BeaconBusiness Development Team Manager
Jul. 2021 - Aug. 2022London, England, United KingdomI joined Beacon as their 6th employee, I had the pleasure of single handedly leading the sales efforts for the first year with the support of the early team. In that time, closing the first 20 clients, securing Beacon's first large RFP, securing a number of household brands, collaborating across departments to create scalable processes, exceeding all of the targets, in all, helping to secure Beacon's series A funding. In my final year at Beacon I was promoted to BD Team manager. Delivering the 2021 growth targets whilst Beacon secured its $50m Series B. During this time I was involved in and responsible for the BD team growing, sourcing many new clients, working closely with the operations teams on the relationship management of key accounts, crafting & presenting RFP responses, helping to design sales collateral, advising on internal processes, liaising with the product team to help craft the supply chain platform. Also one of the founding creators of Beacon's Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiative.