Business Development Manager

Lyreco; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading workplace solutions provider is seeking a New Business Development Manager to focus on building a new business pipeline in Manchester. The role involves winning new customers, implementing new accounts, and maintaining strong customer relationships. Candidates should have a proven track record in business-to-business sales, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to achieve sales targets. Offering competitive benefits, including a company car and opportunity for remote work.

Benefits

31 days holiday, inclusive of bank holidays

Company Car

Ability to work from home

Pension & Life Assurance Scheme

Community volunteering days

Career development opportunities

Referral Scheme

Long Service Awards

Opportunity for career break

Sports & Social Club access

Qualifications

• Experience in B2B sales is essential.
• Strong history of meeting sales and margin targets is required.
• Skills to build a new business pipeline are a must.
• Must have excellent relationship-building skills.
• Negotiation ability at all organizational levels is needed.

Responsibilities

• Secure new customers within a defined area.
• Setup new accounts focused on product penetration.
• Maintain strong customer relationships.
• Negotiate pricing and margins with customers.

Skills

Experience of working in a business-to-business sales role

Proven track record of achieving sales and margin targets

Ability to build and develop a pipeline of new business

Excellent customer awareness

Able to sell and negotiate at all levels

Job description

New Business Development Manager

Area: Manchester and Surrounding Areas

Base salary: £38,000 per annum (DOE) + commission, Company car, laptop, phone

Additional incentives for top achievers

Monday - Friday: 9am-5.30pm.

Lyreco are the market leader in Workplace Solutions and specialise in providing workplace solutions to businesses globally, across a variety of sectors.

This is a new opportunity for a New Business Development Manager to join our SMB (Small to Medium Business) team. You will be responsible for building and maintaining a new business pipeline, working alongside Business Development Executives to effectively secure and handover new accounts.

Key Responsibilities of the New Business Development Manager:

• Consistently win new customers within a defined prospect area
• Implement and set up new accounts, with a focus on product penetration and profit
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships
• Negotiate pricing and margin with customers as needed

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Experience of working in a business-to-business sales role
• Proven track record of achieving sales and margin targets
• Ability to build and develop a pipeline of new business
• Excellent customer awareness, ability to build solid working relationships
• Able to sell and negotiate at all levels within an organisation

Benefits for New Business Development Managers:

• 31 days holiday, inclusive of bank holidays.
• Company Car
• Ability to work from home.
• Pension & Life Assurance Scheme.
• Opportunity to participate in the Cycle to Work Scheme, access retail vouchers and eye care vouchers.
• 2 fully paid community volunteering days each year.
• Grow Our Own Talent Programme – promoting internal career development.
• Referral Scheme.
• Long Service Awards – to celebrate your career milestones.
• Opportunity for career break – after 3 yrs of service
• Sports & Social Club – access to discounted trips and excursions.
• All Work to Company Values: Passion, Respect, Agility, Excellence.

As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. That includes our staff, customers, suppliers, and our local community. We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment.

Lyreco prides itself on being an inclusive employer. We value and celebrate equality in opportunities, and we welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of our communities.

Agency CV’s will not be accepted.

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