Business Development Manager - Defence Engineering Services

Segula Technologies; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering firm in Birmingham is seeking a Business Development Manager for Defence Engineering Services. The role focuses on winning new business and managing client relationships. The ideal candidate will have recruitment or engineering experience and a strong background in business development. This position offers competitive salary, bonuses, and a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Training available

Opportunity for travel within Europe and UK

Qualifications

• Experience in recruiting with a well-known customer network.
• Several years of engineering experience seeking new challenges.
• Track record in business development with established customer networks.

Responsibilities

• Win new business in defence engineering services.
• Develop and execute market strategies for customer needs.
• Build and maintain relationships with key decision-makers.
• Generate tailored sales pitches and proposals.
• Manage the sales cycle including CRM and reporting.

Skills

Recruitment experience

Engineering experience

Business development knowledge

Client relationship management

Excellent communication skills

Job description

Overview

SEGULA Technologies is a global engineering group dedicated to enhancing the competitiveness of major industrial sectors: automotive, aerospace, energy, rail, naval, pharmaceuticals, and petrochemicals. With a presence in 30 countries and over 140 locations worldwide, SEGULA builds close partnerships with clients through the expertise of its 15,000 employees. As a leading engineering firm with innovation at the core of its strategy, SEGULA Technologies undertakes large-scale projects, from initial studies through to industrialization and production.

Job Title

Business Development Manager – Defence Engineering Services

Location: Office 1 day per week, customer sites and home/remote

Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

Type: Full-Time | Permanent

Industry: Engineering & Technical Staffing

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for winning new business across time and materials ‘staffing’, service centre and work packages in the defence business sector.

You will build a strategy for developing and winning new business where you’re responsible for the P&L, both revenue and margin. This requires clear understanding of the full sales cycle:

• Understand the market and customer needs, building and executing a strategy.
• Use direct sales, marketing and thought leadership to build curiosity and drive lead generation.
• Client Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key decision-makers within client organisations. Understand client needs, business challenges.
• Generate a compelling sales pitch and value proposition tailored to customer needs.
• Work all levels of the account from engineering manager to director.
• Write proposals and responses to RFQs that support your excellent customer knowledge and confirm Segula are the supplier of choice.
• In doing so you win business to exceed your targets both in revenue and margin.
• You will manage the sales cycle including CRM management and status reporting.
• You will maintain excellent customer relations following up on projects to ensure high satisfaction and ensuring repeat business.

Qualifications

This is an opportunity to grow an existing commercial career or take a step from a technical or recruitment role into the commercial side of the industry. You may have:

• Recruitment experience with a well known customer network.
• A number of years of engineering experience and be looking for a new challenge.
• Have an existing career in business development with an existing network of customers.

Additional Information

You will:

• Be self-starter with a can-do attitude, paired with an energetic and enthusiastic approach.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Be well structured and organised.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced international environment.
• Have a valid driving licence and ability to travel within Europe and within the UK.

Aptitude and attitude are key for this position and training will be available.