Business Development Manager Industrial

Jonathan Lee Recruitment Ltd; Stourbridge; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Business Development Manager for a manufacturing company in Stourbridge. The role involves identifying new business opportunities, collaborating with internal teams, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. Ideally located in the West Midlands, this position offers a competitive salary and hybrid work options. The ideal candidate will have manufacturing experience, strong sales abilities, and excellent communication skills. This role is perfect for someone looking to further their career in business development.

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercially focused BD role.
• Ability to think critically and creatively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in negotiating and influencing.

Responsibilities

• Identify and deliver new business opportunities.
• Work with internal teams for new business generation.
• Ensure new work aligns with strategic goals.
• Support negotiations for new sales.
• Manage and use internal CRM systems.

Skills

Sales experience in manufacturing

Critical thinking

Strong communication

Planning and organizational skills

Relationship building

Job description

Business Development Manager

Supporting a firmly established SME manufacturing company focused on the supply of metal-based components across a range of sectors, we are seeking a new BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, who is considered a true 'hunter' and experienced in open doors on a solution sales basis. Ideally based in the West Midlands due to the positioning of the manufacturing organisation - but open to a hybrid working consideration, you should have existing experience of selling manufactured components and has success in new customer delivery. The Business Development Manager role will be targeted on growth of sales and is supported by a very good basic salary level as well as car and high bonus structure.

Responsibilities

• Identify and deliver new business opportunities through existing client and sector knowledge, networking and other channels to achieve agreed targets.
• Work with existing internal teams to support current and future new business generation demands.
• Ensure that all new work fits within the strategic goals and capabilities and is at the right complexity and margin levels.
• Support the successful and accurate negotiation and winning of new sales.
• Work closely with the engineering and operational teams across the Group to ensure accurate business project development success and delivery.
• Manage and use internal CRM and sales/estimation systems.
• Liaise and attend meetings with other company functions necessary to perform duties and aid business and organisational development.

Qualifications

• Experience in a relating commercially/manufacturing focused BD role.
• Ability to think critically and creatively to identify prospective sales opportunities.
• Sales experience with a drive to target and secure new business.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including preparation of executive summary reports and presentations.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Experience at building relationships, negotiating and influencing.
• Ability to accurately report on sales pipeline.
• To be able to travel as required.

This is an ideal position for an experienced, successful and 'manufacturing aware' Business Development Manager to support this existing Company to grow further.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.

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