Business Development Coordinator

Job Description

Job Title: Business Development Coordinator

Location: Penn Hills, PA (Primarily remote, may go into the office for occasional customer visits and other in-person needs.

Schedule: Part-Time | 30 hours/week | Monday–Friday, approximately 9:00 AM–3:30 PM

Hourly Pay Rate: Flexible and commensurate with experience.

Candidates must live within 1 hour from the Penn Hills area

About the Opportunity

This is a great opportunity for someone with a technical or engineering-related educational background who is looking for a flexible, engaging part-time role where they can use their technical knowledge, organizational skills, and interest in business development.

Our client is an established manufacturing and industrial organization seeking a Business Development Coordinator to assist the sales and marketing team. This role is ideal for someone who is organized, proactive, detail-oriented, and enjoys communicating with customers, following up on opportunities, and supporting business development efforts.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable managing multiple priorities, working independently, and jumping into a variety of sales, marketing, and administrative projects.

What We're Looking For:

• Technical, engineering, manufacturing, or related educational background preferred
• Interest in sales, marketing, and business development
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Energetic, proactive, and comfortable taking initiative
• Excellent follow-up skills and persistent about keeping opportunities moving
• Comfortable communicating with customers, prospects, vendors, and internal teams
• Confident making calls and reaching out to new contacts
• Able to multitask and manage competing priorities
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Professional, personable, and dependable
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment

Responsibilities

Sales & Business Development Assistance:

• Follow up with customers, leads, prospects, and open quotes
• Assist with lead and inquiry qualification
• Maintain accurate inquiry and contact activity
• Support lead generation and business development efforts
• Help identify and develop new business opportunities
• Assist the sales team with customer and prospect communication

Quoting & Sales Support:

• Prepare spreadsheets and supporting materials for quotes
• Gather and organize vendor quotes
• Assist with quote follow-up and tracking
• Help maintain accurate sales and customer information

Marketing Assistance:

• Assist with digital marketing and lead-generation initiatives
• Support Google SEM/SEO programs
• Assist with industry-specific lead generation platforms
• Help maintain and update company website content
• Support other sales and marketing projects as needed

Administrative & Project Support

• Schedule meetings and coordinate calendars
• Assist with travel arrangements
• Coordinate sample shipments to customers and vendors
• Assist with recruiting and coordinating sales representatives
• Take on special projects and general sales/marketing support as needed

Why This Role?

This is a unique opportunity to join an established organization in a flexible, part-time capacity while having meaningful involvement in sales, marketing, customer relationships, and business development.

The ideal person is someone who is technically minded, organized, outgoing, and naturally good at following up — someone who enjoys staying busy and wants a role where they can make an impact without a traditional full-time schedule.