Are you an ambitious and entrepreneurial, high-energy sales professional ready for a new challenge offering great career prospects for an award-winning business? Are you looking for an opportunity to grow your own accounts, launch a new territory from scratch and scale-up a new customer base?
We’re on the lookout for a confident and energetic relationship-builder who excels at spotting opportunities, opening doors and is motivated results. You could be an experienced BDM or an accomplished Sales Exec ready to get out in the field. If you’re ready for something different and the chance to make your mark, this is the ideal opportunity for you.
About the Job
Our client, a well-established and prominent business based in South Manchester, is currently recruiting a highly motivated field-based Business Development Manager to take a new product to market, establishing customer relationships with new accounts and driving growth in identified verticals.
With the support of a lead generation executive, your role will include:
- Identifying and targeting new business opportunities within the North-West region
- Engaging potential customers and building relationships based on trust, quality and expertise
- Building a pipeline of appointments by calling customers, converting leads, attending pre-booked visits and knocking on doors
- Conducting customer visits, fact-finding, identifying pain points and providing samples
- Maintaining regular customer contact and showcasing the benefits of great products and service
- Analysing data and using customer insights to spot gaps and seize opportunities to generate orders
- Maintaining and sharing accurate records of customer interactions and providing regular insight to the management team regarding market insights and opportunities
About You
You will be expected to place the customer at the heart of everything you do, working closely with your colleagues and upholding the company’s ethical and sustainable business practices in all interactions. You’ll need a business mindset and entrepreneurial flair, working as an expert listener who is naturally inquisitive and loves finding out about your prospects’ businesses.
Suitable candidates must have a solid track record new business sales (office or field-based), be armed with ideas and come ready to make an impact. You will also need to demonstrate:
- Drive, tenacity, ideas and ambition
- Relationship building and passion for excellent customer service
- Strong communication skills and questioning technique
- Organised, self-managed and proactive
- Willingness to travel across Greater Manchester and North West region (4 days per week with occasional overnight stays – 1 or 2 per month)
- Commitment to honest and ethical business practices
To Apply
If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Please send your CV for a confidential chat about the role.
To apply, please submit your CV by clicking on the relevant links. If successful you will be contacted by one of our consultants within 3 working days. Unfortunately, due to the volume of applications we expect to receive for this Business Development Manager role, if you do not hear from us within this time you should presume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Grassroots Recruitment is acting as a recruitment agency and a recruitment business in respect of this Business Development Manager vacancy. Grassroots Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and recruiter. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of age, race, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or disability.
To apply for this job please visit www.grassroots-recruitment.online.
