Business Development Consultant

Hypha Recruit; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Private healthcare

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Death in service

4% pension

2 days WFH

Job summary

Hypha Recruit in Brighton is recruiting for a Business Development Consultant in Trading & Commodities. This hybrid role offers a £30,000–£45,000 base salary with realistic £100k+ OTE, plus equity, private healthcare and generous holiday entitlement.

You’ll build senior client relationships, win high-value projects, and work with consultants billing £1m+ annually. The position targets a sophisticated, consultative B2B sales environment in a global market.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of B2B sales experience.
• Commercially sharp with resilience and motivation for business development.
• Comfortable selling an intangible service and building relationships over longer sales cycles.

Responsibilities

• Research and identify target clients.
• Develop senior-level relationships and open conversations with decision-makers.
• Understand client businesses, markets and challenges to build a strong pipeline.
• Win high-value assignments and develop existing accounts.
• Build your reputation in a specialist international market.

Job description

Business Development Consultant - Trading & Commodities

Brighton | Hybrid - 2 days WFH

£30,000 - £45,000 Base DOE | £100k+ Realistic OTE

Equity | Private Healthcare | 30 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Build relationships with some of the most influential businesses in the global commodities market.

This is a pure commercial opportunity for someone with a strong B2B sales foundation who wants to move into a higher-value, more strategic environment.

You’ll work alongside consultants billing £1m+ annually, learning how to develop senior client relationships, open new accounts and win complex, high-value projects across global trading and commodities markets.

The Market

Commodities sit behind almost everything in the global economy.

Oil, gas, electricity, metals, minerals, grains, coffee, sugar and other raw materials are produced, traded and distributed through highly complex international markets.

The businesses operating in this space are influenced by:

• Geopolitics
• Global supply and demand
• Energy transition
• Regulation
• Technology
• International trade
• Infrastructure and logistics

These organisations make decisions worth billions, creating a market where strong commercial relationships and specialist advice carry significant value.

You’ll develop relationships with senior decision-makers across trading houses, energy businesses, producers, financial institutions and other organisations operating throughout the global commodities ecosystem.

The Role

This is fundamentally a business development position.

Your focus will be identifying target organisations, building relationships with senior stakeholders and converting those relationships into long-term commercial partnerships.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Researching and identifying target clients
• Developing new senior-level relationships
• Opening conversations with decision-makers
• Understanding businesses, markets and commercial challenges
• Building a strong pipeline of prospective clients
• Winning high-value assignments
• Developing existing accounts
• Building your reputation within a specialist international market

As your knowledge develops, you’ll become increasingly credible with senior executives and learn how to advise businesses around strategically important leadership hires.

Who They’re Looking For

You’ll need at least 2 years of B2B sales experience.

Backgrounds that could translate particularly well include:

• SaaS
• Technology sales
• Professional services
• Consultancy
• Research / intelligence services
• Financial services sales
• Other high-value or consultative B2B environments

You’ll need to be comfortable:

• Developing relationships from scratch
• Speaking with senior decision-makers
• Selling an intangible service
• Asking commercially intelligent questions
• Handling objections
• Building relationships over longer sales cycles
• Working towards ambitious revenue targets

More important is that you’re commercially sharp, resilient and genuinely motivated by business development.

Why Join?

• £30,000 - £45,000 base salary
• £100k+ realistic OTE
• Work directly alongside £1m+ billers
• Learn from people operating at the elite end of their market
• Develop relationships with senior international executives
• High-value, consultative B2B sales environment
• Clear progression as your client base develops
• Equity opportunities
• Private healthcare
• Death in service
• 4% pension
• 30 days holiday + bank holidays
• Brighton office
• 2 days per week WFH

This is particularly well suited to someone who has learned how to sell and now wants to apply those skills in a more sophisticated, higher-value commercial environment.

Rather than selling a standard product, you’ll build relationships with senior leaders, understand complex businesses and develop into a trusted adviser within a genuinely global market.