Business Development Manager
Location: Chesterfield. Status: Hybrid. Salary: £40,000-£50,000 basic + OTE commission + car allowance + company phone.
Do you enjoy building relationships, creating opportunities and becoming a trusted partner to your clients?
This is an exciting opportunity to join a leading services business with a long standing blue chip client base, and a strong pipeline of incoming work across commercial sectors. Get Recruited is partnering with a market leading contractor who is looking to appoint a Business Development Manager to drive growth through new client acquisition, tender opportunities, and market expansion. This is a newly created role offering the opportunity to make a genuine impact on the future growth of the business. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially driven sales professional who enjoys building relationships, generating opportunities, and working closely with operational and estimating teams to secure new business.
Key Responsibilities
- Identify and engage new commercial clients across a range of sectors
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key decision makers and stakeholders
- Generate new tender opportunities and project enquiries
- Work closely with the estimating and contracts teams to support the tender process
- Manage and track opportunities through the company's internal systems and reporting processes
- Gather client feedback and market intelligence to support future business growth
- Attend client meetings, networking events, and industry functions to promote the business
- Support the company's expansion into new markets and service sectors
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure a smooth transition from opportunity through to project delivery
You Must Have
- Proven experience in Business Development, Sales, Client Relationship Management or a similar commercial role
- Experience within construction, roofing, maintenance, building services or a related industry would be advantageous
- A proactive and self motivated approach with strong relationship building skills
- Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation abilities
- The ability to identify and convert new business opportunities
- Strong commercial awareness and a results driven mindset
- Full UK Driving Licence
- Proven experience as the following: Business Development Manager, Sales Manager, Commercial Manager, Account Manager, Client Relationship Manager, Area Sales Manager, Regional Sales Manager, New Business Manager, Partnerships Manager, Business Development Executive or similar
Benefits
- Competitive salary tailored to experience
- Uncapped commission structure
- Car allowance
- Company phone
- Established blue chip customer base
- Opportunity to shape and develop a new role within the business
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Long term career progression opportunities
- Growing and successful business with an excellent industry reputation
We are an equal opportunities employer.