Assistant Manager

As a BD - Architects at Jaquar Group, your role is crucial as the brand ambassador within the assigned territory. You will focus on creating awareness, educating, and engaging with top architects, interior designers, lighting designers, and consultants. Your main aim is to establish Jaquar Group as the preferred choice by highlighting the unique selling points and advantages of Jaquar's Complete Bathing and Lighting Solutions (CBLS). **Key Responsibilities:** - Educate architects and key decision-makers on Jaquar Group, including its vision, scale, and association with renowned architects, interior designers, lighting designers, and consultants. - Explain the benefits of Jaquar's CBLS to architects and their clients, promoting its unique selling points and advantages. - Provide complete product information to Architects and key decision-makers on each vertical. - Manage and convert CRM architect and interior designer accounts for CBLS in the assigned territory. - Promote new concepts and products to the architect universe in Artize and Jaquar brands. - Conceptualize and execute special events for architects and interior designers. - Follow up with CRM architects within 20 days post-events to drive business conversion. - Conduct a minimum number of assigned business meetings. - Track the status of leads passed on to the frontline sales team and coordinate follow-up actions. - Provide architects with up-to-date information on new product developments, modifications, and significant company achievements. - Ensure prompt availability of company collaterals, literature, CDs, and other informational tools to architects. - Address specific queries and provide assistance to Architects and key decision-makers regarding Jaquar Group products and services. - Follow up on escalated issues and revert to architects once resolved. - Organize visits to Atelier, Jaquar World, Orientation Centers, and manufacturing plants for architects and key decision-makers. - Achieve revenue generation targets for CBLS across product verticals. **Qualifications:** - Education: MBA or equivalent advanced degree. - Experience: Minimum 7-9 years of relevant experience in business development with architects and interior designers, particularly in the building material industry. **Required Skills:** - Excellent communication and presentation skills. - Pursuit for knowledge and being absolutely well read on updated developments in the construction industry. - Ability to see the big picture. - Strong Interpersonal Skills, both with external and internal stakeholders. - Ability to steer results with multiple stakeholders. - Self-Leadership and high on ownership and accountability. - Sense of urgency, prioritization. - Qualitative and quantitative exploration. - Knowledge-seeking spirit and ability to integrate knowledge. - Patience and perseverance. - Task orientation and objectiveness - Management by Objectives. - Team player. - Self-leadership. **Preferred Skills:** - Proven experience in business development and groundwork. - Personal contact with A+/A architects in the area. - Expertise in market development and growth. - Ability to create brand presence and visibility. - Experience with concept selling rather than product selling. Project Management Skills are deemed essential for this role. - Ability to identify and act on leads and cues from various sources. - Strong network-building capabilities. - Effective and consistent follow-up skills. - Deep market understanding and knowledge of competitor mapping.,