Business Development Manager
Globaleye
Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months
• I am a Business Development Manager with extensive Marketing & Events experience. Instrument in bringing new prospect and suspect leads to the business, this is achieved through marketing, corporate events, data sources, LinkedIn sales platforms and networking/social events.
• I am responsible for the entire planning and executing of events and seminars around the region; venue, catering, marketing technical, accounts.
• Working alongside the marketing department to create design concepts for company leaflets/ flyers and event artwork.
• Maintaining high standards of specialist knowledge within the financial; Oil & Gas; Stocks & Trades and Property Market
• Areas of focus include; Savings and Investments, Lump Sums & Bond Investments, QROPS & SIPPS, Private Banking, General and Personal insurance.
• Liaising and targeting high net worth individuals who are based within the UAE/GCC and on an international scale.
• Ensuring I provide excellent communication skills, whether written/telephone based and also whilst providing administration support to senior financial planning consultants.
• Working within the luxury London property market.
• Focusing in Chelsea and its neighboring areas such as Knightsbridge, Mayfair and Hyde Park; my role involved showing high end residential properties and demonstrating the features and benefits of available homes.
• Converting prospects to closed sales for clients, providing personal client attention and tenacious follow-up to ensure best service is delivered.
• Design and update marketing materials and perform competitive product evaluations. Preparing contracts and documentation.
• Advising first home-buying clients on title procedures and general research on the hub of the global ultra-prime property market.
• Working for the largest independent financial advisory firm, my responsibility was to develop potential clients and business by organizing marketing events and seminars to professionals around the region.
• Generating healthy business leads through service presentations to corporate institutions, general public marketing and event days etc.
• Daily call stats targeted at 70 minutes per day- I was meeting and exceeding this target with 90-120 minutes daily on call stats.
• Target of 10 qualified and firm client meetings per week; a combination of 1st cold sits and referrals- I generated 14 client appointments during my best week.
• Instrumental in bringing an investment deal worth 15K USD in my two weeks at the organisation.
• Liaising with major financial institutions such as on a day to day basis.
• Responsibilities include building a successful rapport with clients; as an ambassador for three leading fine watches and jewelry brands, this requires me to work in close contact with the CEO’s, Brand directors/managers.
• Attending International Business meetings and trips in Europe.
• Ensuring excellent communication skills; answering telephone enquiries to a high standard. Regularly emailing clients, senior managers and Key Brand Representatives about products and services.
• Demonstrating a strong level of professionalism and compatibility in working within a high- end luxury environment. Selling priceless merchandises worth thousands of pounds.
• Liaising with highly affluent clients based in the UK and Overseas on a day to day basis.
• Achievements include; closing a luxury watch sale worth £85, 000; scoring 97% in Harrods ‘mystery shoppers’ programme, achieved the Harrods ‘service award’ for excellence for top sales figures.