Midlands / South
Business Development Manager LCV Rental
Circa £40,000 OTE Circa £10k ( yr1) uncapped
Ref: VR 01565 - Midlands / South - Circa £40,000 OTE Circa £10k ( yr1) uncapped
Job type:
permanent
Business Development Manager
Key Responsibilities
The Business Development Manager role is a hunter/farmer position responsible for prospecting and identifying new business leads, pitching comany Synergy and building and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing clients. As a BDM you'll be responsible for B2B sales, driving customer acquisition, and converting leads into sales across SME, National and Blue Chip customers. BDM’s are self-starters, highly ambitious, who deliver against target.
Responsibilities include:
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Identifying new business opportunities, including new markets, new clients, new partnerships or new products and services
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Regularly prospecting for new business via self-sourced and business leads
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Generating leads and cold calling prospective customers
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Driving new customer acquisition growth by making outbound calls to prospective businesses using CRM, seeking out appropriate contacts within the organisation
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Recording all information and tracking within CRM
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Meeting with customers/clients face to face or over the phone
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Creating strategies to successfully reach new business opportunities
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Building future sales by managing a pipeline of prospects through customer relationship building and regular prospecting
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Building relationships with new clients, gauging their needs and developing proposals to address these needs
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Maintaining and developing relationships with current clients
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Pitching to new and existing clients
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Being the Approved specialist – pitching for and assisting other BDM’s, albeit sales will be required across the HA, HB and HC spectrum
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Attending conferences and events to build relationships with industry partners and staying abreast of new trends
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Creating sales forecasts and actively working towards reaching and exceeding them
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Possessing a strong understanding of the business solutions, the competition in the industry and positioning
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Being commercially aware and able to deliver profitable proposals that meet internal guidelines.
Requirements:
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Ability to forge relationships at multiple levels
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Strong negotiation skills
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Customer-centric approach
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Strong time management skills
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Highly driven and able to work independently
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Resilient and able to overcome objections
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Proactive communicator
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Strategic and intelligent thinker
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Highly numerate with excellent analytical skills
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Strong commercial and operational awareness
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High drive with proven ability to deliver results