Business Development Manager

Pertemps Wolverhampton; Park Village; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable recruitment firm in Park Village seeks a proactive Business Development Manager to drive growth and build valuable relationships. In this dynamic role, you will identify and convert new opportunities while collaborating with marketing for effective campaigns. We're looking for a sales professional with strong communication skills, experience in account management, and the ability to influence stakeholders. Achieving ambitious targets while maintaining a structured sales pipeline is key.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Business Development or Sales.
• Ability to engage with senior stakeholders confidently.
• Comfortable working independently while collaborating.

Responsibilities

• Identify, nurture, and manage potential leads.
• Conduct market research to find new opportunities.
• Execute a Business Development Plan.
• Build and maintain a healthy sales pipeline.
• Collaborate with Marketing for lead-generation initiatives.

Skills

Relationship-building

Sales expertise

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Organisational skills

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

Business Development Manager / Account Manager

Drive Growth. Build Relationships. Make an Impact.

Are you a dynamic sales professional who thrives on building relationships, generating opportunities, and closing high-value business? Do you have the confidence to engage senior leaders and the commercial drive to exceed ambitious targets? If so, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a proactive, results-driven Business Development Manager to accelerate growth by identifying, nurturing and converting new opportunities. This is an exciting role for someone who loves the challenge of developing a strong pipeline, influencing decision-makers, and showcasing real business value.

What You'll Be Doing

• Proactively identify, nurture and manage potential leads across multiple channels.
• Conduct comprehensive market research and intelligence to map high-value prospects, emerging sectors and untapped opportunities.
• Develop and execute a commercial Business Development Plan.
• Build, maintain and grow a healthy, forward-looking pipeline within the CRM system.
• Collaborate with Marketing to design targeted campaigns, outreach strategies and lead-generation initiatives.
• Prepare tailored proposals, presentations, and commercial offers aligned to prospect needs.
• Generate leads through a mix of outbound calling, digital outreach, networking, referrals and event attendance.
• Deliver persuasive discovery meetings and consultations with senior business leaders.
• Represent the organisation at events, forums, exhibitions and networking opportunities to attract new leads.
• Consistently meet or exceed monthly and annual KPIs.
• Progress opportunities through the full sales funnel, managing momentum, handling objections and securing conversions.
• Maintain accurate CRM data including interactions, forecasts, conversion rates and revenue projections.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience in Business Development, Sales, Account Management, Recruitment Consultant or Estate Agent background.
• A natural relationship-builder with strong communication and influencing skills.
• Confident presenting to and consulting with senior stakeholders.
• Highly organised, target-driven and motivated by achieving outstanding results.
• Comfortable working independently while collaborating across teams.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to articulate value.
• Experience working with CRM systems and managing a structured sales pipeline.

You will be working 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday.