Business Recruitment Consultant
REMOTE
- 7+ years in private and/or public economic development
- Bachelor's degree (public administration, business, marketing, or related)
- Represents Kansas exclusively; no ties to competing states or clients
- Travel-ready across the territory and out of state
Responsibilities.
- Run assigned client files and recruitment projects start to finish for the Department of Commerce
- Build RFI responses on Kansas properties, incentives, labor, and cost factors
- Partner with Kansas local economic development professionals, site selectors, private-sector and utility partners
- Engage C-suite executives and site-selection consultants to open and move projects
- Learn and apply Kansas incentive programs and support documentation
- Advocate for Kansas and drive client site visits
- Represent the Department of Commerce at events, tradeshows, and conferences
- Log all activity in the Department of Commerce Salesforce CRM; file a monthly activity report
Win-scoring strengths to source for (Sec 1.14):
- Named business-attraction wins with jobs created and capital investment
- Existing network of East Coast site selectors and C-suite contacts
- Working knowledge of Kansas real estate, transportation, education assets, and incentives
- Salesforce CRM fluency