Business Development Manager

## Job description Las Vegas, NV FOREO is a wildly innovative brand of 3000+ revolutionaries who opt for bold instead boring every time. If breaking molds and challenging standards is your thing, keep reading!FOREO has an immediate need for an inspirational, talented and hands-on Business Development Manager to join our award-winning Las Vegas, NV team. In turn, we offer an exciting and dynamic working environment. The Business Development Manager is also responsible for distribution strategy, coordinating marketing efforts, product launches and sales promotions.Essential Job Functions: \- Relationship Management: \- Direct Relationship Calls with all accounts \- Drives the strategy and infuses the business vision into professional relationships in designated market location \- Maintains a constant influence with every customer, ensuring role is intensely focused on forging new relationships with local businesses, managing accounts, and building loyalty by providing quality experiences for business customers \- Executes at least one relationship Building Activity per account \- Plans, sources and executes training activities with accounts \- Responds to key clients' needs as well as claims or complaints \- Reporting, Strategy and Execution: \- Uploads sell-out reports by account \- Develops and maintains account strategy/retailer marketing calendar \- Calls with Head of BD to discuss Sales against Plan & Strategy \- Maintains promotional tracker \- Defines and evaluates SKU distribution and retail strategy within assigned accounts to support commercial development in North America \- Plans, executes and supports national events and trade shows \- Sales Plan Achievement and Reporting: Revenue & Profitability: \- Prepares all Presentation materials and Lead Market Meetings for all accounts \- Reports on Sales & Marketing Plan by Account - Assortment updates, Inventory Strategy, New Product Launches, Promotions, Events & Animations \- Reports on Sales Plan revenue Targets by Account \- Reports on Profitability Targets by Account to reflect key indicators including marketing spend, returns per account, Discounts Applied/Margin Retained \- Responsible for driving assigned accounts in North America, building relationships and identifying and prospecting new account opportunities as requested \- Builds a strong business relationship that helps company succeed and enables our customer's stores to reach and exceed performance goals \- Bridges the worlds of retail, corporate, and business development by combining the company vision with field execution to create future business success for our customer's stores \- Plans and executes product launches and marketing efforts between accounts to ensure compliance with brand guidelines and marketing strategiesRequirements: \- Bachelor's degree in marketing, sales or business administration preferred; High School Diploma/GED or equivalent required \- 3-5 years of sales, account management and/or education experience in business development in the luxury beauty (or related) \- Experience working in ecommerce as an account manager or buyer is highly desirable \- Experience working as a retail buyer or account manager is highly desirable \- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Google Suite applications \- Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate in English, both verbally and in writing) to all level of personnel \- Ability to work a flexible and remote schedule (work hours will be based on business needs) \- Ability to travel domestically and internationallyKnowledge, Skills and Abilities: \- Ability to lead and influence cross-functional relationships with both internal and external partners \- Proven ability to drive incremental revenue, create new relationships and manage existing ones, and build loyalty within a market region \- Strong understanding of how to position solutions for business clients \- Ability to adapt to changes and work in a fast paced, demanding environment \- Team player with a positive attitude and strong interpersonal skills \- Knowledge of beauty and skincare industry, esthetician a plus \- Must be able to work independently, be self-motivated and goal oriented \- Experienced using BI Tools (Tableau) and Relational database management system preferredWork Environment & Physical Demands: Individual must possess the knowledge and following skills and abilities or be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities: \- Ability to bend, stoop, reach, stand, move from one area of the building to another on a regular basis, sit and use a computer for a long period of time \- Manual and physical dexterity needed to operate a computer keyboard and handle paper documents \- Sufficient vision acuity to read information appearing on computer display screen, in hand-written forms, and printed on papers \- Adequate hearing and verbal abilities to communicate effectively in person and by telephone \- Ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds