Business Development Executive

Find.; Leeds; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Find. in Leeds is recruiting a Business Development Executive to join the办公室-based sales team. You’ll generate new business with employers across the UK, qualify opportunities, and build relationships to provide apprenticeship and training solutions.

The role focuses on proactive outreach, CRM management and hitting revenue targets. A strong attitude, resilience and willingness to learn are essential for career progression.

Qualifications

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (<=140 chars)
• Confident speaking to people over the phone (<=140 chars)
• A strong work ethic and a target-driven mindset (<=140 chars)
• A genuine appetite to learn and develop (<=140 chars)
• A customer-focused approach (<=140 chars)
• Good organisational skills and attention to detail (<=140 chars)
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office (<=140 chars)
• The resilience to handle rejection and keep going (<=140 chars)
• Ability to work independently while contributing to a high-performing team (<=140 chars)
• A professional, positive and well-presented approach (<=140 chars)

Responsibilities

• Proactively contacting prospective employers through telephone-based business development
• Identifying and qualifying new sales opportunities
• Generating leads and converting prospects into new customers
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with prospective and existing clients
• Understanding employer requirements and matching them with apprenticeship and training solutions
• Managing your sales pipeline and keeping CRM records accurate and up to date
• Working towards and exceeding daily, monthly and revenue-based targets
• Handling objections confidently and using sales tools and resources to progress opportunities
• Identifying opportunities to cross-sell additional training and development solutions
• Developing new employer partnerships and contributing to the wider growth strategy
• Supporting proposals, presentations and other business development activity
• Keeping up to date with the apprenticeship, training and wider skills market

Skills

Communication skills

Phone sales

Work ethic

Learnability

Customer-focused

Organisational skills

Microsoft Office

Resilience

Independent working

Professional demeanor

Job description

Business Development Executive

Location: Leeds
Working pattern: Office-based, 4-5 days per week
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £26,000 + £10,000+ OTE
Sector: Apprenticeships / Training / Education

The Opportunity

Are you ambitious, commercially driven and looking to build a career in sales? We're working with a growing training and apprenticeship organisation that is looking for a Business Development Executive to join its Leeds-based sales team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is confident on the phone, motivated by targets and hungry to develop within a sales environment. You don't need years of sales experience — what matters most is your attitude, resilience, communication skills and willingness to learn. You'll be joining a business that works with employers across the UK to help them develop their people through apprenticeships, professional qualifications and skills programmes.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Business Development Executive, you'll play a key role in generating new business and helping the organisation grow its employer partnerships. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Proactively contacting prospective employers through telephone-based business development


• Identifying and qualifying new sales opportunities


• Generating leads and converting prospects into new customers


• Building and maintaining strong relationships with prospective and existing clients


• Understanding employer requirements and matching them with relevant apprenticeship and training solutions


• Managing your sales pipeline and keeping CRM records accurate and up to date


• Working towards and exceeding daily, monthly and revenue-based targets


• Handling objections confidently and using sales tools and resources to progress opportunities


• Identifying opportunities to cross-sell additional training and development solutions


• Developing new employer partnerships and contributing to the wider growth strategy


• Supporting proposals, presentations and other business development activity


• Keeping up to date with the apprenticeship, training and wider skills market

What We're Looking For

We're looking for someone with drive, energy and a genuine interest in developing a career in sales.

You’ll ideally have:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Confidence speaking to people over the phone


• A strong work ethic and a target-driven mindset


• A genuine appetite to learn and develop


• A customer-focused approach


• Good organisational skills and attention to detail


• Competence using Microsoft Office


• The resilience to handle rejection and keep going


• The ability to work independently while contributing to a high-performing team


• A professional, positive and well-presented approach

Previous sales or business development experience would be advantageous, but attitude and potential are equally important.

The Personality Fit

• Ambitious - you want to progress and build a long-term career in sales.


• Resilient - you don't let a few \"no's\" stop you from picking up the phone and trying again.


• Curious - you want to understand your customers, their businesses and the solutions you're selling.


• Competitive - you enjoy having clear goals and pushing yourself to achieve them.


• Coachability - you're open to feedback and keen to continually improve.


• Commercially minded - you understand that great relationships ultimately need to translate into business results.

What's On Offer

• £26,000 basic salary


• £10,000+ OTE


• Full-time, permanent opportunity


• Leeds-based office environment


• Structured opportunity to develop your sales career


• The chance to work within a growing training and apprenticeship organisation


• A role with clear targets, progression and earning potential


• The opportunity to make a genuine impact by helping employers develop their future talent

Why This Role?

This isn't simply a role for someone looking to make calls and hit a target. You'll be joining an organisation that helps employers develop their people, build skills and create long-term career opportunities. Your role will be instrumental in connecting businesses with training solutions that can make a real difference.

If you're driven, resilient, commercially minded and ready to build a career in business development, we'd love to hear from you.