Business Development Manager- Midlands

Business Development Manager - Midlands

Due to expansion, a very highly respected risk management and fraud investigation company are looking to recruit a Business Development Manager in the Midlands

You will be a confident, personable graduate (law or accountancy). Previous sales experience is essential.

The Business Development Manager role is very diverse, and there is a great opportunity for those who are dedicated and hardworking. The role will involve visiting potential and existing clients (from the financial, insolvency & legal sectors) across the geographical areas below.

Nottingham

Derby

Stoke-on-Trent

Telford

Coventry

Birmingham

Worcester

Bristol

Cardiff

Due to access to confidential information, all employees are security screened before employment/ during the probationary period.

This role requires committed personnel who are prepared to go above and beyond and who are not merely looking for a 9 5 role, as customer service is paramount.

Duties will include (but not limited to):-

• Visiting potential and existing clients.
• Building client relationships.
• Actively promoting our services within your geographical area.
• Setting up projects (electronically and hard copy as required) and ensuring correct procedures are followed and appropriate documentation is sent to clients and suppliers.
• Ensuring documents are returned completed promptly.
• Responding to and resolving any client sales issues.
• Updating internal records, including spreadsheets and CRM systems.
• Ensuring overall target sales of the business are achieved in a set time frame.
• Sales/profit targets will continually increase as directed by your Director Line Manager.
• Taking ownership/responsibility of issues in a forward-thinking manner.
• Liaising with clients both verbally and in writing professionally.
• All communications with clients must be confirmed by email the same day as the communication.
• Be able to prioritise workload.
• Attending functions.
• Overnight hotel stays from time to time to accommodate functions/meetings.
• To assist our Compliance Manager with maintaining records for audits of our ISO27001 systems.
• Ensuring all relevant documentation/correspondence is electronically filed in the relevant folders.
• Completing weekly meetings report for the forthcoming week’s meetings to include company/contact details and reason for meeting.
• You are required to provide weekly written sales updates on a Friday to your Director Line Manager on the week’s sales activities and a monthly report by the 2nd of the month to provide the previous month's prospective sales and actual sales for the company.
• Ensuring all management systems, legislation, policies and procedures currently in place or introduced later) including our ISO 27001 (Information Security Management System) and GDPR, are adhered to.
• Be proactive in implementing improvements to current working systems.
• Expense budget & objectives