We are currently looking for a Business Development Manager (BDM) to cover the Northwest of England and M62 Corridor.
As the BDM, you are specifically accountable for delivering sales and margin growth for your customer base. The successful candidate will be responsible for building and maintaining strong customer relationships within their targeted territory.
Responsibilities:
* Confident in building sales strategies and tactics within your required territory
* Proven ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
* Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, suppliers, field-based trainers, and management.
* Effectively analyse business intelligence software
* Maintain & develop business through our current customer base.
* Establish and gain new business opportunities.
To be successful in this role:
The successful candidate must have a customer focused approach with excellent selling skills, combined with the ability to communicate to all customer groups building strong relationships across the region.
* Dynamic and performance-oriented individual with strong negotiation and selling skills.
* Commercial awareness and good knowledge of competitor activity and market conditions is a must.
* Extensive experience with customer account management
* Previous experience delivering sales and margin growth within a business-to-business environment.
* Previous experience working within the parts sector of the UK Automotive Aftermarket (Essential)
* Experience at developing existing business and attracting new business.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Competent IT Skills (Main uses Microsoft Office, Internal B.I & reporting systems)
* Strong training and presentation skills
* Work well under pressure towards deadlines.
In return we will offer you:
* An opportunity to join a global brand and market leader.
* Competitive salary and excellent bonus potential
* Exclusive discounts and cashback from 1000s of major retailers and grocers via the AAG Benefits
* Staff discounts on car parts
* Structured career paths and bespoke training
* A great team environment & friendly approachable management
Other Details:
* Company Car
* Laptop
* Mobile Phone