Willmott Dixon are currently recruiting for an Assistant Business Development Manager within our London & East construction business. With offices in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, and Chelmsford (Essex), we deliver projects across multiple sectors within north London, the northern home counties and East Anglia. This will be a hybrid role.
We are looking for a self-starter to join our small, but dynamic and well-established business development team. The role has been specially created due to our growth aspirations and needs a fresh personality to make it their own.
This role may be suitable for a recent marketing graduate / student who has gained some work experience from a work placement or internship and has a good understanding of marketing concepts and how they can relate to a business development role.
Equally, you may have transferable skills from another industry or could be looking for your next challenge and opportunity in the Construction industry - this position is open to anyone made of the right stuff.
All we ask is that you are a confident communicator who enjoys meeting new people and can help build long-term strategic relationships in an ever-changing environment whilst having fun along the way.
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Regional Head of Business Development, you will:
• Play a significant part in executing our business development strategy.
• Manage our Dynamics D365 database and generate relevant reports.
• Undertake targeted customer research and monitor opportunity sources / portals to generate new leads.
• Support and develop the Capture Planning process within the team.
• Be involved in focused marketing campaigns to support BD activities.
• Help organise and attend business development and networking events.
• Be a Willmott Dixon brand ambassador internally and externally.
• Integrate the BD strategy with all other departments within the business.
• Support our submission and pre-construction teams during PQQ and tender stages.
• Create and maintain a professional and long-lasting network of contacts.
• Develop a strong and informed pipeline of opportunities with these contacts.
• Over time build strategic customer relationships that lead to repeat business.
Willmott Dixon is a family run, reputation-based company that is focused on our customers and building in a sustainable, responsible, and different way. If you think you are made of the right stuff, please get in touch.
Skills and competencies:
• Highly motivated, hardworking, willing to roll up your sleeves.
• Excellent communication abilities in all forms.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.
• Confident in building relationships and networking.
• Strategic thinker, strong collaborator.
• Ability to quickly learn and communicate the latest ‘hot’ topics.
• Can adapt and flex to changing market needs and situations.
• Enjoys working to a deadline and multi-tasking.
• Takes pride in what you do and cares about how you do it.
• Capable of making informed decisions based on facts, data and listening.
• Likes winning, hates losing, learns from mistakes.
Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working. We are a disability confident employer.
Benefits: In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full / heavily discounted private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.