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Acosta Group Director Client Development in Chicago, Illinois

DESCRIPTION

Director of Client Development to take our purpose to the next level. To generate new leads and prospective clients by inspiring thinking, innovation, and uncovering the opportunity in every ask. To help grow us to one of the top integrated agencies in the U.S.

The Director of Client Development will be an independent contributor and develop new market opportunities. A strategic thinker with a proven track record of market penetration and growth who will be responsible for prospecting, lead generation and qualification, and brief development.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manage/keep regular contact with companies on the prospect list while building relationships between agency and key prospects. Understand the business and marketing challenges of key prospects while providing direct marketing to new business prospects.

  • Proactively define new and innovative opportunities to maximize client volume, profitability and brand equity.

  • Assist in development, analysis, and implementation of client’s sales and marketing objectives. A key success factor will be building strong relationships with Client marketing functions and appropriate sales and headquarter functions.

  • Work with Acosta/Mosaic business units to deliver seamless, cross-business service offerings to clients.

  • Understand the Client sales and marketing strategies and provide proactive diagnosis and recommendations where opportunity exists.

  • Manage the overall outbound sales process.

  • Develop relationships with consultants, procurement departments and prospective clients.

  • Maintain key client and stakeholder relationships and develop and implement strategies for expanding Mosaic’s U.S. client base.

  • Understands how to breakdown sales goals and independently plan his/her own efforts and activities to achieve sales targets and timing.

  • Understands competitive set and monitors activity, provides insights related to points of difference and methods to increase win rates.

  • Effective & influential communicator in both verbal and written communications and can represent Mosaic on calls, presentations and onsite at conferences/etc.

  • Responsible for managing, influencing, and expanding client relationships (market, channel and services whitespace).

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

  • Bachelor's degree highly preferred

Work Experience

  • 7+ years in consumer-packaged goods industry or in advertising or promotional agency.

  • 5+ years' experience at a high growth agency selling brands

  • Experience selling, working on and converting integrated marketing campaigns at large agencies or with large brands

  • Exceptional people skills

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • A self-starter who’s not afraid to work both autonomously and with a handful of strong personalities across all departments

  • Highly organized and attentive to detail

  • A Microsoft Office Wizard – specifically PowerPoint deck creation

  • Natural leader with an ability to inspire performance Strong commercial outlook and an entrepreneurial approach to business development. Must be able to make presentations coupled with excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Open to travel for meetings, networking or conferences if required

ABOUT US

Acosta and Mosaic are the sales and marketing powerhouses behind the most recognized and proven brands with top retailers in the United States and Canada. We offer flexible services that maximize efficiency. Acosta has the talent and technology to build data-, reach- and relationship-driven strategies to execute those strategies, and the tools to monitor, track and optimize metrics-based results for customers and retailers.

Acosta and its subsidiaries, in good faith, believes that this posted range of compensation is the accurate range for this role at the time of this posting. Acosta may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications and locations. This range may be modified in the future.

Acosta and its subsidiaries is an Equal Opportunity Employer

We are committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs, to the extent required by law.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. Mosaic reserves the right to modify all or part of any job descriptions at its discretion in order to meet and or exceed the needs of the business.

By submitting your application you agree with and accept the Acosta Privacy Statement and Terms of Conditions.

Acosta et Mosaic sont les forces motrices en matière de ventes et de marketing derrière les marques les plus reconnues et éprouvées auprès des principaux détaillants aux États-Unis et au Canada. Nous proposons des services flexibles qui maximisent l’efficacité. Acosta possède le talent et la technologie nécessaires pour élaborer des stratégies axées sur les données, la portée et les relations, afin de mettre en œuvre ces stratégies, ainsi que les outils pour surveiller, suivre et optimiser les résultats basés sur les indicateurs pour les clients et les détaillants.

Acosta et ses filiales , de bonne foi, estiment que cette fourchette de rémunération affichée est la fourchette précise pour ce poste au moment de cette publication. Acosta pourrait finalement payer plus ou moins que la fourchette affichée en fonction des qualifications des candidats et des lieux. Cette fourchette peut être modifiée à l’avenir.

Acosta et ses filiales sont des employeurs offrant l’égalité des chances .

Nous nous engageons à fournir des aménagements pour les personnes handicapées . Si vous avez besoin d’un aménagement, nous travaillerons avec vous pour répondre à vos besoins, dans la mesure requise par la loi.

Les déclarations ci-dessus ont pour but de décrire la nature générale et le niveau de travail effectué par les personnes affectées à cette classification. Elles ne doivent pas être interprétées comme une liste exhaustive de toutes les responsabilités, tâches et compétences requises du personnel ainsi classé. Mosaic se réserve le droit de modifier tout ou partie des descriptions de poste à sa discrétion afin de répondre aux besoins de l’entreprise, voire de les dépasser.

En soumettant votre candidature, vous acceptez et acceptez la Déclaration de confidentialité d’Acosta et les Conditions d’utilisation .

Acosta, and its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Category: Wholesale

Position Type: Full time

Business Unit: Marketing

Salary Range: $102,900.00 - $128,600.00

Company: Mosaic Sales Solutions US Operating Co, LLC

Req ID: 1277

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