Partnership Business Development Manager

Partnership Business Development Manager
£23-25K plus commission (£35-40K OTE year one)
Portsmouth
Permanent

SUMMARY
Our client is an innovative, market leader experiencing and exciting period of rapid growth, and they are looking for a Business Development Manager to come and join their Partnership Team within their fast-paced team of high performers at our Portsmouth office. Working with marketing and sales, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to develop and accelerate their career rapidly.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
– Drive and develop business partnerships with a range of marketing and lead generation agencies to deliver opportunities to provide software to their client base
– Manage your partner portfolio effectively to build strong working relationships, identifying all mutual sales opportunities available
– Continuously review and manage your pipeline, ensuring all new business opportunities are handled effectively to optimise sales conversion.
– Provide continuous visibility on your progress and performance through effective reporting
– Continuously deliver against targets and KPI`s.
– Develop solid relationships with key internal stakeholders including marketing, sales and senior management.

EXPERIENCE & SKILLS REQUIRED
– A strong track record within sales and business development
– Knowledgeable in sales and marketing theory
– Excellent questioning, qualification and closing skills.
– The confidence and tenacity to pursue leads, overcome obstacles and secure appointments.
– Skilful objection handling techniques and ability to operate at all levels in an organisation.
– Attention to detail.
– A self-starter, who thrives under pressure to achieve challenging goals.
– Strong communication skills, notably being able to explain value propositions to identified key decision-makers.
– Knowledge of MS-Office tools, principally Outlook, PPT, Word and Excel.
– You will be a creative thinker and be enthusiastic, determined and resilient in your approach