AGM Business Development

At Sodexo, we provide a bouquet of 100+ service offerings to varied clientele such as corporates, healthcare organizations, manufacturing locations, educational institutes, and in remote environments. Our solutions range across food & catering, facilities management, technical services, workplace experience, energy management, and benefits & rewards services. We harbour an inclusive, diverse, fair, equal, and positive work environment to improve the quality of life of those we serve, every day.

Our employees believe that working with Sodexo is more than a job; it's a chance to be part of something greater because we believe our everyday actions have a big impact. You belong in a company that allows you to act with purpose and thrive in your own way. Sodexo has been recently accredited with the Great Place To Work certification.

Sodexo promotes an inclusive and diverse workplace and encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds.

Do visit the following link (https://in.sodexo.com/careers.html) to read through what our employees have to say about us.

Here's an opportunity to be a part of an organization which is fuelled with the brand purpose of creating a better everyday for everyone to build a better life for all.

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Role Description

Responsible for developing and ensuring execution of the annual business development strategy for the Corporate Services Segment (i.e. IT/ITES/Telecom/BFSI) driving revenue growth from new large accounts and existing clients (i.e. other than those identified as large accounts) within the segment. Also responsible for establishing relationships with potential large clients and increasing market share of the organization in the segment.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic

• Develop the business development plan for the segment in line with the overall business development strategy. Set business development targets from key and other accounts within the segment.
• Identify new growth opportunities for the organization within the segment in terms of new sectors, companies, regions, etc., to be tapped.
• Together with the Head of Business Development, support the Strategy and Technical Advisory team in development of strategy for tapping new growth opportunities within the segment effectively.
• Support in the preparation of the account management strategy for the organization by providing insights on possible existing and potential key accounts within the segment to be targeted every year for developmental sales.
• Analyse the competitive landscape and provide strategic insights to the Marketing & Communications department for development of new offers and customization of existing offers for the segment.
• Establish and maintain strategic alliances with various industry forums within the segment.

Financial

• Support the Head of Business Development in the formulation of the annual budget for the business development team.
• Undertake monthly/quarterly budget reviews to track and control adherence to the segment-wise budget. Formulate action plans to manage deviations, if any.
• Monitor performance of the segment (i.e., sales growth and profitability) against targets.
• Monitor all contract deviations with regard to account P&L, adherence to the minimum GOP targets, etc., for all new proposals and getting the necessary approval.

Operational

• Drive acquisition of large accounts within the segment by guiding the design of Quality of Life solutions for such clients and aggressively marketing Sodexo value proposition to them.
• Drive growth and penetration in new and existing clients (other than those identified as key/large accounts) within the segment by overseeing the smooth and timely conduct of the sales management process for these accounts.
• Establish relationships with potential large clients within the segment through regular interactions with key decision-makers.
• Build industry knowledge bases and constantly update the organization's understanding of customer's needs/requirements.

People

• Ensure that the team is adequately staffed as per the business requirements.
• Ensure timely goal setting, monitoring, review of performance parameters, and feedback to team members.
• Ensure high level of employee engagement and retention of critical employees.
• Oversee capability building for the team.
• Mentor and coach subordinates to develop their capabilities and build a strong succession pipeline for the role.

Qualifications

• Should have 10+ years of sales experience.
• Ability to tie business value to process efforts.
• Change management experience.
• Should have worked in the FM industry or Food Service or Project Management & Retail expertise.