Business Development Manager

Cerebras; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment solutions provider in Glasgow is looking for a Sales Professional to join their team. Your role will involve generating new business opportunities and understanding client strategies. The ideal candidate will have a solid B2B sales background, strong objection handling skills, and a proven track record in meeting sales targets. This role offers a hybrid working model and various employee benefits, including healthcare and pension contributions.

Benefits

29 days holiday allowance + bank holidays

Private medical and dental healthcare

Matching pension contributions

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance Cover

Cycle to work scheme

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Proven experience in new business sales.
• Ability to handle objections and propose solutions.
• Understanding of the complete sales process in B2B.

Responsibilities

• Generate, negotiate, and close new business opportunities.
• Create compelling proposals for clients.
• Understand and fulfill client needs and strategies.
• Stay updated on industry trends.
• Meet sales targets regularly.

Skills

B2B new business sales background

Objection handling

Sales process knowledge

Statistical interpretation

Goal-driven performance

Job description

Company Description

Totaljobs is a leading online job board in the UK dedicated to connecting job seekers with their ideal employment opportunities. As a major player in the UK’s job market, we had a key role in facilitating millions of job placements across various sectors and industries.

We are proud to be part of The Stepstone Group, a global expert in job-tech platforms. Being part of a global team allows us to leverage cutting-edge technology, data, and industry expertise to enhance our services and continuously innovate our technology to meet the needs of the job market.

Job Description

Join our team and you’ll be responsible for working with a wide range of businesses to uncover and solve their hiring challenges. Your role will be to acquire new clients to increase Totaljobs market share. By developing a deep understanding of your prospects current and future needs you will be able to recommend the best of Totaljobs solutions to create both short- and long-term value.

Working in the Sales department you will work on the entire sales process from prospecting potential customers, outreach and selling our suite of online recruitment products through to client on- boarding into the account management team.

You will play a vital role as we reimagine the labour market to make it work for everybody.

Your responsibilities:

• Generate, negotiate, and close new business opportunities with key and SMB clients.
• Create compelling proposals that communicate our value and deliver to the client’s strategy and requirements.
• Gain a thorough understanding of key and SMB clients' current and future needs and their strategy and prepare customised solutions.
• Keep on top of industry and market trends to offer insights and expertise to our potential customers.
• Ensure that sales targets are met on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis through acquisition whilst regularly growing and converting a pipeline of new business.

Qualifications

• A proven B2B new business sales background.
• A strong objection handler with the ability to deconstruct customer issues and propose actionable solutions to enhance the customer process.
• In-depth understanding of the sales process, from needs identification and objection handling to negotiation and successful closure in the B2B landscape.
• Able to leverage and interpret sales statistics and ROI data from potential customers.
• Consistently exceed targets in a goal-driven environment with a proven track record.

Additional Information

We’re a community here that cares as much about your life outside work as how you feel when you’re with us. Because your job shouldn’t take over your life, it should enrich it. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• 29 days holiday allowance + bank holidays
• Private medical and dental healthcare
• Matching pension contribution of 4 or 5% (after 3 years of service up to 10%)
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance Cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• Hybrid working model (3 days working from the office)
• Volunteering days

Our commitment

Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

As a global business we further our DEI and sustainability progress by working with national and international bodies and are proud to have been recognised for our work - both locally and internationally, including:

• Armed Forces Covenant: Silver Award, Employer Recognition Scheme
• EcoVadis: Bronze Award
• Fertility Friendly Employer, accredited by Fertility Matters at Work
• RIDI (Recruitment Industry Disability) Awards: Inclusive Technology Award 2024
• Stonewall: Gold Award
• Stonewall: Top 100 Workplace Equality Index (85)