At 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
1. Manage and grow sales
within defined sectors
2. Identify and develop new
business opportunities through proactive prospecting, networking and
relationship building
3. Support and motivate
sales development to drive revenue growth
4. Follow up on leads
generated by marketing and lead generation teams
5. Develop and manage
effective contact networks and strategic partnerships
6. Work closely with
internal teams, including Estimating and Account Management, to ensure
timely responses and client satisfaction
7. Accurately forecast and
report on sales performance
8. Maintain CRM records,
update dashboards and contribute to performance reports
9. Maintain a positive,
professional approach when dealing with clients and colleagues
10. Offer product and
service expertise, confidently addressing customer queries
Requirements
What We're Looking For
11. Strong B2B sales
background, ideally with experience across multiple product or service
lines
12. Proven experience in
account management and growing client relationships
13. Excellent communication
skills – written, verbal, and face -to -face
14. High level of
professionalism with the ability to influence and negotiate at all levels
15. Comfortable using CRM
systems and MS Office applications
16. Organised,
detail -oriented and able to manage multiple priorities
17. A collaborative,
team -first mindset with a proactive attitude
18. Comfortable
communicating to all levels and be flexible enough for client entertainment
outside of working hours
19. This is a role that requires nationwide travel, therefore a driving license is required.
Essential Experience
20. Minimum 3 years in sales
roles
21. Minimum 1 year in
account management
22. Experience working with
multiple stakeholders
23. Demonstrated success in
cross -selling or multi -product environments
24. 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
25. Company pension scheme
26. NHS healthcare cash plan
27. Death in service benefit
28. Employee discount scheme
29. Supportive,
high -performance team environment with career development opportunities
30. Competitive Bonus