This is an exciting new role for a driven, new business hunter to join an employee-centric telecommunications company based just off the M5 in Bristol. Our client is a small, but innovative company with exciting growth plans and they are now looking to expand their sales team by recruiting a field-based Business Development Manager to expand their territory across the South West.
Their wealth of experience in the telecoms market means that they can help businesses deploy the right communications solutions – at the right price.
Some of the services they offer are:
· Business mobile
· Hosted VoIP
· Business broadband
· Mobile broadband
· Unified communications
· MDM solutions
· Disaster recovery
· M2M solutions
· Marketing platforms
They sell mobile technology, that includes 5G. They have 6000 connections potentially using 3G, 4G, 5G and any other form of data access. They are a MSP (managed service provider) and they manage this via Mobile Devise Management and strict controls.
They have some of the best numbers in the industry:
· 97% customer retention
· 98% customer service satisfaction
The successful Business Development Manager will:
· Be a new business hunter who has a proven track record of being able to create new opportunities and winning contracts with c-suite executives
· Be experienced in conducting business-like mtgs
· Possess B2B sales experience within the telecoms industry and ideally have an understanding of mobile/broadband/unified communications too
· Be driven and self-motivated
· Have experience of and a proven track record in achieving/exceeding targets
· Be very good at networking with decision makers on social media; primarily Linkedin
· Be great at asking open, discovery questions to gain relevant information in order to create opportunities
· Be happy to self-generate leads with some support from the internal Lead Generator
· Be IT literate and happy using a CRM system
Location: The successful candidate will cover a territory approximately within 40-50 miles of the Bristol office. They will have an office presence as and when required i.e. for sales meetings, training etc.
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am until 5:30pm
Salary: £30k - £40k depending on level of experience, plus uncapped commission, OTE double the basic salary.
Commission: Paid monthly at the end of each process.
Targets/KPIs: Our client will ask the successful candidate to suggest their own targets/KPIs depending on what they are trying to achieve in terms of OTE earnings.
Training: will be provided (company and manufactuor training).
Reporting to: Head of Sales.
Company Benefits: mobile phone, laptop/tablet, car allowance (to be discussed with the successful candidate), free onsite parking, working for a company that truly values its employees and appreciates that family comes first, it’s the sort of company where the MD will sit and have a coffee with you, free onsite facilities, 20 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays which increases with tenure, company pension contributions after 3 months
Current Team Set-Up: They currently have 4 BDMs on board, with 1 vacancy.
Start Date: asap for the right candidate.