Business Development Coordinator/ Coordinateur du développement des entreprises

Harris’ Saphir Group is seeking a Business Development Manager to work closely with Saphir’s Senior Management team in continuing the company’s successful M&A activity.

Reporting to the Vice president M&A, this position will play a key role in identifying, maintaining relationships with potential acquisition and supervise a team of Business Developments specialists.

The ideal candidate is someone who is inherently curious, has mature interpersonal skills and has meticulous attention-to-detail.

Prior Business Development experience is critical and required.

WHAT WILL YOUR NEW ROLE BE:

M&A Business Development


* Supervise and work with our M&A business development specialists to ensure acquisition opportunities are being effectively nurtured and appropriately escalated to the M&A team;


* Directly solicit and engage companies’ senior management and ownership via telephone for acquisition; cold call, and qualify target companies to ensure they meet our investment profile;


* Maintain relationships with Group’s existing network of acquisition targets through frequent telephone calls and e-mails;


* Effectively communicate Harris’ investment strategy, while ensuring that the investment process is handled with care and professionalism;


* Track activities and maintain relevant information in Salesforce CRM;


* Arrange telephone and in-person meetings, identify and attend relevant conferences and tradeshows to generate leads and build relationships with prospects;


* Generate and report on leads, set up qualified appointments and move opportunities through the M&A pipeline;


* Potential travel required (