Business Development Manager, Southeast Asia

Local Unit & Position Description:
Part of the Business Assurance Southeast Asia, the Business Development Manager, Southeast Asia will report to the Area Manager, Southeast Asia.

**Main Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for leading sales teams in Southeast Asia to reach team sales targets.
- Responsible for driving the sales, developing the business relationships, establishing and maintaining both sales and business development strategies to meet sales targets and implement the marketing initiatives.
- Recruit, hire, train, coach and mentor sales team members.
- Set sales goals, compare performance to goals and adjust goals as needed.
- In a proactive mode, approach targeted companies, identify and generate business opportunities in line with DNV services portfolio;
- Develop a local network of partners (associations, consultants, channels);
- In respect of DNV’s value proposition, prepare, submit and defend added-value proposals;
- Follow-up, negotiate and conclude business contracts to achieve team and individual targets;
- Organize and take part in local communication actions (events, tradeshows, conferences, exhibitions, etc), with the objective to identify new business development and meeting the sales team
- In relation with the area to cover, the expectation is that the incumbent shall be ready to travel in her/his dedicated geography.
- Sustain existing customers’ loyalty, responsible for driving the recertification / retention of existing clients / customers by managing the queries or requests to renegotiate terms and conditions to a successful conclusion of remaining with DNV.

Position Qualifications:

- Bachelor degree in Business, Marketing, Communications or related field.
- 5 years minimum experience in sales.
- Experience in setting sales goals.
- Independent and able to understand the competitive landscape of the certification market in SEA.
- Strongly business oriented, efficient, autonomous and accountable, with an entrepreneurship and market developer mindset;
- Enthusiastic, dynamic, resilient, open to change and flexible;
- Strong interpersonal relationship capability, ability to work both remotely and with a team;
- Ability to approach and convince the decision makers by listening to their expectations, understanding their stakes and goals, offering adapted /innovative / value added solutions;
- Relevant years of successful experience in selling B to B solutions and services is needed (references to be provided);
Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Strategic thinking.
- Excellent leadership skills.

Company & Business Area Description:
DNV is the independent expert in assurance and risk management, operating in more than 100 countries. Through our broad experience and deep expertise we advance safety and sustainable performance, set industry benchmarks, and inspire and invent solutions.

We are one of the world’s leading certification, assurance and risk management providers. Whether certifying a company’s management system or products, providing training, or assessing supply chains, and digital assets, we enable customers and stakeholders to make critical decisions with confidence. We are committed to support our customers to transition and realize their long-term strategic goals sustainably, and collectively contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Equal Opportunity Statement:
DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity