Business Development Manager
Darwen / permanent / £40,000 Per annum
Business Development Manager
£40,000
Darwen
We're looking for a Business Development Manager to work in an established sales team selling Fire Detection and Security Systems.
Responsibilities:
Requirements:
£40,000
Darwen
We're looking for a Business Development Manager to work in an established sales team selling Fire Detection and Security Systems.
Responsibilities:
- Generate opportunities and survey, quote and close project sales opportunities amongst new and existing clients.
- Develop new clients and existing client base and key accounts, building strong relationships in a variety of sectors.
- Ensure quotations and proposals are technically accurate and commercially attractive.
- Acquire orders and achieve target sales volumes and margins from new business targets and identified existing accounts.
- Maintain regular contact with potential customers to identify business opportunities, building a strong sales pipeline.
- Survey sites to gather asset and site information to prepare maintenance quotations
- Prepare monthly reports and accurate forecasting
- Regularly update internal databases and systems, ensuring all data is stored in line with company policy
Requirements:
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and organisational skills
- FIA (or recognised) training course on fire detection and alarm systems
- Structured sales training or demonstrable experience
- Proven experience in the fire and security industry in a customer facing, ideally technical role
- Knowledge of fire detection and alarm systems, EVCS, PAVA, suppression systems
- Good team player, flexible and able to work on own initiative.
- Empathetic and consistently demonstrates high integrity.
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to establish effective working relationships at all levels.
- Appreciates the importance of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Demonstrates a sense of urgency and good work ethic.
- Ability to work with competing deadlines and priorities.
- Resilient, not derailed by a setback and returns to a high level of performance quickly.
- Comfortable and competent with MS Office.
20 The Office Village,
North Road,
Loughborough,
LE11 1QJ 
