Business Development Lead

Overview

The Business Development Lead will join a well-established gate and barrier company in Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24. This full-time, permanent role offers a competitive salary dependent on experience. Working to shape a new position within the business, the successful candidate will be integral to driving growth.

• Nurturing and managing business relationships with customers, focusing on understanding their needs and building long-term loyalty
• Specify requirements with the Business Development Executive to drive new business
• Proactively prospect for new business, identifying leads and converting them into accounts
• Map and proactively support the company’s premier customers with relevant meeting frequencies and working with the Sales Manager on potential visits
• Act as the escalated point of contact for customer issues/queries that could affect relationships
• Manage and develop export orders converted and tracked from lead to sale
• Create a proactive strategy mindset within the team to expand existing and evolve new markets
• Provide cover on answering inbound and making outbound calls, talking to customers and following up potential leads
• Own and develop generating leads processes from inbound enquiries and contractor portals through to the field sales team
• Provide support to the external Business Development Managers to manage customer relationships and tenders
• Create a cadence of capturing customer details to load into the centralised system to manage up to date contact details
• Plan and develop strategies for attracting new business
• Deal with emails and help support online chats
• Update and manage internal databases
• Create reports and feedback maps to the sales manager
• Be committed to your personal development and maintain your personal development plan
• Complete other tasks as requested by your Line Manager to promote upskilling and business growth

• Be customer focused and enjoy establishing and maintaining strong relationships with potential and existing clients.
• Sales driven with proven experience of new lead generation.
• Background in supplier/distributor relationship management.
• Experience of creating and working within marketing campaigns (desirable)
• Key Account Management
• Able to maintain accurate records
• Working knowledge of MS Office, (Excel, Word and Powerpoint)
• Software knowledge of sage (sage 200, CRM)
• Able to use initiative to resolve problems
• Enjoy working to deadlines
• Positive attitude to make a real difference.
• Willing to travel to meetings on customer sites (desirable, infrequent and driving license required)

If you feel that you have the relative skills/attributes to fulfil this role then please apply now for immediate consideration. The employer fully supports Equality in Employment. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit and business need.