Business Development Manager

We are recruiting for a Business Development Manager on behalf of a surfacing company that installs a comprehensive range of safety surfacing within the play, sports and recreation sectors. With a customer base that includes Local Authorities, Town & Parish Councils, Housing Developers, Schools and Trade Contractors and a product range that includes hybrid grass solutions, artificial grass solutions, rubber mulch, grass mats, shockpad underlay, rubber surfacing, resin bound aggregates, resin bound recycled rubber mulch and a specialist range of sports area grass carpeting solutions there are many business development opportunities available. On offer is a salary of between £33,000 and £36,000 and a results based bonus scheme.
Full initial and ongoing training on their surfacing options, routes and target markets will be given, and you will also initially be attending joint sales meetings to enable you can see how they successfully promote their surfacing solutions, understand their customers needs and put together the solution proposal.
As the Business Development Manager, you will be:
* Developing relationships with existing customers to further develop and target new business opportunities.
* Targeting potential new accounts by promoting their range of construction related surfacing solutions and installation services within the new build developer, education, local authority, town and parish councils sectors.
* Ensuring that current business levels are maintained and new opportunities fully investigated and targeted to continue the growth of sales in your designated area.
To be considered as the Business Development Manager, you will need:
* Relatable experience: this can be from working within the surfacing, landscaping or play sectors, within a solution or technical sales roles, working for an Estate Agent or Housebuilder selling new build properties or selling related construction sector products.
* To be looking to utilise your career to date to bring fresh ideas, thoughts, enthusiasm, drive and passion to a company that actively embraces all of these and to be part of some very exciting growth plans.
* The ability to absorb a lot of technical information and then be able to clearly promote the benefits of the various surfacing solutions that match with your customers needs.
* The ability to develop relationships, listen and understand customers needs to enable you to suggest and quote for the correct solution for their needs following up on that quotation for confirmation of order through to site handover once the installation project is completed.
On offer for the successful Business Development Manager is:
* A salary of between £33,000 and £36,000 which is negotiable based on experience.
* A Sales & Margin linked Bonus Scheme
* A Company Car or Car Allowance
* The opportunity to progress your sales career within a marketing leading company that actively looks to develop their teams