Senior Business Development Manager

c £45,000 - £60,000 + up to 50% performance bonus
Permanent | Full-time | Office-based | Banbury

We're supporting a successful and growing SME within the supply chain and logistics sector as they strengthen their commercial team. Due to continued growth, they are now looking for a Senior Business Development Manager to focus on winning new business and building a structured pipeline from the ground up.

This is a brand new role and a genuine opportunity to shape the future of sales within the business. The company has grown through reputation and relationships, and they are now ready to bring in someone who can proactively drive new opportunities and help take the business to the next stage of growth.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being hands-on, proactive and commercially driven in a fast-paced SME environment.

What you'll be doing

Building and developing a new business pipeline from scratch
Proactively identifying, targeting and winning new customers
Making outbound calls, networking and generating new opportunities daily
Developing tailored logistics and supply chain solutions with operational teams
Leading proposals, tenders and commercial negotiations
Growing and developing new accounts once onboarded
Working closely with Directors to shape future commercial strategy
Maintaining CRM, forecasting and pipeline reporting

In the Senior Business Development Manager we're looking for

Strong B2B business development background
Experience winning new business and building pipelines from zero
Ideally from logistics, supply chain, transport or a related sector
Comfortable with outbound activity and proactive prospecting
Commercially confident with strong understanding of margin and pricing
Able to sell solution-based services rather than products
Confident engaging senior stakeholders and decision makers
Full UK driving licence

You'll fit the culture if you are

Proactive, energetic and naturally self-motivated
Straight-talking, practical and commercially focused
Happy to work in a fast-moving SME environment
Curious about how the wider business operates
Hands-on and comfortable picking up the phone daily
Looking for a role where you can grow and make a real impact Benefits

c £45,000 - £60,000 basic salary
Up to 50% annual performance bonus
20 days holiday + bank holidays
Pension scheme and Death in Service
Employee Assistance Programme
Free parking and modern office environment
Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm (37.5 hours)
Office based

If you're a driven Business Development professional who enjoys autonomy, pace and the opportunity to build something meaningful, we'd love to hear from you