National Business Development Manager (Contracts & Installers Sector)

REXEL; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car Scheme

Bonuses (Quarterly & Annual)

Pension Scheme & Life Assurance

33 days annual leave including bank-h’

Enhanced parental leave

Private Medical Insurance

Job summary

Rexel, a global leader in electrical wholesale, is seeking a National Business Development Manager within the Contracts & Installers sector to drive profitable growth, gain market share and create future pipeline opportunities across branches.

You will build existing customer partnerships and forge new business opportunities, using data-driven insights to shape strategic roadmaps and collaborate with branch teams to deliver outstanding service and value.

Qualifications

• Commercial expertise (margin, P&L, cost to serve)
• Influencing and negotiation skills
• Experience in business development role with proven results, ideally from a Facilities Management background
• Able to make data driven decisions to drive strategic plans and growth opportunities.
• Strong stakeholder management experience with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally
• Proven sales experience with the ability to prospect, qualify and close new business
• Extensive knowledge of sales processes and techniques

Responsibilities

• Strategic Roadmap: Use data driven insights to increase market share and identify growth opportunities.
• Pipeline Management: Build and maintain a pipeline of customer partnerships.
• Customer Partnerships: Create partnerships and strategic relationships for long-term opportunities.
• Value Proposition Development: Create tailored solutions leveraging suppliers to drive profitability.
• Pricing and Profitability: Govern regional pricing, margins and contract profitability.
• Market Agility: Adapt strategies based on market changes for long-term growth.
• Multichannel Growth: Promote multichannel adoption to innovate customer propositions.
• Customer Experience: Ensure exceptional customer experience and OTIF through collaboration with internal teams.
• Team Development: Upskill internal teams and establish clear account ownership with regular reviews.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Sales prospecting

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Are you an experienced sales and business development professional looking to drive profitable growth, gain market share and create future pipelineopportunities within the Contracts & Installers sector.

We are looking for professional, ambitious and motivated sales professionals who can build existingcustomer partnerships and create and forge new business opportunities.

As a global leader in electrical wholesale, Rexel distributes advanced electrical and energy-efficient products worldwide. We deliver smart, sustainable solutions engineered to enhance comfort, safety, and security across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors.

This role is working within ourNational Accounts Teamto drive new business into our branches and cement long term value added partnerships across theContracts & Installers sector.

The Benefits of a Career with Rexel:

• Company Car Scheme
• Quarterly & Annual Bonuses: Performance Related Bonus Scheme
• Pension Scheme & Life Assurance
• Time Off: 33 days annual leave(including bank holidays, increasing throughout the years too!)
  • You can also buy and sell holiday each year
  • Enhanced parental leave
• Support & Development: Extensive learning opportunities from day one.
• Health & Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance/Free virtual GP service, Healthy Mind Champions, and more!
• Perks: Contributory pension scheme and life assurance, Staff discounts, exclusive holiday offers and free financial support and education

As a NationalBusiness Development Managerat Rexel, you willdrive profitable growth, gaining market share and creating future pipelineopportunities.

This role is pivotal in driving sales, collaborating with branch based teams and creating an exceptional customer relationship and service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Roadmap: Use data driven insights and tools to create a plan to increase marketshare (within a defined geography/segment/specialist product group) identifying potentialand long-term growth opportunities through new offerings, markets, or revenue streams.
• Pipeline Management: Build and maintain a pipeline of customer partnerships
• Customer Partnerships: Create partnerships and strategic relationships with customer (brand/business) for long term future opportunity.
• Value Proposition Development: Create tailored solutions leveraging preferred suppliersto drive innovation and profitability.
• Pricing and Profitability: Govern regional pricing, margins, and contract profitability.
• Market Agility: Adapt strategies based on market and segment changes for long termfuture growth.
• Multichannel Growth: Promote multichannel adoption to innovate customer propositions.
• Customer Experience: Ensure exceptional customer experience and OTIF throughcollaboration with internal end to end experts to drive new business and successfulimplementation.
• Team Development: Upskill internal teams, ensuring clear account ownership and regularreviews to achieve growth targets

At Rexel, we prioritise hiring individuals based on behaviours and potential, rather than requiring specific formal qualifications for roles, the behaviours that will set you up for success as a NationalBusiness Development Managerinclude:

• COLLABORATION– Building partnerships and working collaboratively with othersto meet shared objectives
• HOLDS ACCOUNTABILTY– holds self and others accountable to meetcommitments
• CUSTOMER PARTNERSHIP– Creating new customer partnerships with multidimensional relationships for strategic insight for future opportunity
• DRIVES RESULTS- Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
• INFLUENCES-using compelling arguments to gain the support and commitment ofothers
• BUILDS NETWORKS- Effectively building formal and informal relationshipnetworks inside and outside the organisation

What we are looking for:

• Commercial expertise (margin, P&L, Cost to serve)
• Influencing and Negotiation skills
• Experience within a business development role with proven results, ideally from a Facilities Management background
• Able to make data driven decisions to drive strategic plans and growth opportunities.
• Strong stakeholder management experience with the ability to collaborate crossfunctionally
• Proven sales experience with the ability to prospect, qualify and close new business
• Extensive knowledge of sales processes and techniques

At Rexel UK, we actively seek talent with different experiences, background and perspectives because we know that diversity drives fresh ideas and great results.

Working together as one team, we’re building a high-performance culture that not only drives success but also creates real value for our customers and communities.

Creating an environment where individuality is celebrated and creativity flourishes, we're making sure everyone feels supported and confident to be their best.