Sales & Business Development Associate

at  Vaco LLC

Welcome to Vaco – an uncommon company with an empowered culture. At Vaco, we welcome talented innovators seeking a collaborative environment where creative freedom rings.

Since 2002, we have expanded to more than 40 locations, and we have no plans of slowing down anytime soon. We are seeking big thinkers to lead us into the future and explore the career of a lifetime.

• Ranked the #1 Best Staffing Firm to Work for in North America by Staffing Industry Analysts (Category: 500+ Employees)
• An Inc. 5000 fastest growing private company in America every year since 2007!

DESIRED COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

• Communication: Speaks in a clear, concise and confident manner; listens attentively
• Emotional Intelligence: Maintains a high level of self-awareness and the ability to appropriately identify, manage, and respond to the emotions of self and others; able to read others
• Written Communication: Develops written communication that is clear, concise, grammatical, and engaging
• Adaptability: Responds to changes, delays, or unexpected events in a positive manner; adapts working style to best fit a given situation
• Leadership: Self-directed with an innate drive to succeed; accepts feedback with a desire for continuous improvement
• Relationship Building: Builds, develops, and maintains strong relationships with others while building trust and connection
• Social Intelligence: Able to understand and manage interpersonal relationships
• Researching: Able to effectively search for, organize, and evaluate information
  Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree plus 2 to 3 years’ technology staffing experience
• Active member of the IT community, networking groups
• Proven success in technology sales or staffing

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Must have working knowledge of MS Office Suite
• Experience with Bullhorn preferred

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Establish and develop client relationships on an ongoing basis
• Conduct prospecting activities including phone calls, “ad calls,” skills marketing, email, social media, in-person meetings, and other methods
• Establish and conduct client visits according to performance goals
• Actively develop and maintain a target account list
• Generate new job orders according to performance objectives
• Manage open job orders from intake to fulfillment
• Achieve performance objectives relating to activity and individual Gross Margin according to job level and line of business
• Consistently utilize Bullhorn to log all activity, notes, and information vital to managing and growing a book of business as well as planning daily activities
• Collaborate with teammates to cross-sell and/or fulfill open positions across other lines of business and/or national practices as appropriate
• The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time

Duties and responsibilities are to be performed while observing the following Core Tenets:

• A Team First Approach, aligning with the core tenets: Proud to Wear Jersey, Stay Team Focused, and Assume Positive Intent
• Self-Awareness, aligning with the core tenets Outlaws Welcome, Stay Coachable and Be Comfortable with Healthy Conflict
• Solutions Oriented, aligning with the core tenets Be Entrepreneurial, Be Electable, Fix the Problem Not the Blame
• Grit, aligning with the core tenets Work Hard, Stay Free and Play ‘til the Whistl