Senior Director of External Business Development

Company: Benchmark Senior Living
Location: Waltham
Posted on: September 12, 2020

Job Description:

Benchmark is continuing to hire, we have immediate openings in all of our Communities!

We understand that many people are facing the hardship of employers closing or reducing hours. Benchmark Senior Living is currently hiring temporary, full-time, part-time - RN/LPNs, CAN/HHAs, cooks, servers, dishwashers and housekeepers on our day, evening and weekend shifts. Together we will get through this, better together!

Senior Director of External Business Development in Waltham, MA at Benchmark Senior Living Join Benchmark. At Benchmark, we impact lives through human connection. We are thought leaders creating quality experiences and inspiring personal growth for all who engage with us. We just happen to imagine, build and manage beautiful, private-pay communities geared toward older adults. Are you Called to Care about your work, other people and making a difference? Do you believe that people and teams are Better Together than going it alone? Are you always striving to Be the Benchmark by which all others are measured? Then our core values match. Connect with us –and to what truly matters!

Benchmark Senior Living (BSL) was founded in 1997 by Tom Grape, CEO, and is the largest provider of senior housing in New England. We also currently employ approximately 6,400 employees. The Company, with its corporate offices located in Waltham, MA, offers the highest quality of service and care with the warmth and hospitality of home. Benchmark Senior Living is a leading service provider in several key areas including independent living, assisted living, memory care, Continuing Care Residential Communities (CCRC) and short stay programs. With a choice of lifestyles and differing levels of care, the company can tailor its services and/or living arrangements to suit the needs of each resident and family.

The Senior Director of Business Development provides senior leadership over the External Business Development (EDB) group and will work with all Benchmark communities to lead various activities and programs, to maximize revenue and occupancy opportunity primarily through professional referral sources.

Responsibilities:

Effectively coach External Business Development team to meet and exceed goals and raise their proficiency in all key areas.

Assures that occupancy and sales productivity goals are consistently met across all regions.

Meets regularly with sales and EBD teams to review sales and marketing activity and skills assessment.

Work with Marketing on developing comprehensive programs that provide educational opportunity for the professional community and helps drive referrals as well as creates thought leadership for BSL within the community

Creates and maintains a comprehensive tracking system to track referrals and conversions to move-ins

Assist in developing, implementing and maintaining a 90-day Marketing Action Plan for each community within the cluster, in conjunction with the EBD, DCRs, Executive Director (ED), and the Regional Sales Director.

Educate the community at large about Benchmark’s unique approach to senior living.

Implements, monitors, and promotes resident referral programs to generate new referrals.

Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the region against competitors.

Demonstrates innovative, entrepreneurial thinking in anticipation or response to competitive trends and business development opportunities.

Tracks and responds to market trends in a positive and proactive manner.

Provides detailed and accurate periodic sales and marketing productivity reports.

Ensures all sales data and activity is recorded accurately and updated consistently in the CRM.

Job Requirements Requirements:

3-5 years experience in sales and marketing, preferably in senior housing

Previous experience working with aging adults and/or persons with disabilities is highly desirable.

Computer proficiency with working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Mastery of the CRM with the ability to teach and guide others on its use.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written and the ability to relate in a positive and professional way to a diverse resident and associate population.

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