Manager, Business Development
American Humane
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Washington D.C. • California, District of Columbia, Florida, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $100,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Develops alliances and collaborations that expand American Humane Society’s third-party animal welfare audit programs
- Identifying, cultivating, and securing new business within relevant industries such as farms, ranches, retail, food service operations, pet food, aquaculture, zoos, aquariums, and hospitality
- Works collaboratively with Communications, Marketing and Development teams to develop a strategic outreach plan
- Sets and meets ambitious growth goals for program expansion
- Creates opportunities for national and international spokespersons for the program
- Attends trade shows and industry meetings to maximize opportunities for networking
- Ensures all program materials are up to date and reflective of program standards
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree, minimum 7 years of proven, successful business development/sales experience
- Diversity of marketing and sales experience in agriculture industry, restaurant/food supply chain, retail, hospitality
- Demonstrates a growth mentality and hunger and drive to achieve or exceed goals
- Experience and/or knowledge of product certification process preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; active listening
- Adept at building collaborative relationships and demonstrating diplomacy with diverse constituencies
- Experience negotiating contracts strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to provide effective and timely solutions
- Ability to collaborate with team members to implement annual program goals
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, religion, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status
- Reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
business developmentsales experienceproduct certification process
Soft skills
growth mentalitycommunication skillsactive listeningcollaborative relationshipsdiplomacynegotiating contractsproblem solving