Business Development Manager - Midlands Due to expansion, a very highly respected risk management and fraud investigation company are looking to recruit a Business Development Manager in the Midlands You will be a confident, personable graduate (law or accountancy). Previous sales experience is essential. The Business Development Manager role is very diverse, and there is a great opportunity for those who are dedicated and hardworking. The role will involve visiting potential and existing clients (from the financial, insolvency & legal sectors) across the geographical areas below. Nottingham Derby Stoke-on-Trent Telford Coventry Birmingham Worcester Bristol Cardiff Due to access to confidential information, all employees are security screened before employment/ during the probationary period. This role requires committed personnel who are prepared to go above and beyond and who are not merely looking for a 9 5 role, as customer service is paramount. Duties will include (but not limited to):- * Visiting potential and existing clients. * Building client relationships. * Actively promoting our services within your geographical area. * Setting up projects (electronically and hard copy as required) and ensuring correct procedures are followed and appropriate documentation is sent to clients and suppliers. * Ensuring documents are returned completed promptly. * Responding to and resolving any client sales issues. * Updating internal records, including spreadsheets and CRM systems. * Ensuring overall target sales of the business are achieved in a set time frame. * Sales/profit targets will continually increase as directed by your Director Line Manager. * Taking ownership/responsibility of issues in a forward-thinking manner. * Liaising with clients both verbally and in writing professionally. * All communications with clients must be confirmed by email the same day as the communication. * Be able to prioritise workload. * Attending functions. * Overnight hotel stays from time to time to accommodate functions/meetings. * To assist our Compliance Manager with maintaining records for audits of our ISO27001 systems. * Ensuring all relevant documentation/correspondence is electronically filed in the relevant folders. * Completing weekly meetings report for the forthcoming week’s meetings to include company/contact details and reason for meeting. * You are required to provide weekly written sales updates on a Friday to your Director Line Manager on the week’s sales activities and a monthly report by the 2nd of the month to provide the previous month's prospective sales and actual sales for the company. * Ensuring all management systems, legislation, policies and procedures currently in place or introduced later) including our ISO 27001 (Information Security Management System) and GDPR, are adhered to. * Be proactive in implementing improvements to current working systems. * Expense budget & objectives