Business Development Manager

Ref: 89-JH

Role: Business Development Manager

Location: Leicester, Northampton and surrounding areas

Salary: Up to £45,000 Per annum Plus Commission and Mileage Paid

Hours; 37.5 Hours

Working Pattern: Monday – Friday

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, rising to 27 days after 2 years’ service.
• Option to buy & sell addition leave (up to 5 days)
• Employer contributory pension scheme
• Health Cash Back Scheme
• Referral Programme
• A challenging and rewarding role in a successful and growing business
• Christmas closure

Our client are a national provider of NVQ, Apprenticeships, Programmes for the unemployed and Compliance training. They specialise in both commercial and funded training and are proud to be nationally recognised as one of the UK’s largest private training providers. They are currently recruiting for a highly organised Senior Business Development Manager to join their existing team.

This role is responsible for engaging with construction businesses and driving sales and is predominantly an external role, requiring the successful candidate to travel widely. They currently have delivery ongoing in the Leicester and Northants areas, with travel required within these regions.

The role:

• Establish, build and maintain partnerships with a wide portfolio of existing and potential partners to fulfil the business needs through regular contact and account management.
• Actively seek new business opportunities with existing and potential clients
• Identifying and implementing partnership opportunities within the company
• Achieving Set monthly targets.
• Develop a network of relationships with construction companies.
• Maintain an excellent level of product knowledge and understanding of all funding opportunities.
• Attend networking events and other promotional opportunities, maintaining a professional and credible profile on behalf of the company – these may be outside of normal working hours, so some flexibility is required.
• Maintain accurate records of specified development activity and provide timely and consistent data using the companies CRM systems.

The successful candidate:

• Experience in the delivery of construction NVQ’s and apprenticeships within construction
• Experience of building bespoke training courses that meet our client’s requirements
• A proven sales background within Construction
• A passion for exceeding sales targets and set KPI’s
• Proven time management skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Relationship Building Skills