Business Development Manager
4 days ago
Hinckley
Job title - Business Development Manager Department - Sales Personal Specification • Proven experience in business development or sales roles within events, hospitality, travel or related industries, • Proficiency in Salesforce and Microsoft Office suite (Word, OneNote, and PowerPoint) and LinkedIn, • Proactive, commercially driven and target-focused, • Strong networking ability; comfortable presenting, pitching and attending industry events, • Highly organised and able to manage multiple opportunities simultaneously, achieving deadlines, • Strong communication skills with a collaborative approach, proven track record of working across teams, • Detail-orientated approach to work, ensuring accuracy in all tasks and documentation Purpose • Drive growth by identifying, generating, and converting new business opportunities, creating strong early-stage client relationships and leading to new customer accounts, • Achieve quarterly and annual targets, • Execute the Sales Plan to support building a tender pipeline, • Collaborate with colleagues across department to develop and nurture client relationships, • Once established, transition new accounts to the Account Development team, • Implement sales strategies across all Conference Care services How • Conduct virtual and face to face meetings, sites visits, client events and networking, • Deliver introductory presentations, demo sessions and support pitch development, • Generate consistent pipeline of new leads per month from contacts and referrals and other research tools such as digital media, CRM and procurement platforms, • Attend networking events, industry exhibitions and venue showcases, • Present monthly review of the business development strategy in Sales Meetings maintaining accurate records in CRM, • Schedule regular engagement with internal teams to support enquiry conversion, • Prepare robust handover packs for Account Development team Measurement * • Achievement of business development target, • Delivery against KPI’s including Lead Generation – 50 per month and Client Engagement 6 meetings per week, • CRM monthly reporting, activity, results and next steps Environment • Located from Hinckley office & Home office. Subject to client diary availability 2-3 days per week on the road engaged in client meetings., • Working pattern – 5 days per week, additional hours may be anticipated with this senior role to meet the needs of the customer and business. Reporting to - Head of New Business