Manchester based Business Development Executive

• A basic salary of c£30,000 dependent on experience
• Realistic earnings of an extra £5,000 commission per annum
• 22 days holiday + Christmas shutdown, plus bank holidays
• Working Hours Mon-Thurs: 0900-1700 with 1 hour lunch, Fri: 0900:1600 with 1 hour lunch
• Free on-site parking
• Pension scheme

My client, a Manchester based Life Sciences company supplying products into the industry for use in the processing of biopharmaceuticals is looking to recruit a Business Development Executive due to a sustained period of growth.

The Business Development Executive role
Assisting the Senior Sales Executive to find and develop new opportunities with specialist customers across the UK.

Business Development Executive Duties will include:

• Using existing CRM database and sourcing new opportunities via various sources including LinkedIn and the internet
• Mainly cold calling new and lapsed business but over time the role will develop to focus on smaller spending customers to increase their spend
• Sourcing opportunities and meetings for the Senior Sales Executive to develop and close
• This is a true Sales Team environment where all members are recognised for their involvement in a project and the development of the business
• Assisting with incoming sales calls and supporting other members of the Internal sales team and customer support
• Working to KPIs around calls made and leads generated

Skills & Experience:

• Previous experience in a similar business to business telesales or Business Development role
• Experience of prospecting for new business
• Experience using LinkedIn and other sources to find new business contacts and opportunities
• Comfortable using office 365 suite.
• An excellent communicator with the ability to build rapport with customers
• Equally confident using telephone, Teams and Email as means of communication
• Positive and persistent in approach to sales
• A goal setting and achieving attitude
• Good telephone manner
• Customer orientated
• Experience of selling a solution would be a big advantage.