Business Development Executive – Recruitment

Elite Personnel Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Closed over Christmas

Hybrid working

Sutton Coldfield location

Home setup allowance

Optical benefits

Annual training allowance

Mauve Academy career development

Team travel opportunities

Company events

Job summary

Elite Personnel Ltd in Birmingham is seeking a Business Development Executive to drive new business for our recruitment team. This pure sales role focuses on winning clients and vacancies, with support from an experienced recruitment team.

The role offers flexibility with full-time or part-time hours and opportunities to develop your business development and networking skills in a dynamic agency environment.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidate will have recruitment industry experience and a proven track record in developing new business.
• Confident, driven, resilient and commercially minded with ability to open doors and build long-term client relationships.
• Enjoy turning cold prospects into new clients and new vacancies.

Responsibilities

• Proactively identifying and approaching potential new clients.
• Winning temporary and permanent recruitment vacancies.
• Making outbound business development calls and attending events.
• Building relationships with businesses across sectors and speaking with decision-makers.
• Following up leads and identifying new recruitment opportunities.
• Re-establishing relationships with previous and dormant clients.
• Arranging meetings and introducing the agency's recruitment services.
• Negotiating terms and working with the recruitment team on filling vacancies.
• Working towards agreed new-business targets and KPIs.

Job description

Business Development Executive - Recruitment

Are you an experienced recruitment professional who loves winning new business, but no longer wants the day-to-day responsibility of running a recruitment desk?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Executive to join an established recruitment business based in North Birmingham This is a pure business development role - NOT a Recruitment Consultant position.

The Role

Your focus will be simple - bring new business into the agency for our recruitment team to fill.

You will be responsible for:

• Proactively identifying and approaching potential new clients
• Winning temporary and permanent recruitment vacancies
• Making outbound business development calls
• Networking attending events
• Building relationships with businesses across a variety of sectors
• Speaking confidently with contacts at all levels, from hiring managers and HR teams through to Directors and business owners
• Following up leads and identifying new recruitment opportunities
• Re-establishing relationships with previous and dormant clients
• Arranging meetings and introducing the agency's recruitment services
• Negotiating and agreeing terms
• Working closely with the recruitment team, who will take responsibility for sourcing and filling the vacancies you bring in
• Working towards agreed new-business targets and KPIs

Who Are We Looking For?

You will ideally already have recruitment industry experience and a proven track record of successfully developing new business.

You may be an experienced Recruitment Consultant who has always particularly enjoyed the sales and business development side of recruitment and is now looking for a new direction where you can concentrate purely on winning business.

You’ll need to be:

• Confident, driven, resilient and commercially minded, with the ability to pick up the phone, open doors and build genuine long-term client relationships.
• Most importantly, you will enjoy the challenge of turning a cold prospect into a new client and a new vacancy!

What's On Offer?

• Full-time or part-time hours considered
• Business closed over Christmas
• Sutton Coldfield location
• Support from an experienced recruitment team
• An opportunity to focus on sales and business development without having to manage a recruitment desk

Perks and Benefits

Generous annual leave, plus public holidays based on location. Extra annual leave for your birthday or an alternative celebration day. Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Pension plan with contributions from Mauve Group (where applicable). Opportunities for professional growth via Mauve Academy - our learning portal. Annual training allowance for career development. Hybrid working environment, with home setup allowance (where applicable). Optical benefits (£155/€180 toward eye tests, glasses, and lenses). Exciting opportunities, including domestic/international travel, team meet-ups, and company-wide events.

Please note: We aim to respond to successful applicants within 48 hours. As part of our recruitment and compliance process, successful candidates will be required to provide a copy of their UK Right to Work documentation, a selfie for identification purposes, and complete an Elite Personnel application form.

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