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Job Title: Business Development Manager (Sunderland)
Location: Sunderland
Salary: 拢28,000-拢34,000
Description:
Our client, a well-established and well known commercial waste management company, is currently recruiting for a Business Development Manager (B2B) to join their motivated sales team on a permanent basis to further drive the company鈥檚 success in the Sunderland region.
Benefits
路 Competitive Commission Structure路 Company car路 Fuel card路 Company phone路 Company tablet路 Dynamic working environment
As a Business Development Manager you will be responsible for seeking and converting new opportunities from companies within the wider Sunderland area from first contact through to closing the sale. This role is predominantly field-based, with company car and fuel card provided.
As a commercial waste company, our client is ideally looking for candidates with existing knowledge and experience within the industry.
To apply for the Business Development Manager role, you should have a proven track record in field-based business to business sales. You will be confident to carry out cold calling activity, door knocking, appointment setting and attending client meetings to discuss service and product options with them. The Business Development Manager will have a target-driven approach, with the ability to maximise and close sales.
Key Responsibilities:
- Cold calling prior to and after appointments
- Calling in face to face on pipeline customers
- Deal with enquiries and increases to service within an hour of receiving them
- Make phone calls to make your own appointments to fill up your calendar
- Attend appointments, complete all paperwork and submit to Head Office
- Prepare tomorrow鈥檚 cold calling - what postcodes are you in, are there any industrial estates you need to go on or revisit. What is around the area of your appointments?
- Prepare tomorrow鈥檚 pipeline face to face follow ups and calls
- Ensure all pipeline quotes have a live follow update
- Ensure you update the portal with notes each and every time you have a communication with the customer
Essential Skills:
- B2B sales - field-based
- Cold calling experience
- Excellent listening and negotiation skills
- Team player
- Strong customer focus
- Time management
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver to deadlines
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Excellent communication both internally and externally at all levels
- Good organisation and planning skills
- Ability to build and maintain effective and positive working relationships with both internal and external customers
Unfortunately, due to time restrictions we cannot respond to every applicant, in the event that we haven鈥檛 contacted you within 48 hours please take it you have not been successful for this particular role, but your details will be kept on file and considered for all future vacancies.
We are an equal opportunities agency and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
We are acting on behalf of the client as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
