Business Development Manager - Regional Sales

Nationwide Platforms; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of rental equipment in the UK is seeking a Business Development Manager focused on regional sales. The role involves managing a portfolio of accounts, identifying new business opportunities, and nurturing existing relationships. Ideal candidates will have a proven field sales background in the construction sector and effective customer management skills. The position offers a competitive salary, a quarterly bonus, and promising career progression opportunities in a supportive workplace.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Quarterly bonus (OTE 30%)

Car allowance or company car

Qualifications

• Proven track record in field sales within construction rental/hire sector.
• Ability to develop existing relationships and pursue new business.
• Structured approach to managing a sales pipeline via CRM.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of accounts hiring powered access machines.
• Identify and close opportunities for new business.
• Support customer needs through strong internal relationships.

Skills

Field sales experience in construction rental/hire

Territory sales planning

Customer management

Verbal and written communication skills

Relationship building

Computer literate in MS Excel, Word & 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 in order to support customer needs.
• Computer literate in MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint.

Part of the Loxam Group, Nationwide Platforms are the UK's leading specialist provider of Powered Access rental equipment, with the largest and broadest fleet, local depots spread across the country and our wealth of 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, your safety is absolutely our priority. Our award winning BlueSky Solutions and Training division offer our customers access to the latest and safest ways to work and through long standing partnerships with our manufacturers, we will always provide equipment that will lead the way to a safer industry. Some of our innovations include the 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 which 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.