Business Development Manager (for Apprenticeships)

London

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Hours: Full-Time (9am-5pm)

Our client is looking to recruit a Business Development Manager to establish, secure, and nurture long-term business relationships with new and existing clients to generate apprenticeship starters. Other responsibilities will include promoting and selling all company services across contracts, maximising levy utilisation, and expanding the employer base.

The role involves managing a sales pipeline, generating leads, and attending events to drive business growth and support strategic objectives.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* To offer a consultative approach to employers to maximise of their levy pot

* To manage and develop strong relationships with employers to identify and sell all training solutions.

* To manage own pipeline and update the CRM (Salesforce).

* To plan, initiate and deliver strategic business development that will provide expected outcomes against strategic goals.

* To communicate effectively with levy and non-levy paying employers to create new leads.

* To increase sales of training solutions through expanding our employer base across the UK and by gaining new business. Attend networking events to enhance business development opportunities.

* Working events to enhance business development opportunities.

Experience and Qualifications

* Proven experience and proven record of selling apprenticeship programmes to Levy paying organisations

* Wealth of experience in the Apprenticeship Sector

* Experience of working in a target driven commercial environment

* Sales Experience

* Networking skills

* Presentation and report writing

* Experience within client relationships management / customer service / sales

Skills and Knowledge

Good working knowledge of marketing principles

An understanding of the local labour and business marketplace

Confident with LinkedIn and cold calling engagement

Proactive and consultative sales approach

Solution orientated salesperson

Interpersonal skills

Influencing and negotiating skills

Excellent written & verbal Communication skills

Planning and organisational skills