Strategic BD Manager – Networking, Events & Tenders (SE)

Hiring People; Crawley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Carnegie Group is seeking a proactive Business Development Manager to grow revenue across the South East from our Crawley office. This role focuses on relationship-building, networking, and coordinating tenders rather than hard selling.

You will support marketing activity and manage events and opportunities with a collaborative team. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, organised and commercially minded, with experience in construction, property or related sectors preferred but not essential,

Qualifications

• Proven ability to generate new business through networking and referrals.
• Experience with building relationships with clients, developers, architects and consultants.
• Comfort in leveraging LinkedIn for outreach and relationship development.

Responsibilities

• Generate new business through networking, referrals and targeted outreach.
• Build relationships with clients, developers, architects and consultants.
• Reconnect with previous customers and develop repeat business opportunities.
• Represent Carnegie Group at networking events, trade shows and industry functions.
• Organise and host business and client events.
• Manage and maintain the sales pipeline using Zoho CRM.
• Work with our marketing agency to showcase projects and maintain marketing materials.
• Coordinate the tender process and maintain the tender library.

Skills

Networking

Relationship building

CRM

LinkedIn

Tools

Zoho CRM

Job description

Carnegie Group is seeking a proactive Business Development Manager to grow revenue across the South East from our Crawley office. This role focuses on relationship-building, networking, and coordinating tenders rather than hard selling.

You will support marketing activity and manage events and opportunities with a collaborative team. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, organised and commercially minded, with experience in construction, property or related sectors preferred but not essential,