Business Development Executive

We are a well-established Global business based in Woking who are now recruiting for a Business Development Executive to join our existing team. You will assist the Bid Managers and Sales Managers with proactive sales and research, sales administration and creative marketing tasks.
We offer hybrid working, Monday to Friday with 2 days from home. You will receive a basic salary up to £35k dependant on experience, with a generous bonus and OTE around £45k pending on basic offered. Our benefits include; 20 days annual leave (increasing annually up to 30 days) plus the bank holidays and complimentary Christmas shutdown days, free parking, healthcare, pension scheme and life insurance.

The Business Development Executive role would suit candidates with proven experience in a similar role selling in B2B environments with strong customer service skills, good attention to detail and the ability to communicate effectively with management and external stakeholders of all levels. You will have excellent copywriting, content creation and experience creating draft proposals to bring to market, as well as strong interpersonal, organisational and administration skills. You will be PC literate including experience using PowerPoint, Word and Excel to intermediate level.

Working in a team of four, the Business Development Executive will report into the Senior Bid Manager with the main responsibilities inducing:
• Find and attract potential clients who require our services.
• Search for clients on social media and company directories and establish which companies require our services.
• Cleanse existing target lists, create and maintain new target lists, keep CRM clean, tidy and updated daily.
• Identify new opportunities through open-source procurement sites and portals.
• Assist Bid and Sales teams with administration of Bid Library and coordination of marketing campaigns.
• Communicate with potential clients to identify client needs, gaps in current services and areas for improvement to identify value adding criteria.
• Liaise with potential clients to ascertain tender dates and establish progressive lines of communication, the objective of which is to facilitate B2B meetings.
• Gather feedback from potential client interactions and relay it to management to improve campaign effectiveness.
• Provide insights and suggestions for optimizing marketing campaigns.
• Conducting market research of competitors to identify their service offerings and unique selling points.
• Provide analysis on the effectiveness of marketing strategies and engagement.

To be successful for the Business Development Executive role you will have proven experience selling in a B2B environment, proven track record of working to sales targets and making cold and warm calls. You will have experience presenting to clients and closing a sale. Therefore, you will need to be confident communicator, capable of building strong and lasting relationships with strong customer service skills. You will need to have excellent copywriting, content creation and experience creating draft proposals, strong interpersonal and organisational skills, and good admin and PC skills.

In return we offer a basic salary up to £35k dependant on experience, with a generous bonus, 20 days annual leave (increasing annually up to 30 days) plus the bank holidays and complimentary Christmas shutdown days, free parking, healthcare, pension scheme and life insurance.

Please send your CV for immediate consideration.