Business Development Manager - Liquid Waste

Biffa; Wednesbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading waste management company in the UK is seeking a Business Development Manager to drive growth in their National Bulk Liquid services. The successful candidate will identify new business opportunities and manage a pipeline while collaborating with internal teams. Essential qualifications include experience in developing new business services and a solid understanding of the waste sector. The role offers ongoing career development, a competitive salary, and hybrid working conditions.

Benefits

Ongoing career development

Company Car

Competitive salary + OTE

Generous pension scheme

Retail and leisure discounts

Holiday and travel discounts

Life cover

Qualifications

• Experience of successfully developing, managing and implementing new business services.
• General knowledge of the waste sector.
• Ability to work in partnership with internal departments and customers.

Responsibilities

• Identifying and managing new business opportunities in bulk liquids.
• Selling profitable new business to achieve new business targets.
• Managing a detailed new business pipeline.
• Producing reporting to provide visibility of current and forecasted activity.
• Collaborating with the General Manager tankers.
• Maintaining data within the business CRM platform.
• Liaising with other commercial functions.

Skills

Business development

Commercial knowledge of the waste sector

Sales skills

Job description

Driving growth and shaping the future of our National Bulk Liquid services, join Biffa as a Business Development Manager.

Monday to Friday (Hybrid)

A quick look at the role

The Business Development Manager is accountable for identifying and driving new business for the National Bulk Liquid offering within Specialist Services division.

The position explores the potential market with direct customers to collect and transport their waste liquid volumes by maximising the utilisation of our national road tanker fleet.

The post holder is expected to bring a strong commercial knowledge of the waste sector, with general experience obtained within either the Industrial & Commercial, Hazardous, Brokerage or Waste Tanker sectors. The role is an excellent opportunity to diversify and develop new knowledge and skills in a waste specialism. We will support and offer full training to the post holder for them to become the de facto commercial expert for the National Bulk Liquids business.

Your core responsibilities

• Exploring, identifying and managing new business opportunities in order to secure and grow the bulk liquids product.
• Proactively selling profitable new business in line with operating areas of strength, to achieve and exceed quarterly / annual new business targets.
• Developing and managing a detailed new business pipeline capable of providing a clear business forecast of expected volumes and over achieving on targeted new business sales revenues.
• Producing regular activity and pipeline reporting to give commercial and operational stakeholders visibility of current activity and forecast new activity.
• Working closely with the General Manager tankers to drive a growth strategy aligned with the needs of the business.
• Maintaining data within the business CRM platform, enabling it to be managed within the appropriate marketing campaigns.
• Liaising regularly with other commercial functions to share pipelines and best practice.
• Work alongside like-minded waste professionals in a brilliantly diverse environment built on transparency – not bureaucracy.

Our essential requirements

• Experience of successfully developing, managing and implementing new business services.
• General knowledge of the waste sector.
• Ability to work in partnership with internal departments, (potential) customers and other organisations.

And here’s why you’ll love it at Biffa.

• Ongoing career development, training and coaching – Because if you don’t grow, we don’t grow.
• Company Car.
• Competitive salary + OTE.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Retail and leisure discounts.
• Holiday and travel discounts.
• Life cover.

Changing the way people

Changing the way people think about waste.

At Biffa, we love working with waste. Whether we’re turning it into sustainable power, finding new ways to recycle it or simply keeping it off the streets, we believe every day is an opportunity to improve the lives of millions. It’s a view that’s shared by our 11,500+ people around the country, who trust us to provide them with a career that’s always rewarding, often challenging, but never dull. And it’s why we’re the UK’s No. 1 choice for business waste management.