Positions available in Exeter, Plymouth, Taunton, Swindon and Bristol.
At Clear Business, we're looking for ambitious Business Development Managers to help drive our continued growth across the South West. This is a field-based role where you'll take ownership of your territory, generating new opportunities, meeting business owners face-to-face, and delivering solutions that help businesses thrive.
Whether you're prospecting, attending appointments, or closing deals, you'll play a key role in growing our customer base while benefiting from a highly rewarding commission structure and genuine career development opportunities.
The Role
As a Business Development Manager, you'll be responsible for managing the entire sales journey, from generating opportunities through to securing new customers and maintaining strong relationships.
Our Business Development Managers are the cornerstone of our Sales team, generating new revenue, helping us to grow and building brand awareness across a variety of industries and locations.
What we want you to do
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Self-generate appointments through proactive prospecting and cold-calling activity.
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Attend qualified customer appointments pre-arranged by our Contact Centre team, alongside developing and managing your own sales opportunities.
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Manage and maintain an accurate sales pipeline using CRM systems.
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Take ownership of the full sales cycle, from initial contact through to installation and customer satisfaction reviews.
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Build strong relationships with local businesses and become a trusted adviser within your region.
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Develop opportunities within target markets, supported by marketing campaigns and lead generation activity.
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Maintain expert knowledge of Clear Business products and services.
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Attend training sessions, sales meetings, and regional events to enhance your skills and performance.
What success in the role looks like
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Consistently delivering new business growth.
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Building a healthy, sustainable sales pipeline.
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Developing long-term relationships with customers and prospects.
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Creating opportunities through proactive networking and prospecting.
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Becoming a recognised presence within your territory and target market.
What you need to have already done to be right for this role
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Proven success in B2B sales, field sales, or business development.
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Experience managing the full sales cycle.
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Strong understanding of lead generation, pipeline management, and CRM systems.
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Experience working in a target-driven sales environment.
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Comfortable working independently while managing your own territory.
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Experience within utilities, telecommunications, payment services or business services sectors desirable.
Skills
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A confident communicator who can quickly build rapport and influence decision-makers.
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Highly motivated, ambitious, and target-driven.
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Resilient and positive, with the determination to keep going when challenges arise.
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Organised with excellent time management and administration skills.
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A strong negotiator who can confidently close opportunities.
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Passionate about delivering an exceptional customer experience.
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Committed to learning, development, and continuous improvement.
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Energetic, personable, and able to build strong relationships both internally and externally.
Our Story
Clear Business was established with the goal of simplifying our customers' lives and making our colleagues' experiences more rewarding. As one of the top providers for small businesses in the UK, we offer a truly distinctive service by providing all essential services in one place: Phone, Broadband, Mobile, Water, Gas, Green Electricity, Payment Services, and Insurance.
For more than two decades, our growth journey has been marked by various accolades, such as Investors in People, The Northern Contact Centre Awards 2023, and Learning at Work Week Awards 2023. Our latest achievement was receiving the 'One to Watch' award from Best Companies.
In return for your hard work, you’ll get
At Clear Business, we know great people drive great results. That's why we offer a competitive rewards package designed to support your success, wellbeing, and work-life balance.
Rewarding your performance
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Up to £40,000 basic salary
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Uncapped commission scheme with top performers earning an additional £30,000+ per year
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£6,000 annual car allowance
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Company pension contributions
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Life assurance cover
Time to recharge
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25 days annual leave, increasing to 28 days with service
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Your birthday off every year
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Buy up to 10 extra days' holiday and sell up to 5 days annually
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No weekends and every bank holiday off
Supporting your wellbeing
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Comprehensive wellbeing programme including 24/7 GP access, Mental health support, Fitness and wellness resources and Free legal and financial advice
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Cycle to Work scheme
Exclusive perks and discounts
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Access to hundreds of discounts from leading high street and online retailers
Making a difference
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Opportunities to support charitable causes through fundraising and volunteering initiatives
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Be part of a business that encourages colleagues to give back to their local communities
The essentials
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Permanent, full-time contract
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37.5-hour working week
What happens next
Ready to take your sales career to the next level? Join an award-winning business where success is recognised, rewarded, and celebrated. Click Apply today.
Across Clear Business, we’re passionate about creating an inclusive team and celebrating our diversity. We want talented people with great skills and matching values to join our teams.
All successful candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks.
Please note that this vacancy may close early if we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications; however, we may retain your application on file for future opportunities.
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We are one of the UK’s leading providers of essential services to small businesses. We supply a wide range of essential services – Fixed Lines, Broadband, Mobile, Water, Gas, Green Electricity and Insurance through our sister company The Insurance Octopus. Our goal is to simplify essential services for our customers by offering the widest range of products on the market. Not only have we experienced continued growth and strong financial performance as a result, we have been recognised by the following awards:
The Lloyds Bank National Business Awards 2019
Greater Manchester Business Awards 2019
Lanarkshire Business Excellence Awards 2019
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