Business Development Manager

Swivelpole; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative Australian firm is seeking a Business Development Manager to build the UK market. You will drive demand among industrial users and collaborate with distribution partners, taking advantage of the company's extensive experience and rapid lead times. Ideal candidates will have a proven track record in market development, a focus on new business, and technical understanding. This role provides a unique opportunity to join at a pivotal time as the firm expands its presence in the UK market.

Qualifications

• Track record of market development within the industrial sector.
• Experience in building pipeline and managing sales to close.
• Ability to understand technical specifications and drawings.

Responsibilities

• Build the UK market for Swivelpole's products.
• Drive industrial end user demand and projects.
• Collaborate with specialist distribution partners.

Skills

Market development

New business focus

Specification and technical drawings

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

• Brand new role to the UK - strategic business development opportunity
• Swivelpole have a 25 year history, Australian head office, ambitious growth plans for the UK market
• Driving new end user relationships across the UK with EPC's, Contractors, and heavy industrial end users
• Working in close partnership with specialist distribution businesses to sell to end users
• Working on both new build and renovation projects
• European manufacturing base so quick lead times.

Business Development Manager

The Role

BMS Performance have the pleasure of recruiting for a Business Development Manager to build the UK market for Swivelpole, an Australian business who have a 25 year history of innovation as they lead the way globally in lowering pole solutions, specifically for lighting and other pole‑mounted systems (such as security, instruments, and networking). Their flagship technology, the Maxis Joint, enables end users to have a cost‑effective way to enhance safety, enhance maintenance, and thus improve productivity by being able to change, maintain, and overhaul pole‑mounted systems without the need for working at height and difficult processes.

This is the first UK based position for Swivelpole following recent success in expanding the sales team in Europe and one in which will see the Business Development Manager building a market, taking their entrepreneurial spirit to task, and driving industrial end user demand & projects with a view to pushing sales through specialist distribution partners such as R&M Electrical. The Business Development Manager will be spending most of their time in front of site managers, EPC’s, contractors, and anyone involved in site upgrades.

This is a perfect time to join this journey as heavy industry is racing to upgrade aging infrastructure, enhance safety, and hit their environmental targets through schemes like mass LED lighting changes. Swivelpole's offering enables a safe & cost‑effectiveANSI solution for this across arenas such as oil & gas, petrochemical, industrial manufacturing, ports, and process plants.

The Company

They already have a presence here and are now really pushing the brand into the market and this is a wonderful time to join them at the start of this journey. Utilising a track record of over 500,000 installations worldwide. They have a European manufacturing base in Poland which means a quick lead time on product delivery and expanding distribution base which will support getting the product to market, and a very passionate leadership team who are dynamic and inspiring. prevalent-

We are looking for individuals who meet the following criteria:

• Have a track record of market development within the industrial sector
• Are new business focussed, have a track record of building pipeline and managing through to close
• A history of working with specification and technical drawings
• Ability to travel throughout the UK
• Understand driving demand with contractors, consultants, and EPC's then selling via a distribution network
• Entrepreneurial mindset - able to drive business as though
• Full & Clean Driving licence