Business Development Executive

SJR Partners; Worcester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

SJR Partners in Worcester seeks an ambitious Business Development Executive to drive growth across Construction & Highways operations. The role blends field customer engagement with office-based sales activity, focusing on identifying opportunities, preparing quotations, and ensuring smooth handover from sale to delivery.

You will build relationships with clients, maintain records, and work with commercial, operations and transport teams to meet targets while upholding health, safety and quality

Qualifications

• Previous sales or business development experience in a commercial setting.
• Strong customer relationship management skills and CRM proficiency.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities and ability to identify opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow relationships with existing customers while identifying and securing new business opportunities.
• Maintain regular contact with clients through meetings, site visits and telephone communication.
• Qualify customer requirements and prepare accurate quotations, estimates and proposals.
• Follow up quotations and proposals to maximise conversion opportunities.
• Coordinate with operations to ensure successful project delivery and resource alignment.
• Identify and target prospective customers within key market sectors.
• Maintain accurate customer records and sales information within company systems.
• Analyse customer activity and sales performance against targets.
• Produce weekly and monthly sales reports.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and business development planning.
• Promote and uphold the company's health, safety and quality standards.

Skills

Sales experience

CRM skills

Communication

Presentation

Time management

IT skills

Proactive

Self-motivated

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We are currently seeking an ambitious and commercially focused Business Development Executive to help drive business growth across our Construction & Highways operations.

This is a customer-facing role responsible for developing new business opportunities, strengthening existing client relationships and delivering profitable growth. Working closely with our Commercial, Operations and Transport teams, you will identify customer requirements, prepare quotations and proposals, and ensure a smooth transition from sale to delivery.

The role combines field-based customer engagement with office-based sales activity and would suit someone who enjoys building relationships, identifying opportunities and achieving measurable results.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and grow relationships with existing customers while identifying and securing new business opportunities.
• Maintain regular contact with clients through meetings, site visits and telephone communication.
• Qualify customer requirements and prepare accurate quotations, estimates and proposals.
• Follow up quotations and proposals to maximise conversion opportunities.
• Work closely with operational teams to coordinate resources and ensure successful project delivery.
• Identify and target prospective customers within key market sectors.
• Maintain accurate customer records and sales information within company systems.
• Analyse customer activity and sales performance against targets.
• Produce weekly and monthly sales reports.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and business development planning.
• Promote and uphold the company's health, safety and quality standards.

What We're Looking For

Essential

• Previous sales or business development experience.
• Strong customer relationship management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Ability to identify opportunities and convert them into business.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
• A proactive and self-motivated approach.

Desirable

• Experience within construction, highways, civil engineering industries.
• Familiarity with project planning or project management.
• Experience analysing sales or business data.
• Knowledge of road planing or surfacing operations.