Strategic Marketing Specialist
Industrial Info Resources
Sugar Land, TX
Description
About Us:
Founded in 1983, Industrial Info Resources stands at the forefront of market intelligence, providing unparalleled insights across all 12 industry sectors. Our global clientele relies on our “best in class” services to make data-driven decisions that shape the future of their businesses.
Why IIR?
- Impactful Work: Your contributions will directly influence the success of our clients and help drive industry advancements.
- Global Reach: Work with a diverse range of clients and colleagues around the world, gaining exposure to various markets and industries.
- Innovative Environment: Be part of an adaptive company that values creativity, initiative, and continuous improvement
Position Summary:
The Strategic Marketing Specialist supports the business development team by maintaining and managing internal records, analyzing data, and performing research to uncover opportunities for strategic sales growth. This individual will collaborate closely with sales staff and other associates to generate insights, develop project plans, and maintain seamless communication between internal teams.
Essential Functions:
- Maintain and manage internal records and data used by sales staff for business development
- Report internal records and data to sales
- Perform research on a variety of companies to determine strategic relationships within industrial markets for potential sales generation
- Create analytical reports summarizing data from prospects and clients account to define opportunities for targeted sales
- Assist other business development associates in developing project plans, defining roles and responsibilities and the scope of work for each project with input from sponsors, project leaders, principal investigators and functional groups
- Track and report on the status of all proposal components
- Establish and maintain on-going relationships with the various internal parties to anticipate and resolve potential problems
- Support other business development team members in ad hoc reports
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
Competency Statement(s)
- Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
- Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
- Business Acumen - Ability to grasp and understand business concepts and issues.
- Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
- Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
- Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
- Initiative - Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
- Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
- Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
- Sales Ability - Ability to use appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to gain acceptance of a product, service, or idea.
- Technical Aptitude - Ability to comprehend complex technical topics and specialized information.
- Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Education: Bachelor's Degree (four-year college or technical school): Preferred.
Experience: One to four years of related experience.
Computer Skills: Skilled user of spreadsheet software.