Business Development Manager

Luck & Leverage; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Luck & Leverage, a global engineering and technical staffing firm, is hiring its first dedicated business development hire for its US mining contract division in Houston. You will win new contract staffing clients across mining and related heavy industry and restart inactive accounts, then run first meetings, qualify roles, negotiate rates and margins, and hand briefs to recruiters.

Close larger deals with the support of the Director of Mining, who you report to, through a structured four-stage

Qualifications

• 1–4 years in staffing or recruitment business development, or in sales to mining or industrial companies.
• Experience in oil and gas, energy, construction, EPC, industrials or mining.
• Comfort with prospecting, cold outreach and running regular client meetings.

Responsibilities

• Win new contract staffing clients across US mining and related heavy industry.
• Restart signed but inactive accounts, and grow single-contractor clients into larger programs.
• Run first meetings, qualify roles, negotiate rates and margins, and hand briefs to the recruiters.
• Close larger deals with the support of the Director of Mining, who you report to.

Skills

Staffing/Recruitment BD

Mining/Industrial sales

Prospecting/Cold outreach

Job description

Business Development Manager, Mining Contract Staffing Solutions

A global engineering and technical staffing firm is hiring its first dedicated business development hire for its US mining contract division.

What's already in place

• About 25 active mining client contracts, plus signed clients that are not yet active


• A list of about 450 target US mining companies


• An account manager, 2 account coordinators and 3 recruiters, with a 70–80% average fill rate


• Contracts typically run 2+ years

What you'll do

• Win new contract staffing clients across US mining and related heavy industry


• Restart signed but inactive accounts, and grow single-contractor clients into larger programs


• Run first meetings, qualify roles, negotiate rates and margins, and hand briefs to the recruiters


• Close larger deals with the support of the Director of Mining, who you report to

What you'll bring

• 1–4 years in staffing or recruitment business development, or in sales to mining or industrial companies


• Experience in oil and gas, energy, construction, EPC, industrials or mining


• Comfort with prospecting, cold outreach and running regular client meetings

Nice to have

• A 360 recruiter who now wants to focus on business development


• An understanding of contract margins, mark-ups and day rates, or a clear willingness to learn them

Package

• Base salary plus (+20% on your current base), uncapped monthly commission on contract gross profit running over 2 years on accounts that typically need 20+ hires/year.


• Commission for cross selling direct hire roles and bonuses for new clients


• Full US benefits

Process

4 stages: an initial Teams interview, an assessment, a second interview, and a 12-month business plan presentation.