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Senior Business Development Manager, Commercial

ABM Industries

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Location
Houston, TX
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Job overview

The Senior Business Development Manager develops new and potential commercial and industrial accounts for ABM’s onsite facility services. The role researches prospective clients’ existing programs, creates tailored sales strategies and proposals, and partners with operations to plan and deliver results. It owns the strategic selling process, negotiates and closes business, manages transitions to operations, and builds client and industry relationships while cross-selling facility services.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Service SalesCold CallingLead GenerationLead QualificationSales Proposal WritingSales PresentationsSolution SellingProspect ManagementMicrosoft OfficeSalesforceCRM SoftwareFacility ServicesJanitorial ServicesCommercial Real EstateProperty ManagementLabor Pricing

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Experience5+ Years Service Sales Experience

Full job description

Overview

This Senior Business Development Manager works to develop new and potential commercial and industrial accounts within a defined territory for Onsite Facility Services: Cleaning, Environmental, Parking, and Engineering. This experienced professional works with prospective clients to explore the strengths and weaknesses of their current facility services programs creates and presents an effective sales and marketing strategy unique to that prospective client that includes one service or several bundled solutions. This position also partners with ABM operations in planning and executing superior results owns the strategic selling process, communicates value, identifies and resolves client issues, and maintains strong client relationships while cross-selling eight comprehensive lines of facilities services.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

  • Develop and execute short and long-term sales plans, maintain present sales, attract and connect with new prospects, create proposals, respond to RFPs, and facilitate and close new business.

  • Own the information base on prospective clients within the territory.

  • Prospect for new business by cold call activities, networking, and lead generation & qualification.

  • Use ABM-branded marketing materials to create detailed, customized, innovative, and lively proposals.

  • Research a customer's existing facility solutions and programs and schedule a bid walk of the facility with the prospect.

  • Include operations teams in strategic & financial planning and execution.

  • Negotiate contracts, close the deal, and manage the transition to operations to ensure the proposal commitments are delivered.

  • Position yourself within your territory as a leader in your field. Establish a diverse network of relationships that reflect the ABM Way. Include people of influence within our industry, key community partners, strategic partners, and prospective clients.

  • Maintain database for the territory using Salesforce.

  • Effectively manage the assigned budget.

  • Support the company’s online and direct marketing campaigns.

  • Monitor bid schedules and understand the competition in the marketplace fully.

  • Assist in training in both formal and informal situations as needed.

  • Develop a network of skilled and informed operators. Partner with them to ensure understanding of prospects, clients, and your sales territory.

  • Assist the corporation with competitive intelligence.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Experience:

  • 5+ years of service sales experience, including finding, qualifying, and closing new business primarily through cold calls and self-generated leads.

  • Experience with and/or working knowledge of facility services, janitorial, commercial real estate, property management companies, or other related fields strongly desired.

  • Strength in writing and presenting compelling, detailed, sales proposals.

  • Experience pricing labor within proposals preferred.

Other:

  • Hunter sales mentality, goal-driven and self-motivated.

  • Demonstrated success in selling services or other intangible business offerings.

  • Must be comfortable presenting complete solutions in group settings.

  • Track record of being organized, efficient, and able to manage a high number of prospects at different stages of the sales process.

  • Collaborative with the ability to work successfully with internal operations and sales support teams.

  • Advanced computer skills in MS Office and Salesforce or another CRM.

  • Self-disciplined, results-driven, and accustomed to winning sales awards through consistent high performance.

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Salesforce.com (or similar CRM).

REQNUMBER: 171196

ABM is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer qualified applicants without regard race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran or any other protected factor under federal, state, or local law. ABM is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance in completing the employment application, please call 888-328-8606. We will provide you with assistance and make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

How this job compares

Set against the 20,962 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$131–200K/yr809 salary ranges
  • Texas median$25–35/hr40 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,511 open Business Development jobs in Texas and 20,962 across the US. 11% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (16,403 postings).
Education
6,778 of the 20,962 open Business Development jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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