One year term of employment
International Business Development

Linguistic requirements: International candidates should have superlative written and spoken English and Spanish. Additional knowledge of French is helpful.

Mission: Sales Service Managers provide business development support in servicing designated customer accounts. They act as a liaison between the customer, manufacturing, accounting, business development and other service departments, to ensure conformance to the customer's requirements.

Roles and Responsibilities include:
  • Provide sales administrative support in the form of:
  • Analyzing Request for Proposals
    • When invitations for tender are received, the tender document is to be analyzed for such aspects as technical specifications for estimating and design purposes and manufacturing capability.
  • Proposal Preparation
    • Compose the formal tender document. Liaise with Design and Estimating Departments to ensure the timely provision of designs and estimates.
  • Order Performance Analyst
    • Negotiate, agree and formalize customer delivery requirements.
    • Monitor schedules toward committed delivery date.
    • Arrange shipping instructions with manufacturing and customers.
  • Design Specification Writing
    • Write design specification documents for the Design Department.
    • Provide timely amendments to design specifications to the Design Department.
    • Negotiate, agree and formalize customer design delivery requirements.
    • Monitor schedules toward committed delivery date.
  • Sales Order Entry
    • Prepare sales order for delivery to manufacturing.
    • Provide manufacturing with timely amendments to specifications.
  • Co-ordinate Customer Visits
    • Liaise with sales, design and manufacturing to co-ordinate customer visits to reflect CBN's desired corporate image.
  • Customer Correspondence
    • Prepare letters, faxes, proposals in accordance with the Corporate style.
  • Manage customer inquiries relating to schedule changes, changes in technical specifications, design, etc
  • Work with the Finance Department to monitor payments and debtors.
  • Assist the Director of Business Development as appropriate.
  • From time to time prepare reports and portfolio summaries for senior CBN management and International Business Development personnel.
  • Perform duties that are consistent with the nature of the position.
Qualifications:
Education
  • A first-class University degree in Business or the Humanities
Experience
  • Exposure to international business and a general interest in foreign affairs are assets
  • Experience working in customer support, contract management, project management or a related field.
  • Experience in systems solutions is helpful.
Skills & Abilities
  • Fluency in English and French is desirable. Additional knowledge of Portuguese is helpful.
  • Ability to multi-task
  • Able to facilitate diverse groups' interests and bring issues to resolution in compressed time frames.
  • Highly motivated and self directed.
  • Possess advanced analytical skills with keen attention to detail.
  • Able to manage customer inquiries and oversee and coordinate all administrative aspects of contract and order management.
  • Highly organized, with strong oral and written communication skills, as well as creative presentation skills.
  • Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office suite, including Power Point.
  • Able to work flexible hours and travel internationally, if required
  • Eligible to obtain Canadian government secret level security clearance