Sales - Business Development Manager (Sage)

**Summary**

Posted: 4 Feb 2025

Weekly Hours**:40**

Role Number**:200588462**

The people here at Apple don’t just create products - they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionised entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it Apple’s Sales organisation generates the revenue needed to fuel our ongoing development of products and services. This in turn enriches the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Our sales team is, in many ways, the face of Apple to our customers. Apple expects innovation in every part of the company, and the Sales team meets that challenge by identifying and creating new commercial models for Apple products and services. The areas of work span, but are not limited to new business development, partner and channel management, team leadership, and collaboration. At the end of the day, we are here to grow Apple’s business by partnering with our Distribution and Reseller network. As the SAGE Business Development Manager, you will join Singapore's fast-growing Sales and Distribution team. The position plays a significant role in Apple’s sales performance and growth in SAGE. You will be responsible for enhancing capabilities, planning, and performance, leading projects, and scaling initiatives to drive short-term and long-term growth. Are you ready to do your life's best work here at Apple?

**Description**
- Analyse and identify opportunities to enhance short and long-term performance. - Formulate plans with the country manager, account managers, cross-functional teams, and external partners to improve business performance. - Lead special projects to drive sales growth (e.g., finance, lease, trade-in, solution bundles, enterprise deals, marketplace expansion). - Sales planning (including but not limited to managing, developing, and improving reports, analysis, insights, processes, and templates for effective performance management). - Develop compelling pitches and storylines. - Work cross-functionally for best-in-class execution.

**Minimum Qualifications**
- We anticipate you will have an MBA/Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
- Strong commercial acumen and problem-solving analytical skills to identify critical issues, evaluate options, and provide recommendations.
- Robust business planning capabilities. Ability to work within and design processes that lead to developing innovative and commercially driven sales plans.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and experience presenting to senior-level executives. Able to simplify complexity and share insights and proposals.
- Clear ability to engage and influence others, navigating diverse and demanding stakeholder groups, including C-suite.
- Capable of working autonomously yet building, developing, and harnessing strong internal and external networks.
- In-depth understanding of emerging/mature markets, multi-channel structure, business models, marketplaces, affordability, and financing.
- Relevant work experience in strategy consulting, financial institutions, or business development is preferred.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Accountable and reliable, with a team player and growth mindset.
- Demonstrate a positive and approachable demeanor.
- Always represent the Apple brand at the highest level.