Business Development Manager

Rexel; Watford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car scheme

Performance related bonus

33 days annual leave including bankhol

Option to buy/sell holiday

Enhanced parental leave

Private medical insurance

Pension and life assurance

Staff discounts

Exclusive holiday offers

Financial education support

Job summary

Rexel UK in Watford is looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to drive profitable growth, expand market share, and forge long-term customer partnerships within defined segments. You will work with branch teams to deliver outstanding customer experience and create value across the network.

The role emphasizes strategic planning, pipeline development, and cross-functional collaboration to seize new opportunities while influencing pricing and margins for sustainable growth.

Qualifications

• Commercial expertise with margin, P&L and cost to serve.
• Influencing and negotiation skills.
• Experience in a business development role with proven results.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions to drive growth.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proven ability to prospect, qualify and close new business.
• Extensive knowledge of sales processes and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Develop a Strategic Roadmap to increase market share within defined geography/segment.
• Build and maintain a robust pipeline of customer partnerships.
• Forge partnerships and strategic relationships with customers for long-term opportunities.
• Develop value propositions leveraging suppliers to drive profitability.
• Govern regional pricing, margins and contract profitability.
• Adapt strategies based on market changes for long-term growth.
• Promote multichannel adoption to enhance customer propositions.
• Ensure exceptional customer experience and OTIF through cross-functional collaboration.
• Upskill internal teams with clear account ownership and regular reviews.

Skills

Commercial expertise

Influencing & negotiation

Business development experience

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Sales processes & techniques

Prospecting & closing

Strategic thinking

Job description

• Experience Level (for career site): Experienced Professional
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Job Family: Sales

Company Description

Are you an experienced sales and business development professional looking to drive profitable growth, gain market share and create future pipelineopportunities within specific segment or product specialism?

As a global leader in electrical wholesale, Rexel distributes advanced electrical and energy-efficient products worldwide. We deliver smart, sustainable solutions engineered to enhance comfort, safety, and security across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.

We are looking for professional, ambitious and motivated sales professionals who can build existingcustomer partnerships and create and forge new business opportunities.

This role is working within our WatfordClusterto drive new business into our branches and cement long term value added partnerships across dedicated sectors.

The Benefits of a Career with Rexel:

• Company Car Scheme
• Bonuses: Performance Related Bonus Scheme
• Time Off: 33 days annual leave(including bank holidays, increasing throughout the years too!)
  • You can also buy and sell holiday each year
  • Enhanced parental leave
• Support & Development: Extensive learning opportunities from day one.
• Health & Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance/Free virtual GP service, Healthy Mind Champions, and more!
• Perks: Contributory pension scheme and life assurance, Staff discounts, exclusive holiday offers and free financial support and education

Job Description

As a Business Development Managerat Rexel, you willdrive profitable growth, gaining market share and creating future pipelineopportunities, within specific segment or product specialism.

This role is pivotal in driving sales, collaborating with branch based teams and creating an exceptional customer relationship and service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Roadmap: Use data driven insights and tools to create a plan to increase marketshare (within a defined geography/segment/specialist product group) identifying potentialand long-term growth opportunities through new offerings, markets, or revenue streams.
• Pipeline Management: Build and maintain a pipeline of customer partnerships
• Customer Partnerships: Create partnerships and strategic relationships with customer (brand/business) for long term future opportunity.
• Value Proposition Development: Create tailored solutions leveraging preferred suppliersto drive innovation and profitability.
• Pricing and Profitability: Govern regional pricing, margins, and contract profitability.
• Market Agility: Adapt strategies based on market and segment changes for long termfuture growth.
• Multichannel Growth: Promote multichannel adoption to innovate customer propositions.
• Customer Experience: Ensure exceptional customer experience and OTIF throughcollaboration with internal end to end experts to drive new business and successfulimplementation.
• Team Development: Upskill internal teams, ensuring clear account ownership and regularreviews to achieve growth targets.

Qualifications

At Rexel, we prioritise hiring individuals based on behaviours and potential, rather than requiring specific formal qualifications for roles, the behaviours that will set you up for success as a Business Development Managerinclude:

• COLLABORATION – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with othersto meet shared objectives
• HOLDS ACCOUNTABILTY – holds self and others accountable to meetcommitments
• CUSTOMER PARTNERSHIP – Creating new customer partnerships with multidimensional relationships for strategic insight for future opportunity
• DRIVES RESULTS - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• INFLUENCES-using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment ofothers
• BUILDS NETWORKS - Effectively building formal and informal relationshipnetworks inside and outside the organisation

What we are looking for:

• Commercial expertise (margin, P&L, cost to serve)
• Influencing and Negotiation skills
• Experience within a business development role with proven results.
• Able to make data driven decisions to drive strategic plans and growth opportunities.
• Strong stakeholder management experience with the ability to collaborate crossfunctionally.
• Proven sales experience with the ability to prospect, qualify and close new business.
• Extensive knowledge of sales processes and techniques.

Additional Information

At Rexel UK, we’re all about welcoming people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives because we know that diversity drives fresh ideas and great results.

By coming together as one team, we’re building a high-performance culture that not only drives success but also creates real value for our customers and communities.

Creating an environment where individuality is celebrated and creativity flourishes, we're making sure everyone feels supported and confident to be their best.