Business Development Manager

Hours:Full Time, Permanent

Salary: £27,000 - £32,000 per annum (dependant on experience)

Location:24-26 Vincent Avenue, Crownhill, Milton Keynes, MK8 0AB

Start date: ASAP

Our client, Lyco Group Ltd is one of the UK’s leading lighting companies, working with many top brand hotel and leisure groups amongst other key accounts. Lyco has an excellent reputation for providing innovative products across several channels to market which include B2C and B2B, both online and offline.

As a result of growth within the business, Lyco are now looking for a Business Development Manager to join their Projects team and drive development of the B2B Projects channel.

About the role:

The successful candidate will have a proactive attitude to sales, excellent communication skills and experience in helping companies grow their B2B customer base.

With responsibility for the development of new business and exploring new opportunities for Lyco, you will work with the existing Project sales team to support growth of the business and ensure that opportunities are not missed.

Working as part of Lyco’s Project Sales team, you will have the opportunity to:

• Develop and grow strong customer relationships with existing and new customers.
• Drive repeat business from clients.
• Be proactive in identifying and assisting with converting new enquiries into sales.
• Work with the Customer Service team to deliver excellent customer satisfaction.
• Work closely with the Sales Director to ensure that opportunities are won by clear communication of opportunities and service levels.
• Be persistent, and regularly call customers and potential customers to drive sales.
• Work with the sales team to drive sales.
• Build relationships and communicate effectively across different departments in the business.
• Challenge yourself to exceed sales targets.
• Work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.

The successful candidate will receive a competitive package. You’ll be given the opportunity to grow your skills and be welcomed into a highly motivated team environment.

Essential skills/experience:

• Ideally 5 years’ experience in sales.
• Competent use of Excel and Outlook.
• Excellent numerical skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Be proactive and inquisitive.

Desirable skills/experience:

• Time management and working to deadlines.
• Experience / knowledge of the lighting industry.
• Experience of working with either wholesale or contractor markets.
• Experience of working in a target drive environment.

If this sounds like your next challenge, get in touch!

We understand that you may not meet every desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

Please note, due to anticipated high response to this role, we'll only be able to reply to successful candidates. If you don't hear back from us, you may assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.