Business Development Executive

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Business Development Executive who is confident, curious and commercially minded to generate new business opportunities across a defined portfolio of target accounts.

What You Will Do

Research target organisations, identify key decision-makers, create compelling reasons to engage and build relationships with prospects over time. Use telephone, LinkedIn and email to create meaningful conversations, develop creative reasons for prospects to engage, and identify and qualify genuine sales opportunities.

Why It Might Be a Fit

This role is for someone who wants to do more than make endless cold calls, and is open to people at different stages of their sales career. We’re looking for someone who is confident speaking to new people, driven and resilient, curious, commercially minded, and personable and credible.

Requirements

• Confident speaking to new people, including senior decision-makers
• Comfortable on the phone and willing to pick it up rather than hide behind email
• Driven and resilient, with the determination to keep going when things don’t happen immediately
• Curious, with the ability to ask good questions and genuinely understand a prospect’s business
• Commercially minded, with an instinct for spotting opportunities
• Resourceful, able to research an organisation and adapt your approach accordingly
• Personable and credible, with the ability to build trust and rapport
• Organised, with strong attention to follow-up and CRM management
• Coachable and ambitious, with a genuine desire to learn and progress

Benefits

• £28,000–£37,000 basic salary, depending on experience
• Performance-related bonus/commission
• 33 days’ holiday, including bank holidays
• 40 hours per week, Monday–Friday
• Structured onboarding and ongoing sales development
• Exposure to senior customers and decision-makers
• Opportunities to attend customer meetings, site visits and industry events
• Support from an experienced Sales, Marketing and Account Support team
• Clear opportunity to develop your skills and take on greater responsibility in Business Development