New Business & Acquisitions Manager

Bestway Retail; Oxford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

£5,500 car allowance per annum

Competitive uncapped bonus scheme

22 days holiday plus bank holidays

Holiday buy - up to 5 days

Company pension

Life Assurance

Social events

Colleague discount

Job summary

Bestway Retail is seeking a New Business & Acquisitions Manager to drive new accounts and sales by securing quality leads across our portfolio. The role rewards performance with strong bonus potential as you expand our customer base and implement the new business strategy in collaboration with internal teams.

You will build relationships with retailers, identify acquisition opportunities, and coordinate cross-functional efforts to ensure successful campaigns across identified sectors.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial understanding of Symbol Group industry including competitor activity and market trends.
• Ability to spot opportunities for growth and development.
• Attention to retailing standards and the ability to influence member compliance.
• Outstanding presenting and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and develop positive networking relationships with the wider field based Bestway Retail colleagues.
• Develop strong links with external industry contacts to drive activity and support for new business lead generation.
• Work cross-functionally with colleagues to ensure literature and presentations are in place and relevant for recruitment campaigns across identified retail sectors.
• Proactively network with existing Bestway Retail operators who have a desire to grow their store numbers.
• Approaching retailers to ascertain acquisition opportunities.

Job description

As a New Business & Acquisitions Manager, you will deliver the annually set number of New accounts and Sales from establishing and securing quality new business leads from across the Bestway Retail portfolio of brands. You will be target driven with the chance to increase your earnings as you increase your sales. Working in a team that supports creation and executes implementation of the new business strategy and liaising closely with other Bestway Retail functions to maximise productivity and the results generated from all newly recruited accounts.

About our Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• £5,500 car allowance per annum
• Competitive uncapped bonus scheme
• 22 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Holiday buy - up to 5 days
• Company pension
• Life Assurance
• Social events
• Colleague discount

Your main responsibilities

• Initiate and develop positive networking relationships with the wider field based Bestway Retail colleagues
• Developing strong links with external industry contacts, to drive activity and support for New business lead generation
• Working cross-functionally with colleagues, ensuring all required literature and presentations are in place and remain relevant, to enable the successful execution of planned Recruitment campaigns across identified retail sectors
• Proactively network with existing Bestway Retail operators who have a desire to grow their store numbers
• Approaching retailers to ascertain acquisition opportunities

About You

• Strong commercial understanding of Symbol Group industry including competitor market activity and market trends
• Ability to spot opportunities for growth and development
• A detailed eye for retailing standards and the ability to influence member compliance
• Outstanding presenting and influencing skills
• A confident, driven and enthusiastic self-starter
• A great problem solver with outstanding judgement
• Ability to prioritise and strike a balance between proactive and reactive
• Ability to build exceptional relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Outstanding organisational skills with requests made centrally responded to within deadlines and returned in full