Progressive hiring Business Development Consultant in Chicago, Illinois, United States | LinkedIn (2024)

We have an incredibly exciting opportunity for a Business Development Consultant to join the Progressive Global Energy team!

Progressive has been experiencing substantial growth across the U.S. In our Central Region, our Chicago Team is looking to further that growth by bringing in talented sales professionals.

We are looking for motivated, sales minded individuals who thrive in a competitive environment and are looking to grow their careers. Our award-winning training will be provided from day one and will set the stage for the opportunity to build your business and reputation within an exciting market.

As a Business Development Consultant within our company, you will be responsible for:

• Business development of new and existing clients across industry verticals through meetings, networking, events and other sales techniques
• Creating and maintaining accurate business records within the global sales database to ensure the business has access to the most up to date customer data
• Analyzing relevant data to develop an in-depth understanding of our clients and their needs to enable relevant services
• Understands the life time value of a client; demonstrates a service-led approach, responding to first-line client queries in an efficient manner; escalating issues where appropriate in the interests of service delivery
• Providing support on transactional sales tasks to ensure a high level of service delivery
• Arranging client meetings & interviews; keeping the client informed throughout
• Meeting agreed performance standards that may relate to the number of job vacancies added or client feedback scores (NPS)

Requirements:

As a suitable applicant, you must be:

• 1-3 years sales experience, including cold- and warm-calling, pitching and negotiating
• 1-3 years of New Business Development
• Experience working with large high-volume accounts
• Strong planning and organizational skills with a proven ability to effectively priorities multiple tasks
• Effective communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship building
• Previous experience of meeting business deadlines
• Ambitious
• Highly competitive
• Resilient & Tenacious
• Coachable and willing to implement feedback

Benefits:

By starting a career with Specialist Staffing Group, you’ll have access to:

• 17 days PTO, 12 Paid Holidays, and 2 Paid Floating Holidays
• A hands-on training program from a dedicated Learning & Development department
• A full-time base salary from day one plus uncapped commission: your earning potential truly is in your hands
• A clear, merit-based career progression with fast-track opportunities into management
• A robust D&I platform with numerous opportunities to get involved
• Monthly incentives such as all expenses paid dinners at high-end restaurants
• National and international incentive trips
• New & modern offices located in the biggest and fastest-growing cities across the US
• Medical, dental, vision, and 401k benefits

About Specialist Staffing Group (SThree)

Specialist Staffing Group (the US division of SThree) is the global leader in STEM recruitment. With over 45 offices across 15 countries and employing over 2,800 people, SThree operates across multiple brands that specialize in placing the best STEM talent around the world. You will be working with some of the biggest, most innovative, and most exciting companies in the world across as you progress and grow your career. Working in recruitment provides exciting career opportunities and high earning potential. In our Recruitment Consultant sales role you will be pitching to clients who are looking to attract and hire professionals with a niche STEM background.

If this is something you are interested in, please feel free to reach out to j.bledsoe@sthree.com