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This role will focus on prospecting, outbound campaigns, lead generation, relationship development, sales coordination, and accuratepipeline data. If you are organized, driven, comfortable starting conversations, and interested in building a career in business development within enterprise technology and professional services, then we are your company!\nThe Business Development Associate will help identify and engage prospective clients, schedule qualified meetings, support campaigns and events, and keep sales activity organized within Salesforce. The right candidate will be curious, persistent, professional, and eager to learn Elire's Oracle Cloud, PeopleSoft, EPM and Analytics, Treasury, Advisory, and Managed Services offerings. This individual must be able to communicate Elire's value clearly while working collaboratively with Sales, Marketing, practiceleadership, and strategic partners.\nThis resource will be performing and assisting with the following activities:\nConduct targeted prospectand account research to identify organizations, contacts, business needs, and potential sales opportunities\nExecute outbound prospecting through phone, email, social channels, campaigns, events, and other approved business development methods\nEngage prospective clients, introduce Elire's capabilities, qualify interest, and schedule meetings for Business Development Managers and sales leadership\nBuild a working knowledge of Elire's Oracle Cloud, PeopleSoft, EPM and Analytics, Treasury, Advisory, and Managed Services offerings\nPartner with Sales and Marketing to develop account lists, campaign audiences, outreach messaging, follow-up plans, and lead-generation activities\nMaintain accurate and timely lead, contact, account, campaign, activity, and opportunity information within Salesforce\nResearch and maintain company organizational charts, decision-maker information, account notes, and other data that supports effective outreach\nFollow up with prospects and clients generated through conferences, webinars, demonstrations, dinners, partner programs, referrals, and marketing campaigns\nCoordinate calendars, meeting logistics, supporting materials, and follow-up activities for prospect and client meetings\nSupport sales documentation and pursuit activities, including proposals, RFP/RFI/RFQ responses, presentations, and Statements of Work\nAssist with webinars, conferences, trade shows, user group meetings, demonstrations, and other lead-generation events, including promotion, logistics, execution, and follow-up\nCoordinate with strategic partners and internal practice leaders to support joint campaigns, meetings, events, and market-development activities\nTrack individual activity, meeting generation, lead conversion, campaign results, and pipeline contribution against established goals\nProvide clear feedback from prospect conversations to help Sales and Marketing improve targeting, messaging, campaigns, and follow-up\nSupport additional sales and marketing initiatives as business needs evolve\nKnowledge/Skills/Abilities\nStrong interest in business development, sales, enterprise technology, and professional services\nAbility to conduct thoughtful account and prospect research and turn that information into focused outreach\nComfort communicating with prospective clients by phone, email, virtual meeting, social channels, and in-person events\nAbility to learn and clearly communicate Elire's services, client value, and differentiators at an introductory level\nStrong written and verbal communication skills with a professional, confident, and relationship-focused approach\nExcellent organization, follow-through, time management, and attention to detail\nPersistence and resilience when managing outbound activity, follow-up, competing priorities, and changing business needs\nAbility to work collaboratively across Sales, Marketing, Delivery, practice leadership, and partner teams\nExperience using a CRM to document activity, maintain accurate data, manage follow-up, and support reporting\nWorking knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, Google Workspace, virtual meeting tools, and marketing or sales-support platforms\nSelf-starter with sound judgment, curiosity, accountability, and a willingness to learn\nAll applicants must also meet the following requirements:\nBachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Sales, Business, Communications, Technology, or a related field\n1-3 years of experience in sales, business development, marketing, customer success, recruiting, or another client-facing environment\nExperience with Salesforce or another CRM platform and the ability to maintain accurate, usable sales data\nAbility to manage outbound activity and follow-up consistently while working toward individual and team goals\nWillingness and ability to travel as needed for conferences, client meetings, partner activities, and internal events\nLegally able to work for any employer in the United States\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills in English\nEstablished in 2005, Elire is a Minneapolis-based enterprise software consulting firm with more than 20 years of experience across Oracle Cloud, PeopleSoft, EPM and Analytics, Treasury, Advisory Services, and Managed Services. 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