Business Development Manager

British Engineering Services Group; Manchester; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Pension contributions

Life cover

Birthday/holiday enhancements

Flexible working

Job summary

British Engineering Services Group is hiring for a nationwide, field-based role in the UK and Ireland. You will visit customer sites, survey needs, and set up new accounts while contributing to strategy and market propositions.

You will build cross-department relationships to grow the multi-service portfolio and attend industry events to stay competitive. The role offers a starting salary from £50,000-£55,000 depending on experience, with benefits like car allowance, pension contributions, life

Qualifications

• Experience in Reliability in Sales or as a Service Engineer is preferred.
• Strong sales, communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with bids, tenders and contract negotiations is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Visit customer sites to present our services and survey requirements.
• Manage new customer set-up, including records and documentation.
• Contribute to business strategies and market propositions using industry knowledge.
• Share opportunities across the company and maintain industry awareness.
• Build relations across the business and across departments to cross-sell services.
• Attend industry events to stay informed about competitors.

Skills

Sales

Communication

Presentation

Relationship building

CRM

Negotiation

Tools

MS Dynamics

Job description

From £50,000 - £55,000, Depending On Experience

Who we are in a nutshell.

At British Engineering Services Group, we pride ourselves on being the leading end-to-end risk management solutions provider in the UK and Ireland. Our job is to help keep our customers’ assets legally compliant, operational and, above all, safe. We achieve this by bringing together a team of the very best and most talented people.

Nationwide - Field-Based

From £50,000 - £55,000, Depending On Experience

Who we are in a nutshell.

At British Engineering Services Group, we pride ourselves on being the leading end-to-end risk management solutions provider in the UK and Ireland. Our job is to help keep our customers’ assets legally compliant, operational and, above all, safe. We achieve this by bringing together a team of the very best and most talented people. With our specialist asset reliability services, we help prevent machinery failures and, as a result, unscheduled (and, very often, costly) downtime for our customers. We’re all about operational efficiency and our team of highly skilled engineers not only use, but also develop and produce, some of the most sophisticated technology to help keep our customers’ assets doing what they need to, without any unexpected surprises along the way.

What will you be doing?

• Visit customer sites to present our services and survey their current requirements
• Manage new customers set-up, including the creation of accurate records and required documentation
• Contribute to the development of effective business strategies, priorities and market propositions, drawing on you own industry knowledge and understanding of our products and competitors
• Proactively keep abreast of established companies and new start-ups. Sharing industry knowledge with your colleagues, raising your understanding of opportunities across the wider company
• Build good working relationships with your peers and across the business; sharing opportunities for cross-selling of the multi-department service portfolio
• Attend industry events - webinars, forums, conferences, debates - remaining informed on competitors entering the market.

As part of our team, you will get:

• A starting salary from £50,000 depending on experience
• Access to the company Sales Commission Scheme
• £5500 annual car cash allowance
• Up to 10% pension contribution
• 2 x life cover
• Enhanced maternity / adoption leave
• Annual salary review
• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
• An additional day’s holiday for your birthday every year
• An extra day’s holiday to take on Christmas Eve each year
• Access to our buy and sell holiday scheme
• Opportunity for flexible working
• Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts and savings via our employee benefits portal
• Health and wellbeing support via our Employee Assistance Programme
• Company wide volunteering scheme

To join our team, you will need:

• Ideally experience in the field of Reliability in either Sales or as a Service Engineer but not essential as training will be provided
• Possess highly effective sales, communication and presentation skills
• Experience either in the Marine or Manufacturing industry would be advantageous but not essential.
• Demonstrate experience in managing bids, tenders, contract negotiations and opportunity pipelines
• Excel in relationship building, owing to your strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Be highly methodical, having the ability to multi-task and prioritise while paying close attention to meeting targets.
• Naturally, you will have excellent attention to detail as you will be working with detailed proposals and CRM systems (experience using MS Dynamics would also be an advantage)

We want you to be you!

Diversity, equality and inclusion are fundamental to who we are. Our team is made up of incredibly skilled and talented people, and that’s what matters most to us. At British Engineering Services Group, we want everyone to feel they can be their true, authentic selves at work. We’re also proud to support the military community through our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant.

Go for it!

Research shows that some people only apply if they meet every single requirement. If you don’t tick every box but feel you could make a real impact in this role, please apply - you might be exactly who we’re looking for.

British Engineering Services Group, where our people and our customers matter most.