We are seeking a proactive and results-driven Business Development Specialist (Strategic Partnerships & Referrals) to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for identifying, building, and nurturing relationships with qualified strategic referral partners, as well as positioning potential clients for discovery or consult meetings with coaches.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identify and establish relationships with qualified strategic referral partners.
• Utilize our CRM to manage and track interactions and relationships.
• Position potential clients for discovery and/or consult meetings with a coach.
• Communicate effectively within the business community to expand networking opportunities.
• Execute prospecting and networking strategies to generate new business leads.
• Follow a structured sales process to close new business.
• Leverage social media platforms for prospecting and networking.
• Secure referrals from clients, strategic partners, and other business contacts.
• Create and maintain strategic partnerships and host beneficiary relationships.
• Develop and manage a referral program to enhance business growth.
• Conduct bold, cold, and warm outreach to potential strategic and referral partners.
• Implement phone and email marketing campaigns to engage prospects.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in business development, sales, or networking.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable using CRM tools and social media for business development.
• Ability to build and maintain long-term business relationships.
• Self-motivated and target-oriented with a proactive approach to securing partnerships.

Do your Characteristics include:

• Creative and innovative approach to prospecting
• Building Relationships with Business Owners & Management
• Desire to Continuously Learn
• Keen Listening Skills (listening to understand not respond)
• Excellent Oral & Written Communication
• Persistence & consistency
• Taking Ownership in All You Do
• Holding Yourself Accountable
• Taking Responsibility for Your Results

Are you looking for:

• Fun! (We have fun around here.)
• Satisfaction in providing world-class services to businesses
• Unlimited earning potential
• Personal growth
• A great learning opportunity

The Perfect Candidate for this Role Must:

• Be confident, creative, and have high emotional intelligence.
• Believe in yourself and your ability to grow within an organization that guides people to create success in their business, personal lives, and communities.
• You set big goals and are driven and focused to achieve them.
• You truly love meeting new people and can identify opportunities to connect and collaborate with one another.
• Your exceptional skills allow you to influence people to quickly move past their fears and take action.

If you are a driven individual with a passion for building business relationships and driving growth, we encourage you to apply.

Job Location:

This position will be based at our Spokane Valley office with a flexible schedule and potentially some remote working.

Hours:

Our office hours are 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM. There will be various networking and other events that are outside of office hours that this position will be required to attend. This is a part-time position initially with the potential to evolve too full-time. Hours are to be determined.

If you are self-employed, we are open to a retainer agreement as well.

ActionCOACH Northwest is the premier business and executive coaching firm in the Pacific Northwest. Our team of highly qualified and highly credentialed coaches makes running a business easier and more profitable for business owners. We have served Fortune 500 and ‘mom & pop’ companies alike over the last 30 years. Excellence is what our clients have come to expect of us, excellence is what we expect of our clients and our team. Our driving Points of Culture include Consistency, Ownership, Abundance, Congruency, and Honor.