Business Development Executive

QA Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading training and consultancy company based in Leeds seeks a Business Development Executive to grow their account base and nurture client relationships. You will leverage sales techniques from the in-house academy to strategically prospect new clients. Ideal candidates are experienced in B2B sales, demonstrating results under pressure, and are skilled in relationship building. The role offers a hybrid working arrangement with competitive benefits including 27 days of annual leave.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Holiday buying scheme

Medicash health plan

Gympass membership

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

2 charity leave days per year

Qualifications

• Proven sales track record in a B2B environment.
• Experience in selling services and solutions.
• Ability to meet sales targets and deliver results under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Understand client businesses to deliver impactful solutions.
• Prioritise sales pipeline to maximise financial performance.
• Prepare quotes and proposals for client sign off.
• Develop relationships with client C-Suite.

Skills

B2B sales experience

Strong relationship building

Results-driven

Job description

Overview

The role: Sales / Business Development Executive

Location: Leeds - Hybrid - 3 days in the office

Contract: Full time, 37.5 hrs per week

Package: Competitive base salary with an uncapped commission

As a Business Development Executive at QA, your primary focus will be to grow your account base by identifying new business opportunities and nurturing existing client relationships. Youll apply proven sales techniques from our in-house Sales Academy and benefit from ongoing coaching to drive long-term, high-value outcomes.

Youll strategically prospect for new clients while deepening relationships with your current portfolio to maximise commercial success.

Responsibilities

• Lead client meetings to understand their business in order to deliver an impactful solution.
• Analyse sales management information to strategically prioritise your sales pipeline to maximise financial performance.
• Design a high-level creative solution to meet the clients needs.
• Drive commercial discussions, prepare quotes and proposals to deliver high quality material for client sign off.
• Measure the strategic value being added to client accounts.
• Develop strategic relationships with client C-Suite and other senior stakeholders.

About You

Experience: You are an experienced Business Development professional with a strong track record of meeting sales targets across a diverse product range. Ideally, youve worked in a B2B sales environment, selling services and solutions. You thrive on building new relationships, solving client challenges, and delivering results under pressure.

Job purpose

You will join QA as a Business Development executive; your focus will be to further grow your account base by prospecting for new business and nurture your existing customers using sales techniques gained from our in-house sales academy and on the job coaching.

Strategically prospect new business and nurture your existing client base to maximise high value and long-term opportunities.

What We Offer

We understand the importance of downtime and wellbeing. Thats why we offer a range of benefits to support your health and work-life balance, including:

• 27 days annual leave
• Holiday buying scheme
• Medicash health plan
• Gympass membership
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 2 charity leave days per year

Down time

Taking time for ourselves is important, so we dedicate some benefits to support health & wellbeing, including 27 days holiday each year, holiday buying scheme, Medicash plan, Gympass, Cycle to Work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, and 2 days per year charity leave.

Our people

We are an equal opportunity employer, focused on promoting a welcoming and inclusive environment.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. All applicants with a disability who fulfil the role criteria will be progressed to the next stage of the process. Please let us know what reasonable adjustment, if any, you require.

Next steps

If this is what youre looking for, here are the next steps: Hit the apply button and register on our QA website to fill out our quick and easy application form.