Garver Kansas City , MO 64126
Posted 4 weeks ago
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Business Development Coordinator
Kansas City, Missouri
Looking for an opportunity to combine your business acumen with marketing creativity, while growing
your career?
Garver's Water Business Line is growing and looking for a Business Development Coordinator with
strong leadership skills and an ability to think creatively and strategically to engage new and existing
clients. This role calls for a collaborative teammate, leader, and coordinator to support Garver's Water
markets in raising our market awareness and capturing our "must win" pursuits.
This position will report to our Water Business Development Team Leader and work closely with our
Business Team Leaders (BTL), Business Planning Managers (BPM), and Regional Directors to execute
annual business plans.
Who You Are:
You're results-focused, self-motivated, and accountable
You are able to build consensus among decision-makers
You have an optimistic spirit and a "Growth Mindset"
You are unafraid to pitch new, creative, and unique ideas
Ability to engage and relationship-build with prospective clients
You are genuinely interested in the water and wastewater projects we deliver and how they profoundly affect our quality of life
Core responsibilities in this role will be to:
Partner with BPM to execute client development strategies in support of our markets business plans
Support identification and capture of new clients that align with overall business strategy
Proactively prepare for weekly/monthly marketing calls
Monitor RFQ/RFP releases
Attend Go/No-Go calls
Participate in Capture Planning calls and adopt Garver Water's formal capture planning process
Develop marketing collateral in support of capture plans
Support proposal / interview development for selected strategic pursuits
Support initial proposal content development
Project manage the planning and implementation of industry conference and client events as assigned by BPM
Collaborate with and delegate to internal resources (content writing strategist, graphic artist, marketing manager, local administrators, and corporate communications team) to prioritize and efficiently execute market growth initiatives
Work with technical and marketing staff to develop strategic win themes to carry over from pre-pursuit/positioning efforts to statement of qualifications, proposals, and interview presentations
Work as a collaborative member of the Water Marketing and BD Team to maintain the central information database
Become ingrained in local W/WW industry organizations and events
What is unique about this position:
We are most interested in finding a passionate, driven, collaborative teammate and less concerned about candidates having 100% of the job experience identified in this description. We will coach, mentor, and train the right candidate for this position.
You will have the opportunity to flex your creative muscle by contributing to annual business-line-wide initiatives such as Behind the Scenes Operators and the award-winning Wednesday Water Webcast series.
We have a great balance of proven processes to ensure consistency across the business line, with the flexibility and autonomy to do what is best to support growth of your specific region.
Basic Requirements:
Previous marketing experience in the Architectural/Engineering/Construction (A/E/C) industry
Proficient user of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Proficient user of Adobe InDesign
Bachelor's degree (Business, Advertising, Communications, Graphic Design, Public Relations, Journalism, English, Marketing, or a related field)
Demonstrated writing and editing skills
3-6 years of related experience, preferably with increasing responsibilities
Willing and able to travel (average of 25% of time, but more travel may be needed during times of heavy workload and during conference season)
Grow With Us
Garver offers its employees programs such as company-paid professional memberships, company support for industry licenses and continuing education opportunities that foster a progressive atmosphere. Garver provides the tools, resources, and environment to develop leaders, stimulate ideas, and accomplish projects. By offering highly competitive salary packages, attractive benefits, and a comprehensive wellness program; Garver walks the talk when it comes to work-life balance.
Founded in 1919, Garver is an employee-owned multidisciplined engineering, planning, and environmental services firm with more than 1,200 employees across the United States. Offering a wide range of services focused on aviation, buildings, construction, enterprise solutions, federal, survey, transportation, water, and wastewater, Garver sits in the top 100 of the Engineering News-Record's prestigious Top 500 Design Firms list and is consistently recognized as a best firm to work for. Learn more at GarverUSA.com.
Garver is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Our employment practices are based upon an individual's capabilities and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law.
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