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Job Title:        Business Development Associate

Department:        Business Development

Reports to:           Vice President, Business Development

FLSA:                      Exempt

Job Summary:      Continue to build, develop and foster current referral relationships & new referral sources, keeping them up to date as to company’s program, including new additions and enhancements to our staff and services in the following regions: Fairfield County in CT;  Western Long Island & Westchester County.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following, other duties may be assigned:

• Build, develop and foster current referral relationships, and introduce them to new additions and enhancements to our staff and program
• Work to maintain current referral relationships
• Work with referents that have referred in the past but haven’t referred recently and rebuild those relationships
• Work with admissions staff to assist in connecting them to referral sources in a timely fashion
• Continue to work with the counselors during the residents stay to ensure the referral source is receiving communication
• Assist in making referrals for clients who may need a higher level of care, or need aftercare resources
• Maintain relationships in territories: Fairfield County in CT; Western Long Island & Westchester County

General

• Adopt the company’s culture of providing a Best in Class Service to all of our clients.
• Comply with company procedures, policies and regulations relevant to your role. Undertake relevant training on company’s policies and procedures as delivered by your manager, Human Resources or other departments.
• Carry out additional responsibilities as individually notified, either through your objectives or as directed by your manager.

Qualifications: 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.S., B.A.) from a four year accredited college or university
• Minimum of 2 years, business-to-business sales experience
• Must be organized and have excellent oral presentation and communication skills.  Preference will be given to those candidates with documented sales awards and achievements and those candidates living within: Fairfield County CT; Western Long Island & Westchester County regions.
• Willing and able to travel as necessary
• Ability to take phone calls outside regular business hours or on weekends in special cases
• Ability to develop rapport with substance-abusing populations and referral and support systems
• Candidates must successfully pass a drug test and background check

Skills and Abilities

• Experience with direct and indirect marketing and coordinating public relations/promotional strategies, budget management, exhibit logistics, travel coordination and inner-company communications
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written
• Ability to plan, coordinate, execute strategic marketing efforts
• Strength in maintaining database of contacts
• Strong creative, strategic, analytical, organizational and personal sales skills.
• Demonstrated successful experience making presentations and negotiating with media.
• Experience overseeing the design and production of print materials and publications.
• Computer literacy in word processing, SalesForce management and page layout.
• Commitment to working with shared leadership and in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at a time.
• Out-of-town, overnight travel is required.

 Knowledge and Experience

• Computer literacy and working knowledge of EMR (Electronic Medical Record) Salesforce, Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

 Aptitude, Disposition & Competencies

• Flexibility/  adaptability
• Planning and organization
• Ambitious
• Business Awareness & Conceptual Thinking
• Enthusiastic
• Ability to influence others