Business Development Executive

Glen Callum Associates Ltd; Northampton; On-site; GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Business Development Executive to enhance their UK sales team in the Automotive Aftermarket. This role involves optimizing brand visibility and providing sales support to various stakeholders, including motor factors and automotive workshops. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the Automotive Aftermarket and possess excellent communication and organizational skills. This is a fantastic opportunity to elevate your career with a globally recognized manufacturer, offering a competitive salary, bonuses, and the chance to work in a dynamic environment. Don't miss your chance to make a significant impact in this exciting field!

Benefits

Bonus

Car allowance

Pension

Training & PPD

Qualifications

• Experience in Automotive Aftermarket sales or business development.
• Strong communication skills and PC literacy required.

Responsibilities

• Optimize brand visibility and deliver sales support to automotive distributors.
• Develop relationships with motor factors and aftermarket retailers.

Skills

Automotive Aftermarket experience

Excellent communication skills

PC literacy (Excel, PowerPoint)

People handling skills

Organizational skills

Flexibility to travel

Professional appearance

Ambition

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Business Development Executive - Automotive Aftermarket

Building our UK sales team:

We are working with a globally recognised manufacturer to hire, build and grow their UK Aftermarket Sales Development and Field Based Sales Support team across the UK. Key will be optimising brand and product visibility whilst enthusiastically delivering sales support via trade workouts to the Independent Automotive Aftermarket, including Motor Factors, ITG Buying Group members, Automotive Workshops & general Automotive Aftermarket distributors and Aftermarket retailers.

Are you currently a motor factor based Business Development Manager looking to elevate your career further up the supply chain into supplier status? Do you want to work for a manufacturer? This is the perfect step.

Ideal Location - Southampton / Newbury / Reading / Oxford / High Wycombe

Good Salary (Circa £40k basic) + Bonus + Car / Allowance + Pension + Training & PPD

Our utopia:

Our ideal candidate will have worked within the Automotive Aftermarket in a Sales Representative, Trade Parts Sales or field based Business Development capacity and be familiar with parts distribution & parts supply chains from supplier through to garage, workshops and repairer networks. We would also be exceptionally keen to hear from internally based parts sales people that have a strong desire to develop a field based sales career.

8 Key Skills:

1. Knowledge and experience of working within the Automotive Aftermarket in a field based or highly sales driven environment.
2. Excellent communicator at all levels from board room to workshop & garage repairer.
3. Good level of PC literacy, particularly with Microsoft packages including Excel and Power Point.
4. Excellent people handling skills with the ability to chat and deliver product training to mechanics, parts people and distributor sales staff at all levels.
5. Highly organised with solid work ethic approaching tasks tenaciously.
6. Flexible to travel covering an expansive region / territory and overnight as required.
7. Smart in appearance, punctual able to create excellent 1st impressions.
8. Ambitious and keen to work with a global player within the Automotive Aftermarket.

Online Interviews & Questions:

Online screen interviews will be conducted by our exclusive recruitment partner Glen Shepherd. Please call Glen for an initial conversation on 07977 266309 or email with your CV detailing how your experience meets with the above. We are hiring NOW so don't delay.

JOB REF: 4207GS