Business Development Manager

Role: Business Development Manager

Industry: Civils & Drainage

Region: Northern Home Counties / SE England

Salary: 50,000 - 65,000 (more DOE) plus bonus & company car

External Business Development Manager required with sales experience in civils and drainage supplies.

Working for a leading civils merchant, covering the Northern Home Counties region, the role is essentially selling into contractors and goundworkers.

The Business Development Manager role:

As Business Development Manager, you will effectively be the face of the business, proactively identifying and securing new business opportunities, networking with existing and prospective clients in order to develop a deep understanding of their project pipelines and material needs.

As well as managing all business development activities, you will strive to stay ahead of the curve with respect to market trends and competitor activity. This information will be used, alongside customer spend patterns, to drive sales across all categories.

As Business Development Manager you'll spend the majority of your time out in the field visiting customers to understand and support their needs, no matter how big or small their project is. You will be an excellent communicator, preferably with existing contacts from within the industry.

You will also have proven experience within the civils supply sector, strong sales ability and margin awareness. Due to the nature of the role you will have a full driving licence and be prepared to travel as and when required.

The person:

• Experience of working in a sales role within the construction supply sector
  
• Motivation and drive to secure and increase sales opportunities
• A proactive, enthusiastic approach and a 'customer first' attitude
• Ability to grow, maintain and leverage your network of contacts
• Ability to identify potential clients and the appropriate decision makers
• Ability to research and build relationships with new clients
• Plan approaches and pitches to develop proposals that speaks to the client's needs, concerns and objectives
• Participate in pricing
• Ability to handle objections by clarifying, emphasising and working through differences to a positive conclusion
• The ability to persuade or negotiate appropriately
• Self-motivated and target driven
• Disciplined and able to organise a busy schedule effectively
• Focussed and persistent with a will to win
• Team player able to work effectively with colleagues to deliver excellent customer service

What's on offer?

• A competitive salary of up to 65,000 (more dependent upon experience), plus company car
  
• Performance related bonus scheme
• Opportunities for career progression and development
• A defined contribution pension scheme
• Life Assurance Scheme

For further information on this and other Business Development Manager roles please apply online and we'll be in touch to discuss further.

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