Business Development Manager

Russell Taylor Group; Hull and East Yorkshire; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider in material handling solutions is seeking an experienced European Business Development Manager based in Hull, United Kingdom. The role involves driving sales growth, building relationships, and exceeding sales targets in European markets. Ideal candidates will have experience in sales within material handling and a passion for client relationship management. This position offers a range of benefits including an attractive salary and international travel.

Benefits

Very Attractive Salary

Car Allowance

Pension

Life insurance

International Travel

25 Days Holiday

Qualifications

• Proven track record of exceeding business sales targets.
• Ability to build strong relationships at all levels.
• Solid negotiation skills and adaptability to cultural differences.

Responsibilities

• Drive sales growth and develop new business.
• Maintain customer satisfaction and build customer base.
• Report on competitors' activities and assess market intelligence.

Skills

Sales target achievement

Customer relationship management

Market intelligence assessment

Negotiation techniques

Presentation skills

Education

Experience in a sales/business development role within Material Handling

Job description

Overview of the role

European Business Development Manager – Hull, United Kingdom (Remote)

Benefits:

• Very Attractive Salary
• Car Allowance
• Pension
• Life insurance
• International Travel
• 25 Days Holiday

About the company

Our client is the world’s leading provider of automated material handling solutions. Our client provides sales, engineering, manufacturing, installation, and after-sales services for airport baggage handling systems primarily in Europe and Africa.

Responsibilities

• Almost entirely sales target driven, with a desire to overachieve and continually push for more.
• Increase new business while maintaining recurring business.
• Plan work to create sales growth, new account acquisition, continued account penetration, and maintain customer satisfaction on a long-term basis.
• Develop and nurture existing and new accounts to maintain strong relationships and understand current and future business needs and directions.
• Meet or exceed sales order booking objectives. Build and maintain a pipeline of business opportunities.
• Target European markets, bringing in new business, preferably Scandinavian/eastern European regions.

Working Conditions

• 37 hours per week
• Travel requirements: Local and International

Essential requirements

• Identify customers and key players in the market and create customer intimacy, especially with business partners.
• Assess and qualify sales enquiries, lead presentations, and production of proposals.
• Access and assess market intelligence and report on competitors’ activities and products.
• Attend exhibitions, conferences, meetings, and training sessions.
• Build and maintain our customer base.

An ideal candidate will have

• Entrepreneurial in approach, comfortable defining and driving strategy and pricing, and having the courage to know when to walk away.
• Airport expertise welcome but not essential.
• Knowledge of warehousing conveyors would be advantageous.
• Proven track record of setting and exceeding business sales targets.
• Relationship and network building capabilities. Enthusiasm and passion for others’ interests and needs.
• Strong appetite to sell, desire to regularly close profitable business, and a resilient mindset.
• Basic understanding of contracts and business risk.
• Good listening skills, adaptable to all stakeholders and situations.
• Positive, engaging, structured, concise communication skills.
• Solid negotiation techniques, balancing short-term with a strategic view and adapting to cultural differences of buyers (companies and individuals).
• Expertise in organizing professional presentations and other sales and marketing materials.
• Ability to build strong relations at all levels of prospect/group organization.

Personal Attributes

• Exhibits professional behaviour, sense of urgency, independent judgment, teamwork, and integrity to contribute to a cohesive regional team.
• Proactive, self-driven, hungry for success, and highly results-oriented.
• Coachable, flexible, quick and intelligent learner.

Qualifications

• Experience in a sales/business development role within Material Handling.

Important Information

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