Business Development Executive

Overview

In this role, you will support the Business Development Director to drive growth across two thermal-solutions brands in high-tech sectors. You work in an international, multi-channel setting, coordinating analysis, materials and market insights to inform opportunities. You will help shape segment playbooks, support proposals and leverage assets to engage prospects. This is a stepping-stone to broader BD leadership with exposure to strategy and cross-brand execution.

Pay / Benefits

• direct exposure to commercial strategy
• accelerated learning in BD across cutting-edge sectors
• path towards a stand-alone BD role

Responsibilities

• Prepare the Director’s materials: presentations, briefing notes, opportunity files, meeting minutes
• Track actions, deadlines and dashboard data for BD initiatives
• Consolidate input for committees and pipeline reviews
• Conduct market research on opportunities, trends, competitors, and tech developments
• Build knowledge bases on target markets, accounts and ecosystem
• Analyze market data to extract actionable insights
• Contribute to development of segment and channel playbooks and application pitches
• Support creation of client proposals and presentations showcasing value proposition
• Assist in structuring the commercial organization across two brands and new tools/processes
• Coordinate with technical teams to understand products and prepare proposals

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in engineering, science/technical field or commercially oriented course with technical bias
• 1 to 3 years’ experience in sales, BD or commercial support; industrial/technical environment preferred
• International exposure and ability to work in a multicultural context
• Some early customer relationship experience (direct sales or via OEMs/distributors)
• Comfort with numbers and strong analytical appetite (Excel, research, synthesis)
• Strong writing and presentation skills (PowerPoint advantageous)
• Technical curiosity about how demanding industrial products work
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Fluent English; additional languages are a plus
• Rigorous, reliable, independent delivery, discreet with sensitive information
• Willingness to travel occasionally domestic and international

• strong communication and interpersonal abilities
• analytical mindset
• independence and reliability
• Excel
• PowerPoint
• market research and data synthesis

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