Home based Midlands/Home Counties

Business Development Executive

£35,000 basic, £65,000 ote plus excellent benefits

Ref: VR01277 - Home based Midlands/Home Counties - £35,000 basic, £65,000 ote plus excellent benefits

Job type:
Permanent

 

Job Title                         Business Development Executive 

Preferred Location:       Home based ideally Midlands/Home Counties

 

Reports to                      Sales & Marketing Director

What we need:

The business is going through an exciting transformation and you would be a part of the Sales & Marketing team. Reporting to the Sales & Marketing Director, the role of Business Development Executive is to drive increased revenue and profit to support the Company’s ambitious sales growth. Focussing on fleets, from 25 to 150 vehicles this role will be responsible for sales growth in Fleet Management, Vehicle Leasing, Accident Management & Daily Rental.

 

This is a hands-on role. Ambition, drive, and determination are essential qualities needed to achieve success and ultimately gain promotion into our Business Development Director’s team.

 

What you’ll do:

 

• Drive increased revenue, in fleets from 25 to 150, and profit to achieve the Company`s ambitious growth
• Planning and coordinating the implementation of business plans and the penetration of new markets research and identify new business opportunities - including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products, and services - or new ways of reaching the existing market.

• Generate leads and cold call prospective customers

• Meet with customers/clients face to face or over the phone
• Foster and develop relationships with customers/clients
• Understand the needs of your customers and be able to respond effectively with a plan of how to meet these
• Think strategically - seeing the bigger picture and setting aims and objectives in order to develop and improve the business
• Work strategically - carrying out necessary planning in order to implement operational changes
• Have a good understanding of the businesses' products or services and be able to advise others about them
• Liaise with the finance team, Operations and Garage Network as appropriate
• Keep abreast of trends and changes in the business world
• Help to plan sales campaigns

• Create a sales pipeline
• Negotiate pricing with customers, and suppliers in some cases
• Increase sales of the business
• Carry out sales forecasts and analysis and present your findings to senior management/the executive directors
• Develop the business sales and marketing strategy.

 

What you’ve got:

 

• Proven and credible experience of external engagement and negotiations with businesses
• Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written, with an ability to present material clearly to a variety of audiences.
• Proven ability to work effectively in a variety of teams including building working relationships with colleagues and external contacts.
• Resilient, reliable, and ethical team player with an ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to make decisions independently, using own initiative, but also know when to seek wider input
• Experience of managing complex projects successfully

• Experience of contract negotiations

 

Attributes and Behaviour

 

• Understands and makes sense of complex or conflicting data and different perspectives of stakeholders
• Clear, concise and accurate communication, tailoring the approach accordingly using appropriate media and encouraging an overall effective communication process
• Works collaboratively with others, playing a positive role in teams and establishing and growing relationships internally and externally across functions where different skills, expertise and opinions are valued
• Has the ability to think strategically and to manage complex problems and issues
• Sets own priorities in conjunction with team and area objectives
• Encourages creative and innovative thinking in self and others
• A pro-active, positive, motivated individual with a ‘can do’ attitude and the ability to remain calm and focused.
• Confidence and professionalism in personal interactions, able to establish and maintain good working relationships with colleagues and others at all levels whilst having the ability to negotiate and influence where appropriate.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK if required

 

Qualifications

 

• Ideally educated to degree level (or equivalent) with relevant experience in a similar or related business development role

• Strong planning and organisational skills with the ability to successfully multi-task

 

How you’ll be successful:

• Demonstrating and evidencing the appropriate company values and behaviours as outlined in our behavioural framework.
• Though achieving your objectives and personal development plans

Conduct rules:

• You must act with integrity
• You must act with due care, skill and diligence
• You must pay due regard to the interests of customers and treat them fairly
• You must observe proper standards of market conduct

 

 

 

What you’ll get:

• An enhanced employer pension contribution rate of between 5% and 10% and pension deductions made through salary sacrifice for tax and national insurance savings.
• Comprehensive life insurance
• Free eye test vouchers and vouchers towards the cost of glasses (dependent on test results)
• Access to ‘My Staff Shop’ our benefits portal with 1000’s of high street, online, supermarket, cinema, travel and gym discounts.
• Financial and health wellbeing programs and support including and employee assistance program
• Reward & recognition programs
• Agile ways of working for office staff
• Long service awards when you reach key milestones
• The opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking collaborative team who will focus on your future career and development.

 

Travel throughout the UK will be required on occasion.