Business Development Executive

West Lynn
2 weeks ago
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BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
Do you want a fun and rewarding role within a creative design-led market?
My client is a growing interior landscape company with a passion for innovation and trends in plants. Their success is based on a dedicated commitment to customer service which is second to none as I have been one of their customers in a former life and our passion for innovation.
I am helping them find a Business Development Executive to help them grow the business by developing new relationships with prospective customers. They work with facilities managers, architects, surveyors, interior designers; and end-users in the hospitality, finance, legal and pharmaceutical sectors.
They are currently finding that successful businesses are putting a significant importance on wellbeing in the workplace and our product is in strong demand as a result –as a company want to capitalize on this current trend and experience significant growth as a result. Sustainability, too, is of significant concern to businesses today which, again, has caused significant demand for our product.
The ideal candidate for this role will have the ability to work on their own initiative, have experience in a B2B sales or marketing role (preferably in construction), experience with telesales and to be prepared for long sales cycles is cricual for this role. You will need to have good telephone skills, be self-motivating and have a dedicated, persistent approach to work.
The responsibilities in this role will be primarily the pursuit of potential customers by telemarketing from purchased construction industry leads and exisiting database; and networking in person and online. It will also include the more trivial aspects of business development such as lead research (from local press, trade mags, construction Leads), appointment setting and database management. Initially, this will not involve field sales appointments with customers as product-related sales asap

  • Strong commission structure
  • Paid time off and holidays.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth

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