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The Business Development Manager - South (Garden Centers + Indies) role covers a large customer base, split across garden centres, hardware stores, plant shops, and independent home stores. There will be at least one overnight stay per week. You must demonstrate Journey Planning experience.
Client Details
My client are well-established within the Garden & Home Industry. There are circa 400 existing accounts within the UK and this role has warm, established existing accounts. Majority of the role is existing business; however, this is an excellent incentive to bring on new business within Hardware/Garden Centres, Plant Shops, Independent/Home Stores, too. You can really make this role your own and is perfect for a target driven and hungry individual, who excels on short sales cycles, deal closing and can work quickly to calculate margins/pricing.
Description
The successful Business Development Manager - East Anglia (Garden Centres + Indies) will:
- Proactively visit customers within the East Anglia Territory (60-70 customers)
- Manage and develop relations with existing accounts
- Proactively seek new business / upsell where possible
- Journey Plan effectively i.e. furtherst out and work backwards, expect at least one night away per week dependent on planning
- 3 calls per day (4 days per week) / prospect new business
Profile
The successful Business Development Manager - East Anglia (Garden Centres + Indies) has:
- Experience in a Field Based role ideally selling to Businesses
- Is adaptable and can think on their feet to provide best solutions and upsell products and range
- Energetic and a people's person!
- Can demonstrate rapport building
- Can journey plan effectively
- Excels in closing deals
Job Offer
On offer for the successful Business Development Manager - East Anglia (Garden Centres) is:
- Salary up to £40,000
- Car/Allowance (£4k)
- KPI Incentive to achieve an impressive circa £500pcm+
2 Stage Interview Process
1st MS Teams / F2F
2nd F2F at South West HQ with Presentation
Ideal Start date ASAP/May
