Vice President of Sales and Business Development -- Entrepreneurial Leadership Required!

Starboard
  • Traverse City, Michigan
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    I will make this job description very simple:  Build and lead Starboard's sales and marketing effort.

    Minimum requirements are very simple also:  Proven record in selling supply chain solutions at an enterprise level--extra credit for specializing in Supply Chain Design.

    If you are still interested, read on:

    Do you want to join a new and growing supply chain software company that is going to be the leader in its category?  Are you willing to take risk in order to gain a huge reward?  Check out Starboard and let us know if you want to join us.

    Job role:  Find, sell and close large deals with mid-sized and large industrial companies.  Work directly with the president to build a sales and marketing team to grow with revenue and investment income.


    Product:   The newest technology for supply chain design.  Starboard's flagship product, Navigator, is used by companies to answer "what if" questions about the future of their supply chain.  It is sold to any company that makes, moves, or sells physical products.  It is a huge market.


    Responsibilities:


    • Leadership!
    • To identify business opportunities.
    • Sell products by establishing contact and develop relationships with prospects; recommending solutions.
    • To Maintain relationships with clients by providing support, information, and guidance; researching and recommending new opportunities; recommending profit and service improvements.
    • Feedback to management on product positioning and required features.
    • Participate on behalf of the company in exhibitions or conferences
    • Negotiate and close deals
    • Manage ongoing customer relationships and seek opportunities to upsell.


    Requirements:

    • Leadership!
    • Experience in supply chain software.
    • Proven experience as a sales executive or sales relevant role.
    • Language proficiency.
    • Presentation Skills.
    • Thorough understanding of marketing and negotiating techniques.
    • Self-motivated with a results-driven approach.


    Compensation:  We are a young and aggressive company, compensation will be heavily weighted on a generous commission on top of a competitive base salary.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationTraverse City, Michigan

    Skills

    • Business Developmentunmatched
    • Conferencesunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)unmatched
    • Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
    • Emerging Technologyunmatched
    • Entrepreneurshipunmatched
    • High Tech Industryunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Marketingunmatched
    • Negotiation Skillsunmatched
    • Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Product Positioningunmatched
    • Revenue Growthunmatched
    • Riskunmatched
    • Salesunmatched
    • Sales Closing Skillsunmatched
    • Sales Managementunmatched
    • Solution Salesunmatched
    • Supply Chainunmatched
    • Supply Chain Management Softwareunmatched
    • Up-Sellingunmatched

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