Business Development Manager

Global STEM Staffing Specialist | FTSE 250 Index | Best Contractor Recruitment Agency 2023

These are exciting times for SThree. We're at the centre of two long-term trends: the growth in demand for STEM skills (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and new ways of working.

Since 1986 we've been helping organisations adapt and thrive. With a global outreach stretching across 14 countries, you'll be able to leverage customers worldwide, across multiple brands and collaborate closely with our recruitment experts.

Last year we rolled out our technology improvement programme which is at the heart of our drive to deliver a step change to the productivity of our business. This enables us to deliver the future of STEM staffing through insight, innovation, and operational excellence, empowering our people to operate at their very best. Due to this investment, you will have access to data intelligence, industry-leading resources and our extensive customer base to make smart approaches to business development.

Skills & Qualifications

• Apply a proactive and solution-minded approach that builds trust and long-term value
• Strong commercial acumen
• Demonstrate strong ability to influence both internal and external stakeholders
• Able to deliver results through people in a matrix operating model through maximising horizontal and vertical networks
• Ability to understand and position SThree's full suite of services, over and above own immediate area of subject expertise
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written, including provision of data/insight to help inform internal and external decision making, and ability to run customer pitches and events
• Excellent judgement and analytical skills - can use tools and techniques to evaluate lifetime value opportunity and ensure service levels and applied resource is properly aligned
• Able to interface with all customer/people types to build rapport and get the most out of interactions (wear multiple hats/operate like a chameleon)

Knowledge

• Deep knowledge of relevant sector
• Strong knowledge of SThree's full suite of services, across all Brands, Sectors, Locations and Disciplines
• Good baseline understanding of commercial and legal matters, with ability to work with subject matter experts and departments across SThree as appropriate

Experience

• Strong track record in the recruitment industry preferred
• Experience in business development (at least 4 years)
• Relevant sector experience as it pertains to SThree a plus

What we stand for..

We create community and deliver change that transforms the future for everyone. With this in mind, we're committed to ensuring for our colleagues, candidates and communities, that all processes are equitable and everyone is treated with fairness and dignity where everyone belongs, is valued and is connected.

If you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments in submitting your application, please let us know, and we'll be happy to help.