Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager – New Business (Manufacturing)

Location: Stafford (UK-wide travel)
Salary: £55,000 basic + uncapped commission
Package: £7,000 car allowance + phone + laptop

This is NOT an account management role. This is a pure new business role.

We are looking for a genuine new business hunter — someone whose instinct is to find opportunities, open doors, and win business.

The Role

This role is focused entirely on new customer acquisition.

You will:

• Identify and target OEMs and manufacturers across the UK
• Engage decision makers and generate new opportunities from cold
• Build a live, active sales pipeline
• Work closely with internal engineering and estimating teams to create commercial solutions
• Present manufacturing capability confidently and professionally
• Negotiate and close profitable new business
• Hand over mature accounts internally — then move on and hunt again

You will not inherit a customer base.
You will build your own.

This role exists to create revenue where none existed before.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Prospecting new OEM and manufacturing customers
• Cold outreach, referrals, networking and LinkedIn engagement
• Booking and attending new business meetings
• Managing opportunities through CRM
• Building technical and commercial proposals
• Negotiating and closing profitable new customer wins

What Success Looks Like

Within your first 6 months:

• A measurable, active pipeline
• Qualified opportunities being quoted
• New OEM/manufacturer relationships opened
• First customer wins secured

Longer term, this role becomes a key driver of strategic growth.

Commission Structure

• 5% commission on all profitable new business won
• Paid for 12 months from first order
• Uncapped

Who We’re Looking For

You’ll need:

• A proven track record of winning new business from cold
• Experience selling into manufacturing, engineering or technical markets
• Confidence dealing with buyers, engineers, operations managers and directors
• Strong commercial instinct
• CRM discipline and pipeline management skills
• High resilience and self‑drive