Business Development Manager

Mystery Shoppers Ltd; Holsworthy; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunities

Networking events

Progression opportunities

Team events

Life coach

Gym membership

Company events

Company pension

Profit sharing

Sick pay

Work from home

Job summary

Mystery Shoppers Ltd is looking to hire a Business Development Manager to drive new client relationships and tailor solutions for customers. You will balance proactive development with essential admin to ensure smooth transitions from lead to order.

You should enjoy working with people, listening well, and building trust-based relationships that lead to long-term partnerships. Office hours are standard, with pro-rata holiday and DBS checks where applicable.

Qualifications

• Great communication skills. Natural consultative style: listen well, ask smart questions and understand the value of building trust
• Experience in building relationships with prospects and selling services to clients
• Ability to manage own workload and meet deadlines with strong attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with prospects to capture needs, ensure satisfaction and sell the MSL company and proposition
• Develop tailored proposals to potential clients
• Support the Business Development Director and manage successful lead conversion
• Coordinate orders and handovers once orders are signed
• Assist BD and Partnerships teams with admin and day-to-day tasks

Skills

Communication skills

Consultative selling

Relationship building

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Grammar and spelling

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Here at Mystery Shoppers Ltd (MSL), we are on a mission to improve customer experiences all over the world. We send people to businesses to act as real customers. Mystery shopping provides ongoing clarity on service standards and motivates teams to continuously deliver a great experience for every customer, every time.

Now before you get too excited, we don’t just spend our time shopping all day! Here at Mystery Shoppers HQ, we work behind the scenes to arrange for members of the public who have signed up with us as mystery shoppers, to go to our client's locations (banks, shops, railway stations etc.) at the right time, and once they’ve spent some time interacting with staff, they fill in their feedback questionnaire. We then read through it to make sure it’s of a good quality, before we submit it to the client and provide them with ways in which they can improve.

We work in all industries, and have carried out all sorts of types of mystery shopping, from the classic burger orders to lengthy mortgage applications. Anywhere a customer experience exists, whether in person, on the phone or online, you will find us promoting positive customer experiences!

We are a medium-sized, family-run business and have been going for 35 years. Our HQ is in Holsworthy, Devon.

Much of our success so far has come through reactive sales and word of mouth; and currently, we're struggling to keep up with all the inbound enquiries we receive!

Our way of working is consultative, thoughtful and partnership-led. We do not believe in hard sales. We believe in real conversations, listening properly, and delivering genuine value to our clients.

Our company values are really important to us all, and you will see them in how we treat our clients, our shoppers and each other. They are as follows; Trust; Teamwork; Continuous Improvement; Innovation; Quality; Accountability; Ownership and Passion. Our teams are hugely important to us, and we will happily provide testimonials.

We are looking for a Business Development Manager to join our Business Development Director at an important stage of our journey. The role will involve managing client enquiries, designing them a tailored solution and managing them through to a sale. Once sold, you would carefully hand the client over to the project team and set them up for success.

We are hoping to find someone who enjoys working with people, is able to balance the proactive business development approach with the necessary supporting admin and attention to detail. We are not looking for a forceful sales style. We are looking for someone who builds trust, listens well, and believes that lasting relationships are always worth more than quick wins.

• Building relationships with prospects to capture needs, ensure satisfaction and sell the MSL company and proposition.


• Developing and submitting tailored proposals to potential clients.


• Supporting the Business Development Director and managing successful lead conversion.


• Supporting the coordination of orders and internal handovers once orders are signed.


• Supporting the Business Development and Partnerships teams with admin and day-to-day coordination tasks.

• Great communication skills. Natural consultative style: listen well, ask smart questions and understand the value of building trust


• Experience working with senior executives desired


• Strong organisational skills and an ability to manage your own workload within set time frames.


• Good attention to detail with a high level of accuracy and be able to demonstrate good levels of spelling and grammar.


• Strong IT skills including Word and Excel.

What we can offer:

• Internal and external training opportunities.


• Networking - attending the occasional networking event


• Progression opportunities if desired.


• Regular paid for team events.


• Access to a life coach


• Gym membership to a local gym.

Need to knows:

• Office hours are 9-5 Monday to Friday (later/earlier starts/finishes are always considered).


• 28 days’ holiday including 8 bank holidays plus 5 non-contractual extra paid leave days (pro rata for part-time staff).


• Contractual sick pay included.


• Subject to satisfactory DBS and ID/credit check

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £30,322.50 per year

• Company events


• Company pension


• Profit sharing


• Sick pay


• Work from home

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Holsworthy EX22 6DH: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)