Business Development Manager

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Job Title: Business Development Manager  

Location: UK Field Based

About the role:

As a Business Development Manager, you’ll drive new business across Central England & East Anglia, selling BSI Knowledge Solutions and Membership subscriptions. This is a home-based role focused on identifying white-space opportunities, building a strong new business pipeline, and converting prospects into long-term customers.

You’ll be suited to this role if you come from a specific industry sector and have experience operating as a regional or territory-based sales professional, managing your own patch and targets.

Responsibilities:

• Drive new business revenue across your territory

• Identify, research, and develop new sales opportunities

• Build and manage a strong, high-quality new business pipeline

• Prospect effectively through self-generated outbound activity

• Present BSI Knowledge Solutions to senior decision-makers

• Accurately forecast weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales

• Follow up and execute targeted sales campaigns

• Maintain accurate CRM records in Salesforce (SFDC)

• Produce regular sales and forecasting reports

• Consistently meet and exceed sales activity and revenue targets

To Be Successful in the Role, You Will Have:

• Experience selling within a defined industry sector

• Background as a regional or territory-based account manager or BDM

• Proven success in new business / hunter-led sales

• Experience selling into technical, regulated, or complex environments (e.g. built environment, medical devices, machinery)

• Strong prospecting and pipeline management skills

• A track record of closing self-generated opportunities

• Confidence presenting and negotiating at management level

• Excellent organisation, time management, and prioritisation skills

• A proactive, self-motivated, and results-driven mindset

• Strong customer relationship and communication skills

• Experience using CRM systems (Salesforce preferred)

• Solid Microsoft Office skills (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

• Full UK driving licence and fluent English

• Educated to Degree level preferred

BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, ongoing training and development with the inclusion of 27-days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.  

Do you believe the world deserves excellence?

We are proud to be the business improvement company for other organisations to become more sustainable and resilient and finally to inspire trust in their products, systems, services, and the world we live in.

Headquartered in London, BSI is the world's first national standards organization with more than 100 years of experience. We are a global partner for 86,000 companies and organizations in over 193 countries, offering development, auditing, certification, and training services, including innovative software solutions and cyber security expertise for all industries: from aerospace and automotive to food, construction, energy, healthcare, IT and trade sectors. Incorporated by Royal Charter, we’re truly impartial, and home to the ultimate mark of trust, the Kitemark.

Through our unique combination of consulting, training, assurance and regulatory services we bring solid and broad knowledge to every company.

If you want to contribute to this inspiring challenge, bring your open and enthusiastic mindset to our dynamic team, apply now and become part of the BSI family!

D&I Policy

BSI is committed to ensuring the diversity of our workforce reflects that of our clients and the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to create a sense of belonging for all employees by providing opportunities to develop, grow, and engage with our global organization all while having fun doing great work. BSI is a community where everyone can thrive.

If you require any reasonable accommodations to be made on account of a disability or impairment throughout out our recruiting process, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner.

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About Us

BSI is a business improvement and standards company and for over a century BSI has been recognized for having a positive impact on organizations and society, building trust and enhancing lives.
 
Today BSI partners with more than 77,500 clients in 195 countries and engages with a 15,000 strong global community of experts, industry and consumer groups, organizations and governments.
Utilizing its extensive expertise in key industry sectors - including automotive, aerospace, built environment, food and retail, and healthcare - BSI delivers on its purpose by helping its clients fulfil theirs.
Living by our core values of Client-Centricity, Agility, and Collaboration, BSI provides organizations with the confidence to grow by partnering with them to tackle society’s critical issues – from climate change to building trust in digital transformation and everything in between - to accelerate progress towards a better society and a sustainable world.

BSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.