Business Development Manager, ANZ
Publicis Groupe
- South Brisbane, QLD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and implement sales strategies to drive revenue growth and profitability
- Build and manage a high-performing sales team to achieve sales targets
- Identify and pursue new business opportunities and develop relationships with key clients
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and partners to maximize business opportunities
- Collaborate with other departments to ensure a cohesive approach to achieving company goals
- Ensure sales pipeline is accurately maintained and forecasted and internal platforms are updated weekly
- Monitor market trends, competitors, and industry developments to inform sales strategies
- Report to the CEO and provide regular updates on sales performance and progress towards targets
- Participate in strategic planning and contribute to the company's overall growth and success
- Working in partnership with internal teams to successfully hand over from sales to onboarding team. Making sure process is adhered to.
- Develop and execute a strategy designed to build and grow the business
- Forecast, lead and deliver sales revenue and profit targets
- Lead the development of tactical programs to pursue targeted goals and objectives
- Oversee the quality and successful delivery of Retail Media's offerings to new customers
- Map client organizations, define key stakeholders and develop outreach plans
- Earn trust and work as partner driving growth for your clients
- Engage strategically with key clients or targeted client activities
- Minimum of 12+ years of industry and sales experience, with at least 4 years in a leadership position
- Proven track record of achieving sales targets and driving revenue growth
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships with clients and partners
- Analytical skills to monitor market trends, competitors, and industry developments
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities
- Experience with CRM tools and sales automation software
- Ability to travel as needed
- A sales leader & subject matter expert and proven experience in Retail Media within adtech, martech or similar
- Strong senior leadership skills, with extensive experience leading high performing sales and account management teams
- Strong track record of leading, motivating, recruiting, and retaining teams
- Demonstrable knowledge of a retail media Ad Stack, online advertising industry, retail ecosystem and industry/market trends
- Client-side sales and account strategy experience, across multiple verticals (retail, travel, CPG, finance)
- Influential connections and relationships within the retail industry, and with major brands & retailers
- Expert knowledge of advertising agencies, both on a holding company and operating agency level
- Deep understanding of audience targeting and programmatic buying including the underlying implementation to successfully support the spectrum of technical requirements across the client life-cycle.
- Experience building go to market strategy and executing with multi-product adtech or martech B2B companies
- The ability to collaborate effectively with product teams to develop and launch products including supporting POC, Alpha, Beta and Rollout programs
- A strong technical aptitude with the ability to rapidly learn new technologies and take advantage of new concepts
- Ability to work closely with product marketing and deliver best in class sales enablement materials
- Experience managing and working with global and inter departmental teams on complex proposal and pitch documents / presentations.