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Location: South Birmingham
Salary: 60,000 - 65,000 + 5,000 Car Allowance
About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and results-driven New Business Manager to join a Leading Engineering company based in South Birmingham. This role is perfect for a motivated individual with a proven track record in new business development, particularly within the Automotive sector
Key Responsibilities:
- New Business Development:Identify and create new business opportunities with potential new customers. Negotiate and close new business deals and commercial agreements at senior levels.
- Opportunity Assessment:Review and assess opportunities based on strategic goals and objectives. Screen potential business deals by analysing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials.
- Sales Objectives:Establish sales objectives, forecast, and develop annual sales quotas for products and commodities. Project expected sales volume and profit for existing and new products and maintain the 5-year business plan.
- Market Analysis:Maintain sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, market conditions, economic indicators, and competitors.
- Internal Coordination:Chair Enquiry Kick-Off Meetings, lead internal discussions, and ensure all deadlines are met for customers.
- Cost Analysis:Ensure full cost analysis is met through internal QAF, considering procured items, manufacturing process, tooling, capital, logistics, raw materials price, etc.
- Offer Preparation:Prepare, present, and submit offers in a timely manner, ensuring company conditions are quoted.
- Feedback and Reporting:Provide feedback to the Senior Management Team regarding future customer requirements and expectations. Provide monthly sales reports and KPI tracking to the Commercial Director.
- Industry Engagement:Identify business development ideas by researching and attending industry events, publications, and announcements.
- Additional Duties:Support the business as required.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Experience:Proven track record in sales, business development, and winning new business. Experience within Tier 1 or Tier 2 automotive suppliers.
- Skills:Negotiation skills, engineering background, understanding of Lean manufacturing processes, extensive client portfolio/contacts base, and a full UK driving license.
- Characteristics:Dynamic, fast-paced, self-motivated, team-oriented, flexible, loyal, committed, proactive, attention to detail, punctual, reliable, perseverance, integrity, and trust.
- Skills:Relationship building, commercial understanding, excellent negotiation, communication (written, verbal, presenting), interpersonal skills, problem-solving, verbal, and numerical skills, IT/PC/MS software skills, reporting, and project management.
Additional Information:
- Travel:Some UK and overseas travel will be necessary.
- Confidentiality:The role involves handling sensitive and confidential information.
- Meeting Deadlines:The position requires regular deadlines to be met consistently.
If you are a dynamic, self-motivated individual with a proven background in business development and a passion for achieving results, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join this leading company and take your career to new heights.
