Business Development Growth Manager- Projects/M&A

Description

We are seeking a local candidate for this role! This position offers a flexible, hybrid schedule with availability to work from home on Monday and Friday.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Business Development Growth Manager – Projects / M&A to join our Business Development team. The role will be responsible for identifying and capitalizing on growth opportunities, developing long-term strategies, and driving key initiatives that support our business objectives. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional leadership, analytical, and strategic skills, with a proven track record of successfully scaling businesses in competitive markets.

The day in the life of a Business Development Growth Manager...

• Strategic Growth Planning: Develop and execute comprehensive business growth strategies aligned with company goals, focusing on both short-term and long-term revenue and margin generation.
• Market Analysis: Lead market research efforts to identify new business opportunities, trends, and areas for expansion. Monitor industry developments to stay ahead of market shifts and competitor activity.
• Business Development: Drive the acquisition of new clients, partnerships, and markets by identifying high-value opportunities and cultivating relationships with key stakeholders.
• Team Collaboration: Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, merchandising, accounting, IT and operations teams to ensure seamless execution of growth initiatives.
• Revenue Generation: Lead efforts to increase company revenue, optimizing pricing models, sales channels, and lead generation strategies. Establish and manage key performance indicators (KPIs) for revenue growth.
• Financial Management: Oversee budgeting and forecasting related to growth initiatives, ensuring a strong return on investment (ROI) for business development activities.
• Customer Experience & Retention: Enhance customer engagement through the development of targeted initiatives that improve customer satisfaction and long-term loyalty.
• Leadership Reporting: Provide regular reports and updates to senior leadership regarding growth strategies, market performance, and opportunities for improvement.

Other Qualities of a Business Development Growth Manager: 

• Communication: Communicates well both verbally and in writing, creates accurate and punctual reports, delivers presentations, shares information and ideas with others, has good listening skills.
• Dependability: Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, and meets attendance/punctuality requirements.
• Initiative: Tackles problems and takes independent action, seeks out new responsibilities, acts on opportunities, generates new ideas, practices self-development.
• Results Focus: Targets and achieves results, sets challenging goals, prioritizes tasks, overcomes
  obstacles, accepts accountability, sets standards and responsibilities, provides leadership/motivation.
• Quality: Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems

APMEX is a multibillion-dollar ecommerce company that is the leader in Precious Metals. Our employees love our values and culture. Our APMEX team is large enough to get the job done better than anyone else in the industry, while being small enough to listen to, and care, about our employees. Without their dedication, APMEX would not continue to be named the #1 Specialty eRetailer by Internet Retailer Magazine! Come see why APMEX was "Voted as one of the Best Places to Work in Oklahoma!" and one of the Top Workplaces by the Oklahoman. Join the team today!

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field required. MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Experience:

• 8 years of experience in business development, strategic planning, or management required
• Proven track record of driving growth and leading business expansion efforts within a competitive market.
• Strong analytical, financial, and strategic thinking skills.
• Exceptional leadership abilities, with experience managing teams and building high-performing cross-functional collaborations.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence key decision-makers.
• Innovative thinker with a passion for scaling businesses and identifying new revenue streams.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities and the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to take calculated risks and manage uncertainty.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing business conditions.

Computer Skills:

• Proficiency in project management tools (e.g., Asana, Trello, Jira)
• Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

At APMEX, our employees have access to extraordinary benefits including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401K (Company matches!)
• Free Lunch every day
• Tuition Reimbursement
• College Debt Repayment
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off with Sell Back Option
• Paid Day off for your Birthday
• Paid Volunteer Opportunities
• Lunch and Learns
• Free Downtown Parking

Salary : $70,000 - $80,000