Commercial Consultants are currently looking for a Business Development Manager (BDM) to join the company that can work anywhere in the UK.
You'll play a fundamental role in developing future growth, and provide vision, direction and leadership. Your specific duties are likely to include:
Developing strategy, tactics, sales plans and profit targets.
Delivering sales by developing relationships with Engineering companies
Identifying and reporting on business opportunities in target markets
Acting as an ambassador and role model for your business
Taking responsibility for sales generation
Increasing market share in existing markets and maximise new business development opportunities.
Achieving targets for revenue, profitability and sales growth.
Provide direction to your own profit generation
Hours and Environment
Nominally, you'll work 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. However, your duties are likely to involve a lot of out of hour’s activity.
You will spend much of your time visiting new clients UK wide. You may also need to attend conferences, trade fairs and exhibitions.
Skills and Interests
To be a sales director you'll need to have:
Excellent sales and negotiation skills
Good business sense
Initiative, drive and enthusiasm
Excellent communication and 'people skills' Good planning and organisational skills
The ability to work calmly under pressure
Good IT, budget and report writing skills
A full driving licence
Entry
You'll need proven sales/ director level experience, together with a good record of achieving targets. Some companies may prefer you to have a business-related BTEC HND or degree, but your experience and track record are usually considered more important than your formal qualifications
For technical sectors such as hi-tech, IT or engineering, you're likely to need a degree or at least an HND in a relevant subject. Alternatively, you could have expert market knowledge gained from experience in design or manufacturing.