Job Description
About us
We are professional, agile and innovative.
Our work environment includes:
- Modern office setting
- Food provided
Responsibilities
As a Business Development Manager, you'll need to:
- research and identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products and services - or new ways of reaching existing markets
- seek out the appropriate contact in an organisation
- generate leads and cold call prospective customers
- meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone
- foster and develop relationships with customers/clients
- understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
- think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business
- work strategically - carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes
- use our own internal client contracts
- have a good understanding of the businesses' products or services and be able to advise others about them
- ensure staff are on board throughout the organisation, and understand the need for change and what is required of them
- discuss promotional strategy and activities with the marketing department
- liaise with the finance team, warehousing and logistics departments as appropriate
- seek ways of improving the way the business operates
- attend seminars, conferences and events where appropriate
- keep abreast of trends and changes in the business world.
Skills Required
You'll need to have:
- tenacity and drive to seek new business and meet or exceed targets
- an excellent telephone manner for making initial contact and for ongoing communication with customers and business associates
- interpersonal skills for building and developing relationships with clients
- written and verbal communication skills - needed for communicating with a range of people, both internally and externally, as well as presentation skills
- IT skills, including the use of spreadsheets
- teamworking skills and a collaborative approach to work
- decision-making skills
- the ability to multitask and prioritise your workload
- project management and organisational skills
- the ability to motivate yourself and set your own goals
- negotiating skills
- the ability to think strategically
- the ability to analyse sales figures and write reports
- a flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
- initiative and the confidence to start things from scratch.
Experience
- Proficient in using Salesforce
- Proficient in using Docusign
- Previous sales experience
- Degree in Business or related discipline
Salary is negotiable based on experience
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate
Salary: £25,694.36-£70,889.75 per year
Benefits:
- Childcare
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Flexitime
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Unlimited paid holidays
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
- Overtime
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
- Commission pay
- Performance bonus
- Tips
- Yearly bonus
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London