Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager - Façades

Buckinghamshire / Hybrid / Field-Based

Permanent, full-time

£50,000 - £60,000 basic salary

Performance-related bonus plus company car or car allowance

Winsearch is proud to partner with a growing specialist façade contractor looking to appoint an experienced Business Development Manager to support its continued expansion across the UK.

This is a nationwide role focused on identifying, developing and securing opportunities across façades, cladding and external-envelope projects.

Direct façade-sector experience is essential. The successful candidate must understand how façade projects are specified, tendered and delivered, and already have relevant relationships across the construction market.

You’ll be responsible for developing relationships with main contractors, developers, architects, façade consultants and other project decision-makers.

Your focus will be on identifying suitable façade opportunities at an early stage and maintaining involvement through design development, pre-construction, tender and contract award.

Working closely with estimating, commercial, design and operational teams, you’ll ensure opportunities are properly qualified and aligned with the contractor’s technical capabilities and commercial objectives.

This is not a general construction-sales role. You’ll need sufficient façade knowledge to discuss project requirements credibly, recognise viable packages and understand the key factors influencing specification, procurement and contractor selection.

• Identifying and securing opportunities within the UK façade market
• Developing relationships with main contractors, developers and architects
• Engaging with façade consultants, specifiers and project decision-makers
• Building a pipeline across new-build, refurbishment and remediation projects
• Spotting projects at an early design or pre-construction stage
• Understanding proposed façade systems, scope and procurement routes
• Qualifying opportunities around value, timescale, risk and suitability
• Making proactive approaches to prospective clients
• Maintaining and developing existing client relationships
• Attending client meetings, industry events and exhibitions
• Working with estimating teams to develop competitive tender submissions
• Supporting opportunities from initial enquiry through to contract award
• Following up tenders and obtaining meaningful feedback
• Monitoring façade-market activity and competitor movements
• Maintaining accurate CRM records, pipeline information and forecasts
• Reporting activity and progress to the senior leadership team
• Delivering against agreed pipeline, sales and growth targets

• Proven business-development or sales experience within the façade sector
• Strong knowledge of façade, cladding and external-envelope packages
• Existing relationships with main contractors, developers, architects or façade consultants
• Track record of identifying and converting project opportunities
• Understanding of façade tendering, specification and procurement
• Ability to engage credibly with technical and commercial stakeholders
• Experience developing opportunities through longer construction sales cycles
• Strong commercial judgement when qualifying projects
• Confidence opening new accounts and creating opportunities from a cold start
• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Self-motivated and able to manage a nationwide field-based role
• Organised approach to CRM, forecasting and follow-up
• Full UK driving licence

• Rainscreen cladding
• Architectural cladding
• Curtain walling
• Architectural glazing
• Aluminium façade systems
• External envelope
• Façade remediation or recladding
• SFS and associated façade systems
• Fire-rated façade solutions
• Façade design,…