Business Development Representative

Downey Osborne; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote working – 1 office day every 14

Flexible working arrangements

Generous annual leave

Company benefits package

Job summary

Downey Osborne is assisting a trusted client in appointing a Business Development Representative to join their growing team. We are seeking candidates with recruitment or sales experience who can identify and engage new clients, build relationships and generate opportunities through a mix of phone, email and online channels.

The role offers a realistic first-year bonus and hybrid working with one office day every fortnight.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment, sales, business development or a similar role
• Confident speaking to new people
• Enjoys building relationships
• Commercially minded and motivated by results
• Organised and pays attention to detail
• Comfortable working towards targets
• Ambitious and keen to progress

Responsibilities

• Identify and engage with prospective clients
• Build and develop new business relationships
• Use a combination of phone, email and online channels to generate opportunities
• Research potential clients and understand their needs
• Qualify opportunities and work closely with the wider team
• Maintain accurate records and activity
• Work towards agreed targets and objectives
• Pick up the phone and start conversations with new people
• Research businesses and identify potential opportunities
• Try different approaches to improve results
• Work closely with colleagues to develop new opportunities
• Get creative with your approach
• Try something that doesn't quite work and have another go
• Celebrate a particularly good month
• Be expected to sit around waiting for opportunities to appear

Skills

Recruitment experience

Sales experience

Business development

Relationship building

Job description

A trusted client has asked us to support them with the appointment of a Business Development Representative to join their growing team.

We're particularly interested in hearing from people with recruitment experience, as many of the skills developed in recruitment can transfer really well into this position. If you are in agency recruitment, but don't see yourself building a career there, this is an opportunity to move into another competitive career path in the Sales and Marketing space.

You'll be joining a supportive team with plenty of scope to develop your skills, build your career and increase your earning potential.

• £10,000 - £15,000 first year bonus opportunity
• Remote working – 1 office day every fortnight.
• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous annual leave
• Company benefits package

About You

We're looking for someone who:

• Has experience in recruitment, sales, business development or a similar role
• Is confident speaking to new people
• Enjoys building relationships
• Is commercially minded and motivated by results
• Is organised and pays attention to detail
• Is comfortable working towards targets
• Is ambitious and keen to progress

About Your New Role

Always

• Identify and engage with prospective clients
• Build and develop new business relationships
• Use a combination of phone, email and online channels to generate opportunities
• Research potential clients and understand their needs
• Qualify opportunities and work closely with the wider team
• Maintain accurate records and activity
• Work towards agreed targets and objectives

Often

• Pick up the phone and start conversations with new people
• Research businesses and identify potential opportunities
• Try different approaches to improve results
• Work closely with colleagues to develop new opportunities

Occasionally

• Get creative with your approach
• Try something that doesn't quite work and have another go
• Celebrate a particularly good month

Never

• Be expected to sit around waiting for opportunities to appear