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Business Development Associate growing florist accounts for Teleflora’s Flowerbuyer online wholesale flower marketplace. Prospecting, selling, retaining customers, and reactivating inactive accounts remotely.
Responsibilities:
- Prospect and develop new business to build, grow, and service a portfolio of retail florists using Flowerbuyer.com
- Establish rapport and trust with Teleflora and non-Teleflora florists
- Contact key retail florists by phone and Microsoft Teams meetings to introduce products and available savings
- Develop relationships with florist accounts and help reduce their fresh-cut floral costs
- Work with internal departments and resources to provide custom products and solutions to high-volume accounts
- Use order entry, call tracking, and contact management software
- Participate in sales, product, and process training as required
- Meet and exceed daily expectations for time spent on the telephone selling to florists
- Perform additional duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Proven track record of entering a new industry and building a book of business
- Ability to close and manage relationships in person and over the phone
- Successful track record of new lead generation and overcoming customer objections
- Customer-obsessed mindset
- Strong time management, communication, and execution skills
- Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
- Strong desire to achieve and maintain high internal and external customer satisfaction
- Hardworking, creative, open-minded, and driven demeanor with a “can do attitude”
- PC literacy required: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Teams
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- 2–3 years of sales experience
- Floral industry experience is a plus
- Experience with outbound sales, customer relationship management, or account development preferred
- Experience with prospecting, customer retention, objection handling, and reactivating inactive customers is a plus
Benefits:
- Hourly compensation plus commission
- Medical coverage
- Comprehensive vision and dental plans
- 401(k) with match eligibility
- 24/7 online physician consultations
- Virtual mental health resources
- Life coaching
- Employee community groups
- Cash rewards for healthy habits
- Fitness reimbursements
- Library of on-demand fitness videos
- Career progression and internal mobility opportunities
- Learning and Organizational Development resources
- People Manager and leadership training
- Webinars and eLearning courses
- Company-wide mentorship program
- Continuous improvement training
- Wonderful Giving company-provided funds for up to three charities
- Wonderful Neighbor group service projects
- Employee flowers through Teleflora
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