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Job description - Business Developer (BizDev): missions & salary

The Business Developer is a “360” generalist salesperson in Digital: a Swiss Army knife effective both in prospecting and in customer appointments to develop turnover.

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SDR is THE ideal gateway to join a sales team. His mission? Create and execute prospecting sequences to detect opportunities.

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Job Sheet - Representative Business Development (BDR)

The Business Development Representative (BDR) is the commercial hunter profile par excellence. He seeks to generate as many qualified prospects as possible to feed the pipe of his colleagues and increase turnover.

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Confused with an Account Manager, an Account Executive mainly takes care of existing customer accounts or customers in the process of conversion. Its role is to manage, renew and develop these accounts. What does this job actually consist of?

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The Account Manager or Customer Manager is the major point of contact between customers and the company. He must understand and identify the needs of his customers in order to excel in his main mission: managing a portfolio of customers and meeting their expectations.

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Job sheet - Key Account Manager (KAM)

A Key Account Manager negotiates daily with key account customers to develop the sales of existing customers over the long term. It therefore works with customers who have already signed up.

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The Head of Sales or Sales Director is responsible for the commercial strategy of his company. His main mission lies in increasing sales and therefore in increasing the turnover of his company.

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The Sales Operations Manager oversees the sales process and seeks to reduce the friction that salespeople may encounter in their daily activities. While he's not the only Sales Ops in his business...

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