Senior Executive Business Development Assessment
The assessment addresses three areas including the following:
Understanding the Market
- Demonstrates a thorough knowledge of market trends, including opportunities and competitors’ activities, and analyzes customers and their needs
- Demonstrates thorough knowledge and expertise of company products and services in all market areas.
Building the Market
- Takes a well thought-out and logical approach to penetrating the markets and selling value-added services, building on firm strategic intent
- Positions the firm in the manner consistent with company’s global image; how the company wants to be perceived and what makes the company stand out from our competitors
- Emphasizes the importance of the sales aspects of business development
- Takes a professional approach to the sales process
- Demonstrates a strong commitment to selling
- Focuses strongly on generating leads and shows the ability to make appropriate contacts
- Finds innovative and flexible ways to identify and pursue new sales opportunities
Making the Sale
- Communicates effectively to customers and potential customers as part of the sales process and makes sure that they have the information they need to make decisions
- Generates enthusiasm in customers and potential customers about working with the company
- Has the ability to negotiate and persuade with integrity and to quickly adjust selling techniques based on insight obtained from customer reactions and feedback
- Demonstrates a practical, concrete, yet flexible orientation to the sales process, emphasizing good business sense, persistence, and determination
- Sets high standards in the sales process for self and others and works hard to achieve them through example