Business Development Assistant

Main Task:

The Business Development Assistant reports directly to the Managing Director,

working primarily from their home. The main task is to identify new prospects for

Dragon Sourcing Services using phone and emailing campaigns and to arrange

appointments with clients for company directors.

Salary: Negotiable

Job Description:

1. Identification and evaluation of prospects

 use of various databases and online research to identify purchasing

managers/CPO’s in medium and large companies in the EU and the US.

 Contact the purchasing managers by phone and email to introduce Dragon

Sourcing services and offerings

 Arrange appointments (physical or by phone) for DS Director to further

discuss client’s objectives and Dragon Sourcing capabilities and business

model

2. Building and managing pipeline of prospects

 Suggest CRM tool to use

 Keep track of all prospects interaction

 Follow up with prospects at appropriate time

Qualifications:

1. A recognized qualification or experience in procurement would be considered an asset

2. Experienced in business development and telemarketing is critical, especially in the

selling of services

3. Strong experience in leveraging social networks to identify and interact with prospects,

especially LinkedIn

4. Total fluency in English. Additional European language is an asset (French, German,

Spanish or Italian)

5. Ability to have constructive phone dialogue with senior procurement executives

6. Strong market research and computer skills

7. Willingness to work from home