Business Development Consultant - UK

bumper.co; Sheffield; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital payments platform in the UK is looking for a Business Development Consultant. In this remote role, you will drive customer acquisition and build relationships with automotive retailers. The ideal candidate has consultative selling experience, strong negotiation skills, and is proactive in product adoption. Join us to help enhance customer experience and boost dealership profitability.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Uncapped Commission Scheme

Private healthcare

26 days holiday + bank holidays

Salary Sacrifice Pension

Wellbeing allowance of £250 per year

Bumper Flex policy

Annual company-wide retreats

Paid leave for primary and secondary carers

Qualifications

• Experienced in managing full sales lifecycles.
• Confident in presenting new products to customers.
• Familiar with data-driven decision-making in sales.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain relationships with automotive customers.
• Identify and acquire new customers for Bumper.
• Deliver on-site training and support to customers.
• Drive sales of BumperPro by pitching its features.

Skills

Consultative selling

Strong negotiation skills

Experience with CRM systems

Commercial acumen

Job description

Overview

A bit about us...

Please allow us to celebrate our own success for a moment... We've built a customer-centric product that is market-leading, and we are smashing it!

Bumper is a multi-award-winning digital payments and insight platform within the automotive industry. We work with over 5,000 automotive retailers, helping drivers to pay for motoring costs, accessories, and other services through a variety of different payment options. Our purpose is to build a solution that gives drivers peace of mind while enhancing customer experience and assisting with dealer profitability.

We’re a fast-growing payments scale-up, fresh off the back of a successful Series B funding round in 2024 and we’ve just completed a Series B extension in August 2025!

Our Head Office is in Sheffield City Centre, with offices also based in London and Turkey. We've also expanded further, bringing retailers in Ireland, Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands on board, with the vision of being the leading automotive payment and insights platform.

A bit about the role...

As our new Business Development Consultant, you’ll play a key role in driving growth through customer acquisition and nurturing existing relationships. You’ll be expanding our portfolio of automotive retailers, leveraging our strong relationships with OEMs and prestigious dealerships across the UK.

Reporting directly to the Business Development Team Lead, this role will be remote, with an average of 2 days per week out and about visiting sites.

Day to day responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining relationships with our existing automotive customers.
• Identifying and acquiring new customers, boosting Bumper advocacy and referrals
• Conducting account reviews to drive engagement and performance
• Delivering on-site training and support to ensure successful onboarding
• Communicating Bumper’s value proposition clearly and effectively
• Generating leads and supporting account activation
• Drive sales of BumperPro, our newest SaaS product offering, by identifying opportunities, pitching its advanced insights and performance-enhancing features.
• Educate retailers on how BumperPro can elevate customer experience and dealership profitability
• Collaborate with existing dealerships to embed BumperPro into their operations and maximise its impact

Now a bit about you…

Ours Sales team are passionate, professional and enthusiastic, and are looking to welcome a Business Development Consultant with a shared interest in Bumper's scale-up journey - aiming to embed Bumper as the leading payments and insights platform!

If you’re an experienced Business Development Consultant with a full, clean driving license, and you thrive on building strong relationships, delivering insights, and driving product adoption, we’d love to hear from you!

Our ideal candidate has experience with...

• Experience in consultative selling and managing full sales lifecycles
• Confidence in presenting and educating customers on new products
• Strong negotiation skills and commercial acumen
• Familiarity with CRM systems and data-driven decision-making
• Experience working in a Payments, Automotive or SaaS environment

What you'll get from us...

• Competitive Salary
• Uncapped Commission Scheme
• Private healthcare with Vitality, and MediCash healthcash plan
• We give 26 days holiday + bank holidays, plus volunteer days throughout the year (pro-rated)
• Tax-saving Salary Sacrifice Pension with Aviva
• Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work, Octopus Electric Vehicle, and Nursery fee schemes available!
• For all your well-being and development needs, we give each colleague access to a Wellbeing platform, with an allowance of £250 per year
• Our Bumper Flex policy for better work/life balance
• Annual company-wide Bumper Retreat - a few days of fun, collaboration, and mingling (make sure your passport’s in date!)
• If and when the time comes, we will give 4 months' paid leave to primary carers, and 1 month of paid leave to secondary carers

Perks are nice, but we know perks don’t make up the whole package of a great job. By joining our Bumper team, you'll have the opportunity to be an ambassador for our product & brand, and help us to continue on our winning streak!