Business Development Manager

Salary: £36,000 – £48,000 per year

Established in 2007 my South East London based client offers businesses within London, the M25 and Kent a complete range of cost effective soft FM services. Their soft services offering includes cleaning services, vertical cleaning, washroom services, waste management, grounds maintenance, pest control, security services and on-site catering. The hard services they offer include painting/decoration, handyman services, preventative and reactive maintenance, electrical, plumbing, HVAC and fire/security systems (including fencing and gates and barriers). They are currently looking to employ a Business Development Manager.

The purpose of the role of Business Development Manager is to sell the company’s cleaning, security and maintenance services into commercial and public clients, targeting the London area specifically (although work in the wider South East region will not be turned away!) Their current typical workload includes commercial daily office cleaning with private companies and educational establishments and these are the area they want to role holder to concentrate on. The incumbent would be provided with some leads/appointments however the main focus will be on new business.

The client will be happy to consider candidates with previous cleaning/soft services sales experience or candidates who come from another B2B service sales background. Potential Business Development Managers should also have a full 360 degree knowledge of selling from initial lead finding, through to tendering, presentations and closing. The annual sales target for the role will be circa £800k.

Basic salary £36,000 – £48,000commission (to be discussed starting at 4%), travel card (as the role holder will concentrate on the areas of London with underground/rail links), expenses, mobile, laptop etc.

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