Business Development Manager

About Our Opportunity
Our Business Development Managers are key members of our commercial team. Not only do they source and buy the material into EMR. They also sell and promote the services that EMR provide. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has a passion for generating new business and growing the business through the retention of EMR's customers. This is a practical, hands-on role requiring regular face-to-face engagement with customers and direct involvement with customers and their materials,
What You Will Be Doing

​Growing the business and identifying new opportunities in advance of the competition.
Developing in depth knowledge of the materials EMR trade, our processes and the wider industry, as well as learning how to support the needs of our suppliers
Generating new business and achieve financial growth
Build, maintain and manage supplier relationships and keep up good communications
Negotiate contracts, improve prices and terms of business with suppliers and review opportunities to make business savings utilising negotiation and procurement best practice tools and methods
Provide support to other Commercial buyers maintaining and gaining new business.
Purchase material, in line with specified cost, quality and delivery targets
Develop/Manage accounts on CRM. Reporting and monitoring through the CRM App to drive daily/weekly targets.
Act as an interface between suppliers and other relevant departments on purchasing processes and new projects and activities
Work closely with others in the procurement function and review opportunities for continuous improvement and business improvements
Support the overall buying & selling strategy of the group.

About You

You will have a strong track record of developing and delivering new business
Your track record demonstrates that you are confident in winning/ retaining new business
You have a strong track record of achievement in business Development/ Sales within your industry
You will be an entrepreneurial self-starter who is open-minded and enthusiastic
You will have excellent communication skills dealing with customers
You will have the passion to drive success: has a can do attitude to pursuing goals and seizes opportunities
You will be a Strategic thinker: able to develop strategies and plans to achieve strategic outcomes.
You will hold a UK driving licence and able to travel and spend nights away from home