Business Development Manager

Salary: £48,000 – £72,000 per year

Position: Business Development Manager

Location: Chesterfield, M1 Junction 29A

Sector: Third party logistics

Salary: £48,000 – £72,000plus car and negotiable benefits package

Meter Provida offers a comprehensive and integrated support service for the meter industry. They simplify the complexities, deliver insights and inventory, and deal efficiently and compliantly with all the specialist functions your business needs.

Since 2000, they have supported the utility industry with meter supply, reliable distribution and accurate stock management, industry-specialist apps and data insights to connect your engineers and control your business, plus Reverse Logistics to support removed assets in the Smart Meter rollout.

They are now looking to expand their service offering into other sectors and as a result are looking to appoint a

Business Development Manager

Job Summary:

• To be responsible for identifying additional business opportunities and revenue streams for Meter Provida.
• To identify potential customers for whom third party logistics, wholesaling, warehousing or inventory management may offer a value-added service to their business.
• To identify key stakeholders and decision makers within those potential customers.
• To maintain a communications channel with potential customers and to record all communications on a CRM through to the point of conversion

About You:

• Whilst formal education and qualifications are not vital, it will be necessary to have a good all round level of ability to be able to analyse data, make commercial calculations and to present benefits data to potential customers
• Experience of mapping out business landscapes including potential developments in technology, government policy, environmental change requirements etc
• Monitoring competitors and the economic / political / environmental landscape in general to identify growing markets and devising processes in which to target those markets
• Experience of engineering or manufacturing components or products is preferred eg electronics, mechanical components, electro-mechanical products, assemblies and sub-assemblies
• Any experience of testing, service, repair or maintenance of products and components is preferred
• A good level of IT literacy, able to produce charts, tables, spreadsheets and powerpoint presentation
• Full UK driving licence
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Able to travel nationally including staying away from home overnight if necessary
• Experience of identifying and developing business opportunities in one or more of the following sectors is essential:-
• Third Party Logistics
• Warehousing Services
• Utilities
• Renewable Energy
• Product service / repair / recycling