Business Development Manager

Job Purpose 

 
Join our team as a Business Development Manager and build upon our current markets, identify new business opportunities and create new strategies. The business development role uses many business skills, including strategic planning, project management, and successful negotiation. 

Duties 

Business Development, Customer Relations & Marketing 

• Identifies and develops new business opportunities. 
• Builds relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, partners, and vendors. 
• Leads sales, marketing, customer-service, and client relationship management teams. 
• Develops and strengthens internal and external relationships that will lead to increased lead generation and market share. 
• Tracks emerging markets and trends. 
• Researches and identifies new markets. 
• Provides advice on product development and distribution and promotion strategies. 
• Identifies sponsorship opportunities, including non profit engagement 
• Keeping customers updated on the latest products in order to increase sales. 

Role Requirements 

• Identifying new business opportunities, including new markets, new clients, new partnerships or new products and services
• Creating strategies to successfully reach new business opportunities
• Building relationships with new clients, gauging their needs and developing proposals to address these needs
• Maintaining and developing relationships with current clients
• Pitching sales and products to new and existing clients
• Attending conferences and events to build relationships with industry partners and staying up to date with new trends
• Creating sales forecasts and actively working towards reaching them
• Possessing a strong understanding of the company’s products, the competition in the industry and positioning
• Managing and training a business development team
• Collaborating with design and sales teams to ensure that the requirements are met

Benefits 

• Company Pension Plan
• 30 days holiday allowance (including bank holidays), with an extra days holiday on your yearly work anniversary – up to 33 days
• Company mobile phone & laptop
• £4,500 Car allowance
• Salary dependent on experience
• Bonus Incentive