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Do “Business development professionals“ find their route to this area by climbing the corporate ladder in functions such as operations management?

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Question added by Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India
Date Posted: 2014/12/22
Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

I agree with answers given by colleagues.

Mohammad Mohammad Ahmed El-Safty
by Mohammad Mohammad Ahmed El-Safty , مشرف تدريب وتطوير , شركة ميداس للتجارة العامة والمقاولات

It's not a must or condition, but for sure those who goes through the corporate ladder will have better understanding of the processes and operations  

Usman Naeem Khokhar
by Usman Naeem Khokhar , Growth Hacker (Itchy Fingerz) , NetSol Technologies

I believe moving from operations management to business development is a clear path and good career growth. 

The reason why I say this is in my experience as an entrepreneur with my first startup. I learned that operations is absolutely a key component and plays an important role in defining the growth strategy for all facets of a business, which are based on industry standard project management tiers (PMP).

A shout-out to my mentor and great inspiration Patrick Le Gentil.

 

Alex Al Yazouri
by Alex Al Yazouri , General Manager , Al Mushref Cooperative Society

Yes, it's suppose to be the route, but there are many cases of jumping rather climbing the ladder for some valid and invalid reasons.

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Understanding the business and climbing the ladder gets you great learning, being with Operations give a clear understanding on what you need to change, but it’s not all who are built for Business Development, the ones with better execution will obviously jump me and be on the top of the ladder, for me its not a must to climb the ladder of Operation Management, but just take a few jumps to reach the top, that should be only with my hard work and dedication.

 

 

 

Muhammad Shakeel
by Muhammad Shakeel , CAD Design Manager , M/S zeeruk Intl.

Agreed with Answer of Mr. Alex.

Nasir Hussain
by Nasir Hussain , Sales And Marketing Manager , Pakistan Pharmaceutical Products Pvt. Ltd.

Agreed with Mr. Usman............ usually in smaller businesses or new startups, the CEO of the company also plays the role of BDM.

Otherwise in large scale businesses, i agreed to your statement.

VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN
by VENKITARAMAN KRISHNA MOORTHY VRINDAVAN , Project Execution Manager & Accounts Manager , ALI INTERNATIONAL TRADING EST.

Agreed with the answer by Mr. Alex Al Yazouri-- Thanks for his expertise in many fields.

Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi
by Ahmed Mohamed Ayesh Sarkhi , Shared Services Supervisor , Saudi Musheera Co. Ltd.

agree with all expert answer

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