Business Development Manager

Salary: £26,400 – £36,000 per year

Role: Business Development Manager

Location: 70% Field Based / 30% Office Based in Whittlesey, Peterborough

Salary & Benefits: £22,000-£30,000 + Quarterly Uncapped Commission

Contract Type: Permanent, working directly for our Client.

Halo Recruit are working exclusively with one of the Midlands’ leading commercial utility providers to recruit for an experienced Business Development Manager to join their commercial team. This role is predominately field based with its office base being in Whittlesey, Peterborough, and services Midlands-based SMEs.

Reporting into the Commercial Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for generating and developing relationships with prospective Clients across the East Midlands, delivering excellent customer service and building rapport to generate ongoing and repeat custom and referrals.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Proactively sourcing new business opportunities across the East Midlands.
• Identifying and pursuing these opportunities through use of;

Company database, Networking events, Partnership development and Leads generated via marketing activities.

• Delivering excellent customer service and building rapport with customers, to generate ongoing/repeat business and referrals.
• Managing your own diary, planning own workload including client meetings.
• Attending team meetings when required to share best practice.
• Working closely with both the Business Development & Partnership teams to assist both strategic & short-term sales strategies.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Our ideal candidate will be proactive and motivated, with demonstrable experience gained within a similar role.
• You will have experience of working in a Business to Business (B2B) sales environment.
• They will be accustomed to working in a field based role, and will have strong time management and sales pipeline management experience.
• You will be self-motivated, target driven and will work well within time constraints.
• You will have a willingness to learn new processes, whilst identifying potential improvements.
• You’ll be a self-starter, not afraid to generate your own customer opportunities and you’ll have the confidence to take ownership of customer problems, collaborating internally to design suitable solutions.
• You will have strong time management skills and a high-level of self-accountability.
• Candidates with previous experience in a field based B2B role are preferred. Previous energy sales experience is desirable, though not essential as full training will be provided.
• Full UK driving licence and access to own transport is required.

Salary and Benefits:

• Salary £26,400 – £36,000(DOE)
• Uncapped quarterly paid bonus & commission structure.
• Subsidised company travel & accommodation when applicable.
• The latest company laptop, tablet, phone & I.T equipment
• 30 days’ paid holiday PA, rising to 35**
• Invitation to company annual retreats & R&R weekends
• Private Healthcare
• Company Pension scheme.
• Flexible working timetable
• Career progression opportunities.

Hours of Work:

Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours per week.

During the training period, you will be based in the office 90% of the time, and in the field 10% of the time. Following successful completion of the training period, you will be based in the field 70% of the time, and in the office 30% of the time.

Office Location:

Whittlesey, Peterborough

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this role, please submit your CV by clicking  and a member of our team will be in touch.

Halo Recruit are operating as an recruitment agency for the purposes of this vacancy.