Parkside Recruitment are looking to recruit an experienced Business Development Manager. This role is for a candidate who is driven, passionate and who thrives on success.

Key Responsibilities:

Working in conjunction with an Internal Account Manager your primary responsibility will be to research and qualify new potential customers, providing consistent lead generation, prospecting, effective selling strategies, networking, presentations and face to face meetings with clients.

• Work in conjunction with Sales & Marketing Director to review existing market, identify new opportunities and keep informed of market trends.
• Implement reporting process to stakeholders of key figures, targets and objectives in a timely, consistent and professional manner
• Increase value of current customers and improve customer loyalty
• Maintain accurate CRM management and 'fit for purpose' pipeline
• Coach, mentor and develop others to drive motivation of sales and marketing activities on a daily basis to achieve results
• Achieve monthly and quarterly sale targets
• Manage day-to-day performance of others and deliver reviews for accountability of their performance against the delivery of their objectives
• Develop proposals for accurate and intelligent pricing that includes management of Gross Profit
• Liaise with Operations, Finance, Warehouse, Marketing and other internal or external parties

Key Requirements & Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years working within Sales, preferably within the Construction or HVAC industry
• Proven track record of obtaining results
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and comfortable with preparing and delivering presentations
• Familiar with data analysis, reporting and sales process
• Be able to demonstrate experience of developing strategic business and marketing plans, budgets and forecasting
• Excellent Commercial awareness and strong financial acumen and numeric skills
• Full UK Driving Licence
• IT literate ideally with experience of working with an ERP system
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Personable, presentable and articulate
• Ability to work within deadlines and cope under pressure
• Interpersonal and team-working skills

Parkside Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Parkside Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.