Business Development Manager / Sector Lead
NewBe an early applicantAt Johnsons 1871, we’re excited to offer a new opportunity for a
passionate and driven Business Development Manager to join our team.
We’re looking for someone who thrives on building relationships,
creating opportunities, and closing deals. If you’re commercially minded,
proactive, and motivated by results, you could be the perfect fit to help us
grow our wide range of services and solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and grow sales
within defined sectors
- Identify and develop new
business opportunities through proactive prospecting, networking and
relationship building
- Support and motivate
sales development to drive revenue growth
- Follow up on leads
generated by marketing and lead generation teams
- Develop and manage
effective contact networks and strategic partnerships
- Work closely with
internal teams, including Estimating and Account Management, to ensure
timely responses and client satisfaction
- Accurately forecast and
report on sales performance
- Maintain CRM records,
update dashboards and contribute to performance reports
- Maintain a positive,
professional approach when dealing with clients and colleagues
- Offer product and
service expertise, confidently addressing customer queries
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
- Strong B2B sales
background, ideally with experience across multiple product or service
lines
- Proven experience in
account management and growing client relationships
- Excellent communication
skills – written, verbal, and face-to-face
- High level of
professionalism with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels
- Comfortable using CRM
systems and MS Office applications
- Organised,
detail-oriented and able to manage multiple priorities
- A collaborative,
team-first mindset with a proactive attitude
- Comfortable
communicating to all levels and be flexible enough for client entertainment
outside of working hours
- This is a role that requires nationwide travel, therefore a driving license is required.
Essential Experience
- Minimum 3 years in sales
roles
- Minimum 1 year in
account management
- Experience working with
multiple stakeholders
- Demonstrated success in
cross-selling or multi-product environments
- Driving License Required
Equal Opportunity Statement:
All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other status protected by law.
We have a long heritage of being an inclusive employer which provides training and development in a positive learning environment.
Benefits
What We Offer
- Company pension scheme
- NHS healthcare cash plan
- Death in service benefit
- Employee discount scheme
- Supportive,
high-performance team environment with career development opportunities
- Competitive Bonus