Business Development Manager

Covering M1 corridor – Nottingham to Watford

£28 - 36K basic + Commission (£40K+ OTE uncapped) + Car + Benefits
Remote working with regular travel to the company sites in Lincolnshire

The role

This is a business development role within the Textile Rental, Cleanroom Consumables and Medical Device market sector.  You will be responsible for managing profitable growth within the M1 corridor region based customer portfolio.

The Business Development Manager will define long-term strategic goals, build key customer relationships, identify business opportunities, negotiate and close business deals.

Working in the field you will need to ensure you are proactively conducting service visits both face to face and virtually, this will also include new business appointments working with a dedicated Sales Co-ordinator.

The ideal Business Development Manager will be:

• Experienced in sales and account management
• Passionate for B2B sales
• Able to demonstrate high levels of service and to then develop long term business relationships
• Ambitious self-starter who is seeking a career opportunity within an organisation that will invest in you and will offer you the potential to progress your career beyond this role
• Full Driving Licence is an essential requirement for the role
• Available for occasional travel to the HO in Lincolnshire, which may involve overnight stays, for quarterly team meetings, training sessions, and other company conferences scheduled throughout the year
• The ideal candidate will need to live in along the M1 from Nottingham, Leicester down to Luton and Watford.

The Business Development Manager will be responsible for:

• Maintenance and growth of existing accounts
• Re-signs and contract extension agreements
• Price increase negotiation
• Management of competitive tending processes that may put business at risk
• Range extensions (selling additional products)
• Production of quotations, preparation of contract documents
• Bringing technical innovation to the customer
• Present the business as the industry’s technical leader and innovator
• Deliver on sales targets and service driven KPI’s

What you will receive in return:

• Great starting salary and commission structure 
• Sole use of company car
• 30 days’ annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing to 33 days for loyalty service
• A generous yearly bonus paid every January, to all staff (3-5% of wages)
• Company Sick Pay scheme
• Company pension contributions with a minimum of 5% of salary
• Generous parental pay schemes (i.e., maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, adoption)
• Mental Health and Wellbeing support and programmes
• Employee recognition initiatives
• Training and Development opportunities
• Annual Family Fun Days, fully paid for by the business
• Great supportive environment at a company that is growing significantly and is highly profitable

Our client

Our client are one of the UK’s largest providers of workwear solutions and cleanroom consumables.

They are rental providers of specialist work wear to cleanroom industries (including pharmaceutical, medical devices, aerospace), and of protective workwear to manufacturing industries (engineering, automotive).

Their passion is to be the first to develop new technological solutions that change the shape of the markets they serve creating quality and efficiency for their customers.

The company also manufactures and distributes a range of cleanroom products, which it sells in the UK and exports throughout Europe and further afield, including India, Australia, and Canada. 

The company has an ambitious and clear growth vision and has built its first factory outside of the UK in India. 

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience and meet the criteria above please apply below.