New Business Development Manager (Field Based)
You will be responsible for the proactive acquisition of both retail and business customers by sales and marketing of the company's products/services and specific offers, within assigned areas. You will be required to maintain strong relationships with all staff including management and center crew.
Responsibilities:
Essential Skills
Experience
Personality:
Pesonal Circumstances:
Responsibilities:
- To act as an ambassador of IN 'n' OUT Centres adhering to and explaining all current, relevant policies and procedures to new employees.
- To thoroughly understand, adhere to and continually promote the IN 'n' OUT Centres LTD ethos; '5C's' brand values.
- Proactive Acquisition of new retail and business customers using own initiative within set guidelines
- To generate & maintain a database of Chamber/Affinity/Trade customers/companies using promotion of specific offers to Chamber of commerce members, Local employers & stores and other businesses via Face to Face meetings, Telephone and Email communication.
- To undertake business networking and meetings as required (minimum of 1 per month).
- To support and assist with national/local sales & marketing activities and strategy's as required.
- To support new and existing centres, for openings, holidays and where staff shortages occur.
- To promote and assist with PR for both forthcoming and existing sites, including managing and involvement in all event and promotion activity.
- Occasional Centre assistance with the collection of tyres/customer vehicles where necessary.
- To create and manage trade accounts, including repairers
- To complete all necessary administrational duties as required.
- Organise and manage own diary and workload for maximum efficiency and output.
- Weekly reporting of Chamber/Affinity/Trade activity to Marketing Manager
- To carry out any other reasonable task as requested by the Marketing Manager
- To carry out any other necessary administrative or adhoc requirement when requested
Essential Skills
- Self-motivation & ability to motivate others
- Ability to use initiative to gain results
- Time management skills and the ability to adhere to deadlines
- Organised able to plan in a methodical & logical way
- Strong administrative skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Computer literate (Word, Excel, Outlook) with good keyboard skills
- Attention to detail
- Can identify when there is a need to work with diplomacy, tact or discretion
Experience
- Previous experience of working within a sales/customer facing related role
- Management experience
- Experience in Field Sales
Personality:
- Smart & Presentable at all times
- Approachable
- Confident
- Pro-active
- Enthusiastic
- Flexible
- No fear of cold canvassing via Face to Face meetings & telephones
Pesonal Circumstances:
- Ability to work outside normal office hours
- Flexible and willing to travel throughout the UK with ability for overnight stays away from home
- Full, clean driving license