amongst other key topics related to sustainability and industry decarbonisation.
The successful candidate will be a passionate advocate for their products, have a track record of success and a demonstratable interest in sustainability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maximising revenue through sponsorship sales
- Identifying and securing new clients to maximise revenue and value for both parties
- Account manage existing clients forging stronger relationships
- Re-engaging past clients, rebuilding bridges where required
- Achieving and exceeding monthly sales targets and exceeding daily KPI's
- Managing a sales pipeline document for reporting purposes, forecasting business accurately on a weekly and monthly basis
- Gathering product and company feedback from clients and prospects
- Rebooking clients on site at events, following our rebook process
- Travelling to events to manage sponsor relationship and help deliver events.