£55000 - £60000 Per year
Business Manager
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Reporting directly to the Sales Director
- Assisting Sales Director with day to day tasks
- Seeking out new accounts and closing sales
- Develop and maintain long-term relationships with customers
- Lead periodic partner business reviews, both face-to-face and remote
- Manage escalations
- Collaborate with the sales team to reach prospective clients
- Negotiate and conclude deals with partners in conjunction with the Sales Director.
- Confident in liaising with and presenting to clients
- Good at writing project proposals
- Identify opportunities to grow business with existing and new clients
- Forecast and track client account metrics
- Operate as the point of contact for assigned clients
- Through active market knowledge, identify and develop opportunities; geographical, product gaps, solutions for customer problems etc.
- Produce and analyse data relating to said opportunities that will assist the management in monitoring company performance and anticipating customer requirements and market trends.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Have a dynamic and positive attitude to targets and objectives
- Be an effective communicator to internal and external customers.
- Project a professional image of oneself and the Company at all times.
- Be driven and motivated with the commercial acumen necessary to succeed
- Bachelor's degree in business or equivalent business experience
- Previous Business Development manager experience.
- Must be a, "Hunter" not a "Farmer".
- Experience with Business technical sales - preferably within the telecoms / power sector
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with all teams and at all levels, both internally and externally
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Experience in CRM software and MS Office, especially Excel.
- Proven ability to juggle multiple account management projects at a time, while maintaining sharp attention to detail.
- Excellent listening, negotiation and presentation abilities
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- A keen interest in technology
- Knowledge of optical fibre and cabinet Integration would be an advantage.
- Able to work alone and as part of a team
- You will be required to attend the office on a regular basis, especially in the early days, to learn the companies products and services and to interact with other members of the team.
- Ability to work from the office with travel as required.
Reference no: 98971