Business Development Manager

We are currently recruiting for a Business Development Manager to join a well-established and multi-award-winning company with almost 30 years of experience in their field, they are experienced professionals in their field, they offer diverse services to suit their customers in a number of industries.

We are ideally looking for candidates with some form of Sales or Recruitment experience. Someone who is able to continue to work on long-term relationships with established clients and also develop new business opportunities too.

The role itself is fully office based in offices in Kings Langley, so ideally, you'll need to be able to commute to the area easily, they have parking on site and aren't too far from the train station.

Working hours of 8:30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. The salary for this role is between £30K - £35K depending on candidate's experience + £5K car allowance & opportunity for commission. This is an excellent opportunity to join a warm, supportive team!

Responsibilities:

• Drive and prioritise personal sales activities and customer contact towards achieving agreed business aims and role targets.
• Generate new business leads by making outbound calls to new and prospective clients, proactively researching leads, promptly following up enquiries, using own contacts and network.
• Proactively identify and pursue potential markets and prospects.
• Meet qualified new prospects face to face, where appropriate.
• Accurately record all activity on Salesforce in a timely and efficient manner.
• Maintenance of all important Company documents and records,
• Adhere to Company policies and procedures.

Candidate requirements:

• First class sales skills with a proven ability to meet and exceed targets by means of telephone and face to face methods.
• Self-motivated and results driven.
• Ability to work well with time pressures in a constantly changing environment.
• Good time management, organisational and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and empathetic skills.
• Focused on delivering a high level of customer service.
• Good working knowledge of maths and being fluent written and spoken English is required.
• Accurate and timely data management skills.
• IT Literate, proficient in using MS Office, Outlook, and sales CRM systems (SalesForce).

Looking for the next step in your career? Think Specialist Recruitment.

Think Specialist Recruitment is an independent support staff recruitment agency based in Hemel Hempstead and working across the Herts, Beds and Bucks area. We specialise in permanent and temporary recruitment with areas of expertise including; administration, customer service/call centre, PA/secretarial, human resources, accountancy and finance, sales admin/sales support, marketing and IT Helpdesk/IT support.