Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager – Field Sales

Field sales role covering the North West & North. A mix of office‑home and field based. Niche industry – SME opportunity – Growth. New business role with over 150 previous clients/quotes as a base to start with.

Negotiable basic salary including car allowance – mobile – laptop. Autonomy and maturity required in this consultative business development role.

The company has been established for a long time and has an excellent reputation in the languages and translation field.

This role in a nutshell is field sales (initially based 5 days a week from a small office learning what they do and how they do it because no industry experience is needed). This is a niche sector and they are looking to recruit an experienced business‑to‑business field sales professional to take them to the next level. Develop a long‑term pipeline, targeting two specific sectors that they have a concrete base in.

This is a brilliant opportunity to work towards really building and growing the revenue and turnover of a long established SME and making the role you own. Interviews ideally October/November 2018 – START ASAP.

• Field sales – relationship management – new business – business‑to‑business and account management – proactive new business to start 100%
• Targeting two specific sectors where they have built a reputation in.
• Office based in the North West – with meetings off site, exhibitions, events, and client visits. Working up to being predominantly field based.
• Reporting to the MD.
• Targets to be discussed at interview.
• Autonomy and licence to create – make the role your own.

• Track record of new business success and developing business relationships longer term.
• Natural networker and able to organise and go get on your own.
• Professional, upbeat, strong communicator – happy to almost build something from nothing.
• Very organised and focused on long‑term quality business and superb face‑to‑face.
• Will be able to commute to near Warrington daily and have a can‑do attitude.

• Negotiable basic salary.
• Commission starts from month 6 onward – sales cycle is a slow burner.
• On target plus 10 k on top of basic salary.