Business Development Manager

  • Howells Recruitment
  • Orpington, Kent
  • 16/02/2026
Full time Information Technology Telecommunications Management

Job Description

Role: Business Development Manager

Location: Orpington & Southern counties

Salary: up to £60k plus 25% bonus, car or allowance and other benefits included.

Howells are working with a reputable national Property Services contractor that operate in the public sector providing refurbishment services including Planned Maintenance, Fire Safety & Decarbonisation. They are looking for someone that has experience in selling services to: Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Education, Health, Commercial and Retail & Leisure Sectors.

Business Development Manager Role:

Generate enough volume and value of enquiries to ensure your branch/branches achieve turnover target.

Business Development Manager Key Responsibilities:

Generate enough volume and value of enquiries to ensure your branch/branches achieve turnover target.

Targeting new business (40% of week) and account managing existing clients.

Understand how the branch is tracking vs these targets and put in place any action plans to mitigate gaps vs target.

Build and maintain relationships by keeping in regular contact with key clients.

Attendance at events and entertaining with colleagues and clients

Use ERP system daily to plan calls/follow ups and to log information such as opportunities and quotes. You are expected to ensure accuracy of your own ERP.

Complete a Monthly Sales Report including a branch review with your BM.

Update ERP Job v Target Performance Comments.

Support the bid team as a priority if/when required to ensure bids submitted in a timely manner.

Provide Social Media input to the Digital Marketing Coordinator.

Complete Job Completion Survey and online reviews.

Chase outstanding opportunities and police opportunity accuracy daily.

Ensure quotations are submitted in a timely fashion, ensuring clients communicated too.

Build relationships with supply chain partners as instructed such as Dulux, Crown, PPG etc.

Business Development Manager Knowledge/Experience:

2 years' experience in developing both new business and account management

Experience in managing multiple clients.

1 years' experience in selling services to: Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Education, Health, Commercial and Retail & Leisure Sectors

Experience within the sector is desirable - Tier 1 Contractor preferred

Full UK driving license.

For more info please call Gary Sewell on

Applications

If you feel that you have the relevant experience to be successful in this position and would like to find out more please apply online today attaching a copy of your current CV. Alternatively contact us on . Howells are an Equal Opportunities employer. All applications will be dealt with in the strictest confidence. Howells acts as an Employment Business for the supply of temporary workers and an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies.