Business engineer: become the intrapreneur who grows their team as well as their career
At agap2, the job of Business Engineer combines sales performance, team management and strategic vision. As a truly hybrid role, it offers the opportunity to grow your own business while developing the talent around you.
But what are the challenges of the role of intrapreneur, capable of driving forward both their business and their employees?
Business engineer: a hybrid and strategic role
At agap2, the Business Engineer is a true intrapreneur, a key driver of the company’s development. They act as an entrepreneur within the organisation, responsible for business development, recruitment, team management and the strategic management of their area of activity.
At the crossroads of management, commerce and strategy, the Business Engineer steers their activity with a vision that is both operational and strategic. The agap2 Business Engineer is also a business developer: they structure their customer portfolio by adopting a tailor-made sales strategy.
At the same time, they play a key role in recruiting consultants, integrating and supporting them as closely as possible to the customer’s projects. As a true project manager, they coordinate assignments, monitor the quality of deliverables and ensure that contractual commitments are met.
”Every day, I feel like I’m managing my own structure, while enjoying the benefits, framework and support of a large company.” - Léo, Business Engineer
Like a company director within agap2, the Business Engineer combines leadership, agility and strategic vision. Their objective is to ensure the sustainable performance of their business, help their team to grow and contribute directly to the success of the company.
Building and developing your business
Manage your customer portfolio and ensure performance
Business Engineers play a full role in their own commercial growth, creating and structuring their customer portfolio, often from scratch.
On a day-to-day basis, the Business Engineer is responsible for the development strategy for their area and for developing customer relations. As a privileged contact, they maintain long-term relationships based on trust with their customers, while remaining attentive to changes in their industrial environment in order to anticipate future needs.
The Business Engineer is responsible for the operational monitoring and steering of their Business Plan, coordinating the work of their consultants and ensuring that contractual commitments are met and that the services delivered are of the highest quality.
”Supporting my customers on a day-to-day basis enables me to build and develop my portfolio by anticipating their needs and adapting my solutions in a practical and strategic way.” Vincent, Department Manager
As a true intrapreneur, he combines commercial vision with operational rigour, placing himself at the heart of the company’s performance and growth.
Recruiting, uniting and managing your team
Build and lead a team
The Business Engineer is a real local leader who plays a central role in building, leading and ensuring the performance of their team. They recruit their own consultants, in line with the specific needs of their customers, while instilling a collective momentum around projects.
The manager’s role begins at the recruitment stage: they identify the right profiles based on the skills required, but also on their potential for development and their ability to fit into a team. This selection process enables them to put together a team capable of responding effectively to customer expectations while embodying the agap2 values.
Once the team is in place, the Business Engineer ensures team cohesion and the smooth running of projects. They monitor each consultant on a regular basis, encouraging their progress and supporting their development.
This human role is essential, not only to guarantee the success of projects, but also to retain talent in a competitive environment. This human management is at the heart of the Business Engineer’s job. It contributes to the success of projects, customer satisfaction and the retention of talent.
”What drives me is recruiting and supporting my consultants, creating a close-knit team where everyone can progress and contribute fully to the success of the projects.” Lucie, Business Engineer
Training, an essential lever for skills development
Step-by-step support for progress
The success of Business Engineers depends on structured support from the moment they join the company, via the agap2tremplin programme. This ongoing training enables them to gradually develop the key skills of the business, in commercial, technical and managerial areas, while cultivating a true spirit of intrapreneurship.
From the moment they arrive, Business Engineers also benefit from the support of a coach, mentor and experienced manager, who guides them step by step as they develop their skills. This regular supervision encourages learning on the ground and enables rapid progress.
This culture of continuous improvement rewards results, encourages initiative and enables rapid development within the company. The Business Engineer is a true intrapreneur at the heart of the organisation, learning to manage their activity like a corporate project: building, developing and uniting colleagues around a shared vision. This solid foundation gives them the means to undertake their own initiatives within agap2, while actively contributing to collective growth.
