Business Development Manager

Fluidic Ltd; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus scheme

32 days annual leave

Sick pay

Job summary

Fluidic Ltd seeks a Business Development Manager to drive growth from Warrington. You will lead lead generation, manage accounts, and engage new clients, working with marketing and attending trade shows. Occasional overnight travel within Northern England and Wales is expected.

You will also supervise the internal sales team in Warrington and coordinate with senior management. A strong telephone manner and face-to-face sales skills are essential, plus supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• Sales experience with strong telephone manners and face-to-face sales
• Supervisory or people-management experience is essential
• Strong communicator with drive and ambition
• Effective team player who shares company values

Responsibilities

• Drive growth through lead generation, account management and new client engagement
• Develop business with marketing, attend trade shows and networking events
• Visit clients and travel within Northern England/Wales as needed
• Manage internal Warrington sales team and liaise with senior management
• Maintain CRM with accurate market and account data
• Conduct market research to identify new project leads

Skills

Sales experience

Telephone sales

Face-to-face sales

Team leadership

People person

Tools

CRM

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

Northern England Territory, Warrington Based

Fluidic are an established instrumentation company with over 30 years in business. We partner several blue-chip manufacturers to provide instrumentation products and services across the UK. Our main customer base covers the process industry.This includes, but is not limited to, Nuclear Power generation and decommissioning, Oil and Gas, Petrochemical and Pharmaceutical manufacture. We are looking for a Business Development Manager based within our Fluidic Northern branch in Warrington to help continue company growth.

Job Description

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, as a Business Development Manager with Fluidic your main responsibility is to drive company growth through lead generation, account management and new client engagement.

Typically, this includes:

• Working with our marketing team to proactively develop business through direct marketing techniques
• Following up leads from marketing campaigns and exhibitions
• Visiting and exhibiting at trade shows and networking events
• Client visits (which may necessitate occasional overnight stay and travel within Northern England/Wales).There is no defined split for client visits, but we envisage 1-2 days per week normally with 3-4 days office based.
• Working with our sales team ensure best customer support and maximise sales opportunities
• Working with technical support from our sales engineers
• Whilst business development is the primary focus of the role, the successful candidate will also act as manager for our internal sales team based in the Warrington office, providing day-to-day oversight and acting as a liaison with senior management. This additional responsibility is reflected in salary.
• Market research to discover new project leads and applications
• Updating our CRM system
• Key Account management

Fluidic value teamwork above all else and the successful applicant will be a team player, not averse to helping colleagues in other company areas as and when necessary

Why work with us

The development of our employees at Fluidic is especially important. To support this, we offer the following benefits

• Attractive salary plus car allowance
• Company bonus scheme paid twice annually
• 32 days annual leave (including statutory)
• Sick pay

Fluidic are a Living Wage and Living Pension employer.We have a high staff retention rate.Our company values of humility, contribution and teamwork reflect our culture, and we try to provide an enjoyable, rewarding working environment.

Job Role Requirements

• Sales experience, particularly a strong telephone manner and face-to-face sales experience is essential
• Supervisory or person-management experience also essential
• This job role requires a “people person”.A strong communicator and someone with drive and ambition.
• It is most important that we find an effective team player, someone that shares our values and vision
• Some technical experience an advantage. Experience in a process industry an obvious benefit, but not essential.
• Ideally the successful candidate will have some knowledge of quality systems, but training will be provided.
• A basic knowledge of PC systems, including MS Word, Excel and email essential.
• A positive attitude and ambition to develop and grow individually and with the team