Business Development Partner

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Job Title: Sales Administrator/Coordinator

Reports to: AI Global Team Leader

Location: Mainly home based but with occasional travel.

BSI is unable to provide visa sponsorship or relocation for this vacancy

Due to a growing market we are looking to further develop a team supporting our Business Development Managers. This role is key to the smooth operation of our Artificial Intelligence (AI) business development team and offers good career development and progression opportunities. This is an administrative and enabling role not a sales position, although career development is possible in that field (or others) if appropriate.

The successful applicant would work closely with the Business Development Managers to provide clients with an excellent customer experience; responsible for the internal activities relating to the sales process, building your own relationships you will be responsible for liaising with clients and colleagues across the globe. whilst you will work with a number of clients in China, you will also work with clients in the APAC region, and indeed globally.

We are looking for an independent self-starter with a real eye for detail, however there is a comprehensive induction plan to set you up for success. If you can thrive on a very steep learning curve, have great communication and administration skills, and are logical and analytical, you may be the right fit! No AI knowledge is needed, however excellent verbal and written language skills in both Chinese and English are essential.

Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities

• Preparing and responding to various client correspondence from across the world. Preparing and dealing with commercial documents and processing client applications.
• Collaborating to effectively manage the quotation approval process.

Working with the Team Leader to agree, plan, implement initiatives and monitor quality of work and key performance indicators.

• To provide support and training to the Business Development Partner team.
• Adhere to regulatory requirements, company processes & guidelines and best practice.

Skills & Experience required:

In addition to the points mentioned above, the successful candidate will:

• Have experience of working in a regulated environment or have excelled in supporting a busy sales team.
• Be well organised with good time management & attention to detail.
• Be trustworthy, keen to learn and have an improvement focussed mindset.
• Have a pro-active nature and be experienced in dealing with internal & external clients
• Be able to interpret client information and analyse data
• Ideally have experience of working the standards industry and have previously used Salesforce

Do you believe the world deserves excellence?

As the leading global business standards company BSI helps 80,000 clients worldwide to improve their businesses. From business continuity to recycling waste, from medical devices to the exploration of space, we help businesses embed the habits of excellence so that they perform better, manage their risks more effectively and achieve sustainable growth and in doing so we touch the lives of many across the globe.

Our Excellence Behaviours: Client-centric, Agile, Collaborative. These three behaviours represent how we do things at BSI. They help us ensure that BSI is a great place to work and a highly successful business.

About Us

BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.

Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.
Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.
Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.