Business Development Manager

Recruiter
Harrison Sands
Location
Maidstone
Salary
Competitive
Posted
27 Jul 2018
Closes
24 Aug 2018
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Description

Do you want...?

A Salary of up to GBP50,000 basic depending on experience, a uncapped commission and a strong OTE.

And Benefits of a???

  • Company car (Audi, BMW, Mercedes)
  • Pension
  • 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
  • Healthcare scheme
  • Multiple leading benefits

Are you...?

  • A highly motivated, ambitious self-starter
  • An energetic and enthusiastic person
  • Comfortable working alone or within a team
  • Willing to do what it takes to succeed on a sustainable basis
  • Confident in presenting
  • Able of operating at senior management level
  • Willing to travel extensively.

Do you want to?...

Perform effectively in delivering an annual new business sales target through the construction, development and conversion of a dynamic sales channel in a B2B environment.

Role Responsibilities:

  • The BDM will hold accountability for developing and delivering against a territory sales plan annually.
  • Utilise the internal marketing team to deliver relevant campaigns fixated on lead creation and undertake responsibility fully for the qualification and follow-up of active leads to build a healthy channel of incoming opportunities.
  • By means of a consultative method, you will lead all communications with potential clients from the preliminary contact right through to application to maximise new business conversion and build strong, lasting working relations.
  • Building strong relationships and product knowledge across organisation, you will facilitate the identification of cross-selling opportunities and become a key member of the sales team, encouraging effective teamwork in order that team targets are met and exceeded on a sustainable basis.

Required Experience:

  • Extensive experience of working across multiple stakeholder groups to deliver effective marketing campaigns
  • Extensive experience of following up leads and following through to successful conversion in a corporate environment
  • Strong track record of delivery to target in a new business environment
  • Proven track record of building strong client/customer relationships and setting and managing stakeholders' expectations
  • Excellent communication skills; the ability to present confidently and effectively at senior levels, influence the thinking of senior buyers and close deals
  • Ability to manage an active sales pipeline, managing internal and external relationships at differing stages of the sales process. Comfortable in managing multiple workloads and differing pace

Location: South East, Home based but with client facing visits