Yorkshire Robotics Hub Business Development Manager

University of Bradford; England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Pension through USS

Salary sacrifice schemes

Campus facilities

Campus nursery

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain supports a pioneering Innovate UK-funded initiative in Yorkshire, seeking a Business Development Manager to identify local manufacturers for robotics adoption and guide them from first contact to installation. The role centers on regional referrals, events, webinars and site visits that demonstrate automation in action.

Applicants should have a track record in business development or technical sales with manufacturers and a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in business development or technical sales with manufacturers, including SMEs.
• Experience working with authorities, growth hubs or trade bodies is desirable.
• Willingness to travel across Yorkshire and hold a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Find and qualify Yorkshire manufacturers with potential for robotics and automation.
• Advise businesses impartially from first contact to installation.
• Work with engineers and university specialists to produce costed, investment-ready business cases.
• Help businesses choose suppliers fairly and connect them with funding.
• Build referral relationships with regional bodies and industry networks.
• Deliver events, webinars and site visits that demonstrate automation in action.

Skills

Business development

Technical sales

Industrial robots

Presenting & influencing

Education

GCSE English and Maths

Job description

This Business Development Manager post sits within the Yorkshire Robotics Adoption Hub, a 42-month Innovate UK-funded programme led by the University of Bradford's Institute for Digital and Sustainable Futures. The role centres on finding Yorkshire manufacturers suited to robotics and advising them impartially from first contact to installation. Much of the work lies in regional referral partnerships and in events, webinars and site visits that show automation in action. Fit depends on business development or technical sales experience with manufacturers and a full UK driving licence.

What the job involves

• Find and qualify Yorkshire manufacturers with potential for robotics and automation
• Advise each business impartially from first contact to installation
• Work with engineers and university specialists to produce costed, investment-ready business cases
• Help businesses choose suppliers fairly and connect them with funding
• Build referral relationships with regional bodies, business support programmes and industry networks
• Deliver events, webinars and site visits that show automation in action

What’s required

Qualifications

• GCSE (or O level) English and Maths

Experience

• Proven track record in business development or technical sales with manufacturers, including SMEs
• Experience of working with combined authorities, growth hubs or trade bodies
• Experience of planning and delivering events and demonstrations

Skills & knowledge

• Working knowledge of industrial robots and cobots
• Confident presenter who can influence audiences from the shop floor to the boardroom

Checks & eligibility

• Full UK driving licence

Other

• Willingness to travel across Yorkshire

What’s offered

• 30 days holiday plus 13 statutory and customary days, taken at Easter and Christmas
• Family-friendly policies
• Campus facilities
• Employer contribution pension through the Universities Superannuation Scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Campus nursery