Festive Lighting BDM – UK Projects, Remote Day, OTE

Scarlet Selection; Woking; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel allowance

20 days annual leave

Company pension

Job summary

Scarlet Selection is seeking a Creative Business Development Manager to drive sales of festive lighting across the UK, with a base in Surrey and one day a week working from home. You will cover the entire UK market, chasing new projects, managing bids, and negotiating contracts with local authorities and major shopping centres.

The role requires a minimum of two years in face-to-face lighting sales, a technical bias, and a proven ability to win projects.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of face-to-face selling experience in lighting or related products.
• Experience of winning projects with supermarkets, local authorities, councils, and shopping centres.
• Technical bias in lighting and ability to win projects.
• Willingness to travel across the UK for client meetings and visits.

Responsibilities

• Hunt for new projects and bid/tender for contracts with councils and local authorities.
• Develop and manage a sales pipeline; prepare tenders and negotiate terms.
• Sell a wide range of festive lighting solutions to local authorities, councils, lighting technicians, consultants and shopping centres.

Skills

Face-to-face selling

Lighting specification

Negotiation

Tendering

New business development

Job description

Scarlet Selection is seeking a Creative Business Development Manager to drive sales of festive lighting across the UK, with a base in Surrey and one day a week working from home. You will cover the entire UK market, chasing new projects, managing bids, and negotiating contracts with local authorities and major shopping centres.

The role requires a minimum of two years in face-to-face lighting sales, a technical bias, and a proven ability to win projects.