BMW Business Development Manager

About the role

Sytner BMW & MINI is looking for an ambitious, energetic, and results-driven Business Development Manager to help grow our business by identifying, developing, and securing new corporate customers.

This is a proactive sales role for someone who enjoys opening doors, building relationships from scratch, and turning opportunities into long-term partnerships. If you're motivated by hunting for new business rather than waiting for enquiries, this is the opportunity for you.

As our Business Development Manager, your primary focus will be winning new business. You'll be responsible for expanding our customer base by engaging with local businesses, identifying fleet and company car opportunities, and promoting the premium BMW and MINI brands.

Success in this role comes from your ability to network, prospect, build trust, and create opportunities where others don't.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Proactively identify and target new business opportunities across the UK.
• Generate your own pipeline through networking, cold outreach, referrals, social selling, and face-to-face meetings.
• Build relationships with business owners, directors, and key decision-makers.
• Convert prospects into long-term BMW and MINI business customers.
• Represent Sytner BMW & MINI within the local business community, attending networking events and building brand awareness.
• Collaborate with internal teams to deliver an exceptional customer experience from first contact through to vehicle delivery.
• Consistently achieve and exceed new business, sales, and profitability targets.
• Maintain an active pipeline and accurate CRM records.

What We're Looking For:

We're seeking someone who thrives on creating opportunities and isn't afraid to make the first move.

You'll ideally have:

• A proven track record of winning new business in a B2B sales or business development role.
• Strong prospecting and lead generation skills.
• Confidence engaging with senior business decision-makers.
• A resilient, positive, and target-driven mindset.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• The ability to work independently while contributing to a high-performing team.
• A full UK driving licence.

The Experience We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced Business Development professional with a proven track record of identifying and winning new customers. Previous experience within the fleet, automotive sales, vehicle leasing, contract hire, or wider automotive sector would be highly desirable. You'll have a strong understanding of the B2B sales environment and be confident prospecting for new business, engaging with decision-makers, and developing relationships from the initial conversation through to a successful sale. Most importantly, you'll be a natural new-business hunter, with the drive, resilience, and commercial awareness to continually identify new opportunities and grow our corporate and fleet customer base.

Why Sytner?

Sytner Group are delighted to provide an industry-leading benefits package.

We are passionate about continuous improvement and building an environment where everyone feels valued, appreciated and able to reach their full potential.

• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement – 33 days inc. bank holidays
• Industry-leading Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay
• Career Development
• Recognition of Long Service every 5 years
• Discounted Car Schemes
• High Street Discounts
• Discounted Gym memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• One day a year paid voluntary / community work

At Sytner, our values and the way we behave are important to us. We are committed to creating an equitable working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, supporting our colleagues to thrive and achieve their full potential.

As part of our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion, you have the right to ask for changes / adjustments to job interviews and the recruitment process. For more information around reasonable adjustments and the recruitment process please click here.

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We represent over 23 of the world's most prestige vehicle brands, across our 140 UK dealerships.

We pride ourselves on ‘Developing Talent and ‘Building Careers’ and our colleagues recently scored Sytner Group an outstanding 89% on our colleague engagement survey.