Business Development Manager
Job ref: 2262
Reporting directly to the management, you are responsible for maintaining both existing and potential custom with a particular focus on the further development of new business, in line with our aim to achieve sustainable and profitable growth for the future.
Primary Duties Include:
- Supported by our Internal Sales Team, your primary responsibilities will include regular direct contact with existing and potential customers, generating enquiries, progressing quotations and thus securing business with a level of service exceeding our customers expectations.
- Direct input and a responsibility to ensure that budgeted sales and margin is achieved as a minimum performance.
- Manage your time and sales activities to your best ability and in line with the interests of the company at all times.
- Adopt and submit any reporting procedures as requested by the management
- Attend sales meetings / product training / corporate functions as required by the management, which may occasionally be ‘after hours’.
- Assist with annual stock take
- Hours of work to include Saturday mornings as required / scheduled by management
- Work with the branch management to continually strive to improve the branch efficiency to reduce costs
- Any other general duties as required by the company.
Secondary duties include (in particular as departmental sickness / holiday cover):
- Answering / dealing with telephone enquiries / queries / orders
- Compiling / submitting / progressing customer quotations
- Compiling / submitting / progressing stock and special supplier purchase orders
- Maintaining and adhering to goods receiving administration procedures
- General office / clerical / administration duties
- Serving customers on the Trade Counter
- Picking and packing orders for delivery
- Loading of goods on to delivery vehicles
- Unloading goods received
- Checking and putting into stock of goods received
- General tidying / maintenance of office and stores areas
- Driving of company vehicles for goods deliveries (subject to acceptance as company driver)
- Loading and unloading of same
All employees are expected to be flexible in their duties and responsibilities and may be asked to perform other duties which reasonably correspond to the general character of their job and their level of responsibility.
Person Specification:
- Relevant Industry experience (Mechanical/Air Conditioning & Refrigeration)
- Experience in sales, preferably external
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to listen and effectively verbalise ideas, with proven ability to influence
- Excellent customer facing and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate strong organisational and efficiency skills
- Proficient in computer software packages (Google, Word, Excel)
Behaviours:
- Friendly and team orientated
- Professional and able to remain calm under pressure
- Highly organised
- Accurate, numerate and strategic
- Strong commercial acumen
- Confident and inspiring
Remuneration: Basic Salary (dependent on experience)
Location: Nottingham NG6 8UZ (Full-Time)
Work Location: In person
