Senior Business Development Manager - Trading and Financials - Middle East

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Hybrid locations:
AE-Dubai-Office time type:
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JR2357

Wood Mackenzie is the global data and analytics business for the renewables, energy, and natural resources industries. Enhanced by technology. Enriched by human intelligence. In an ever-changing world, companies and governments need reliable and actionable insight to lead the transition to a sustainable future. That’s why we cover the entire supply chain with unparalleled breadth and depth, backed by over 50 years’ experience.

Our team of over 2,400 experts, operating across 30 global locations, are enabling customers’ decisions through real-time analytics, consultancy, events and thought leadership. Together, we deliver the insight they need to separate risk from opportunity and make confident decisions when it matters most.
** Wood Mackenzie Values
*** Inclusive – we succeed together
* Trusting – we choose to trust each other
* Customer committed – we put customers at the heart of our decisions
* Future Focused – we accelerate change
* Curious – we turn knowledge into action

Role Purpose This is an exciting opportunity to join the New Business Development team within Wood Mackenzie focused on our Trading and Financials customer verticals. This role will be particularly focused on engaging with trading firms and banks/investment firms/ SWF in the Middle East. This senior role within the Business Development team is responsible for driving significant revenue growth through new business (new logo) acquisition.

You will lead and execute complex sales initiatives, owning the sales process from start to close. You will be working with both inbound leads and developing your own outbound leads/opportunities and growth initiatives. You will collaborate with multiple groups across the company (sales specialists, marketing, research and consulting) to develop and win new business and contribute to the overall new business strategy of the organization.

Main Responsibilities
· Meet or exceed your new business sales target by proactive inbound and outbound new business development – from origination to close.o Target, prospect, identify, evaluate, and prioritize new business opportunities and execute through the sales process to successfully open doors and close opportunities.o Work closely with our Lead Management and Sales Development teams to respond quickly and efficiently to all inbound and outbound leads to maximise win rates and meet Wood Mackenzie’s response time SLAs, alongside developing your own opportunities.o

Conceive and execute effective prospecting programmes to increase awareness of Wood Mackenzie among qualified prospects in collaboration with the Marketing team.o Get in front of prospects and customers (both virtually and physically) to drive the sales pipeline forward. Attend key industry meetings & events as needed to support the growth of your pipeline and pursue new business opportunities in collaboration with the Events team, Research and other Sales colleagues.o

Collaborate with other internal stakeholders as required to drive deals forward such as colleagues in Sales, Marketing, Research and Consulting.o Promote the organisation in line with the company strategy, business plans and values.
· Territory planningo Develop and regularly maintain a sales plan for your territory to support our growth ambitions for your customer vertical in your territory and position Wood Mackenzie as a clear market leader.o Collaborate with other stakeholders to build and execute on your plan, including Regional Sales, other Product Sales colleagues, Marketing, Customer success org, Product Specialists, Research, and Consulting.
· Own the sales process:o Take responsibility for all aspects of the sales process which include prospecting, qualification, selling the value proposition at all levels, final negotiations, and closing. All aspects of the sales process must be handled efficiently and fully documented.o Work with the Account…