Business Development Manager

This is an exciting new role for a driven, new business hunter to join our employee-centric telecommunications company based just off the M5 in Bristol. We are a small, but innovative company with exciting growth plans and they are now looking to expand their sales team by recruiting additional field-based Business Development Managers to expand our territory across the Southwest.

The successful Business Development Manager will:

• Be a new business hunter who has a proven track record of being able to create new opportunities.
• Must have sales experience within the telecoms industry and understand mobile, connectivity and unified communications.
• Be driven and self-motivated.
• Have experience of and a proven track record in achieving/exceeding targets.
• Be very good at networking with decision makers on social media; primarily LinkedIn.
• Be great at asking open, discovery questions to gain relevant information to create opportunities.
• Be happy to self-generate leads.
• Be IT literate and happy using a CRM system.

Location: The successful candidate will cover a territory near to their base; although primarily in the Southwest around Bristol, Bath, Gloucester, Cheltenham. They will have an office presence as and when required i.e. for sales meetings, training etc.

Salary: Competitive depending on experience, plus uncapped commission.

Targets/KPIs: We will ask the successful candidate to write their own targets/KPIs depending on what they are trying to achieve.

Training: will be provided.

Reporting to: Managing Director

Company Benefits: mobile phone, laptop/table, car allowance (to be discussed with the successful candidate), free onsite parking, working for a company that truly values its employees and appreciates that family comes first, it’s the sort of company where the MD will sit and have a coffee with you, free onsite facilities, 22 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays which increases with tenure, company pension contributions after 3 months.

Recruitment Process:

1. Informal chat over the telephone
2. Face to face interview in the Bristol office possibly involving a presentation.