Business Development Manager

Sue Ross Recruitment Ltd; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national training provider in the UK is seeking a Business Development Manager to manage key client relationships and drive business growth in the construction sector. The ideal candidate will have a proven sales background within construction and a passion for meeting sales targets. This role requires travel and offers a competitive salary, performance-based bonuses, and generous holiday allowances.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus subject to performance

25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional days after two years

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain partnerships with clients.
• Actively seek new business opportunities.
• Identify partnership opportunities.
• Achieve monthly targets.
• Develop relationships with construction companies.
• Maintain product knowledge and funding opportunities.
• Attend networking events and maintain a professional profile.
• Record development activity using CRM systems.

Skills

Sales background within construction

Exceeding sales targets

Time-management

Problem-solving

Relationship-building

Building bespoke training courses

Delivery of construction NVQs and apprenticeships

Education

A Level qualification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Sue Ross Recruitment are working on behalf of our client, a highly respected national training provider, to recruit a Business Development Manager.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing, market-leading organisation that delivers a wide range of vocational, compliance, and funded training programmes across the UK.

The successful candidate will manage key client relationships, drive business growth, and ensure exceptional customer service within the construction and commercial training sectors.

This role is responsible for engaging with construction businesses and driving sales and is predominantly an external role, requiring the successful candidate to travel widely.

Responsibilities

• Establish, build and maintain partnerships with a wide portfolio of existing and potential partners to fulfil the business needs through regular contact and account management.
• Actively seek new business opportunities with existing and potential clients.
• Identify and implement partnership opportunities within the company.
• Achieving set monthly targets.
• Develop a network of relationships with construction companies.
• Maintain an excellent level of product knowledge and understanding of all funding opportunities.
• Attend networking events and other promotional opportunities, maintaining a professional and credible profile on behalf of the company – these may be outside of normal working hours, so some flexibility is required.
• Maintain accurate records of specified development activity and provide timely and consistent data using the company’s CRM systems.

Skills, Experience and Qualities

• A proven sales background within construction.
• A passion for exceeding sales targets and set KPIs.
• Proven time‑management skills.
• Problem‑solving skills.
• Relationship‑building skills.
• Experience of building bespoke training courses that meet our client’s requirements.
• Experience in the delivery of construction NVQs and apprenticeships within construction.

Qualifications

• Educated to a minimum of A Level qualification or equivalent.

Benefits

• A competitive salary.
• Bonus – subject to performance.
• 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays plus two additional annual leave days following two years’ service.

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