Title: Business Development Manager
Salary: Dependent on experience
Working hours: Day Shift, Monday - Friday
Location: Loughborough, Leicestershire
Our client, a leading and renowned global engineering organisation are seeking an experienced Business Development Manager to join their friendly and dynamic team! If you're a tenacious individual who enjoys working collaboratively, building robust relationships, securing new business whilst retaining their current client base, we'd love to hear from you!
As BDM, you will oversee the entire sales lifecycle and play an instrumental role in achieving the company's growth and revenue targets. This really is a unique opportunity with a company that facilitates opportunities for growth and career development!
The Business Development Manager Role:
* Ensure sales opportunities are maximised by strategic planning and mapping. Identifying, targeting and winning new customers and distributors
* Ensure fully aware and confident in product and company knowledge: including NPI's
* Manage and build a strong pipeline of prospective customers, mapping, recording activity and consistently updating
* Work on multiple projects, with the ability to prioritise
* Carry out continuous market research to ensure at the forefront of our industry and aware of movements, identifying opportunity
* Generate a regular sales report and key performance indicators to share with the wider business and to track performance and identify areas for continuous improvements
* Manage tenders, proposals, presentations, contracts and supporting documentations as required to secure new business and retain. Including subsequent customer negotiations
* Liaise and work with wider teams to ensure customer satisfaction is exceeded and agreed SLA's are achieved
You'll Need:
* Previous experience of operating as a BDM or Sales Manager within a B2B engineering setting
* Able to present and influence Senior Stakeholders
* Customer focused: A proven track record of building robust customer relationships, securing new business and retaining by delivering excellent customer satisfaction
* Able to strategically identify and create objectives in order to achieve individual, department and wider business goals
* Commercially astute and good financial understanding
* Able to gather data, compile information, analyse and prepare reports to share with wider teams
* Highly desirable to have operated within an aerospace setting
* Proficient in Access and Microsoft packages: Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook
* Travel and driving may be required as part of this role and overnight stays will be required at times
What's in it for you:
* Genuine career progression opportunities
* Performance related bonus
* Company pension up to 10%
* Income Protection
* 33 Days annual leave, plus buying and selling holiday scheme
* Volunteering day off
* Employee discounts on various services and goods
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