Business Development Manager - Regional Sales

Nationwide Platforms; Grays; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car or car allowance

Job summary

Nationwide Platforms, the UK's leading powered access specialist, is looking for a Business Development Manager to cover the Essex region. You will drive sales of our fleet and value-added services, develop new logos and nurture lapsed accounts, with support from top-tier resources and a clear career path.

The role offers a competitive salary plus an OTE of 30% and a car or £6,000 car allowance, with permanent full-time employment and opportunities for progression into key accounts and sales

Qualifications

• Proven track record of field sales in the construction rental/hire sector.
• Structured territory sales planning and customer management with a CRM.
• Experience in developing existing relationships and new business via cold calls.
• Ability to build strong internal relationships with operations teams.
• Computer literate in MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Sell powered access equipment and services to existing and new customers.
• Identify opportunities to maximise share of wallet and close new business.
• Collaborate with operations to support customer needs and service quality.

Skills

Field sales

Territory planning

New business development

CRM management

MS Office

Tools

CRM software

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

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.

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.

Business Development Manager - Regional Sales

Essex, Essex, United Kingdom

RM20 3ED

Competitive Salary Plus OTE of 30% and great benefits

Permanent - Full-time

Closing date: 07/10/2026

Job reference: JH1665090EssBDMRS