Business Development Manager - Regional Sales

Nationwide Platforms; Bishop's Waltham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading powered access rental provider in the UK seeks a Business Development Manager to manage a portfolio of accounts and identify new business opportunities. The role requires a proven track record in field sales, particularly within the construction rental sector, and strong relationship management and sales planning skills. You will work with a supportive operational team, enjoy competitive salary packages, and have valuable career progression opportunities within the organization.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Quarterly bonus (OTE 30% of salary)

Car allowance or company car

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record of field sales in the construction rental/hire sector.
• Structured approach to territory sales planning, customer management and managing a sales pipeline via a CRM.
• Skilled in developing existing relationships and new business development.

Responsibilities

• Work with a portfolio of accounts, identifying opportunities to sell powered access machines.
• Nurture and close opportunities for new business with lapsed accounts.
• Support customer needs by building strong internal relationships with operational teams.

Skills

Field sales in the construction rental sector

Customer management

Cold calling

Relationship building

Structured sales planning

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Business Development Manager - Regional Sales

Competitive salary + quarterly bonus (OTE 30% of salary) + car or £6,000 car allowance

You’ll work with a portfolio of accounts that hire powered access machines, identifying opportunities to sell our market leading fleet of machines and value‑add services to maximise our share of wallet. You’ll also identify, nurture and close opportunities for new business with lapsed accounts and new logo customers.

You’ll have the support of industry‑leading operational resources, with regular investment in high‑quality machines and people.

As the market leader, we can offer progression opportunities to move into key accounts, strategic accounts and beyond to sales management. Many of our senior management team started out as individual contributors with us.

About you

• A proven track record of field sales in the construction rental / hire sector.
• A structured approach to territory sales planning, customer management and managing a sales pipeline via a CRM.
• Skilled in developing existing relationships and new business development (i.e. cold calling).
• Able to build strong internal relationships with operational teams to support customer needs.

Computer literate in MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint.

Part of the Loxam Group, Nationwide Platforms is the UK’s leading specialist provider of Powered Access rental equipment, with the largest and broadest fleet, local depots spread across the country and vast experience partnering with companies in a variety of sectors including Construction, Warehouse & Distribution, Aviation, Facilities Management, Industrial Services, Telecoms and Media. Our customers can depend on us to provide the right solution to support their every working‑at‑height need.

At Nationwide Platforms, safety is absolutely our priority. Our award‑winning BlueSky Solutions and Training division offers customers access to the latest and safest ways to work. Through long‑standing partnerships with our manufacturers, we always provide equipment that leads the way to a safer industry. Some of our innovations include award‑winning secondary guarding systems and Harness ON™, a range of pioneering Material Handling Attachments (MHAs), and the SkySentry™ control and monitoring system.

With an established workforce that supports an inclusive and diverse organisation, we are deeply committed to equal opportunities for our existing and prospective employees and recognise that our people are our greatest asset.