Business Development Manager
Area: Crawley & Dartford
Base salary: Up to £38k per annum + commission, Company car, laptop, phone
Additional incentives for top achievers
Mon- Fri- 9am-5.30pm.
Lyreco are the market leader in Workplace Solutions and specialise in providing workplace solutions to businesses globally, across a variety of sectors.
We have an exciting opportunity for a New Business Development Manager to join our growing team. The Business Development Manager will consistently win and implement new accounts.
You will build and maintain a new business pipeline, working alongside Account Managers to effectively secure and handover new accounts.
Key Responsibilities of the Business Development Manager:
- Consistently win new customers within a defined prospect area
- Implement and set up new accounts, with a focus on product penetration and profit
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships
- Negotiate pricing and margin with customers as needed
- Work closely with the wider team to grow and develop successful business in the Central London area
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- The Business Development Manager should have experience of working in a business-to-business sales role
- Proven track record of achieving sales and margin targets
- Ability to build and develop a pipeline of new business
- Excellent customer awareness, ability to build solid working relationships
- Able to sell and negotiate at all levels within an organisation
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
Workplace Benefits:
- Clear career pathways and development programmes to support your growth
- Company Pension
- Life assurance
- 23 days holiday, increases the longer you are with us, + 8 Bank Holidays
- Employee discount scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), well-being support when you need it
- Health and wellness initiatives
As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes our staff, customers, suppliers and our local community. We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment.
Agency CV’s will not be accepted.
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Skills Required
- Experience in business-to-business sales role
- Proven track record of achieving sales and margin targets
- Ability to build and develop a pipeline of new business
- Excellent customer awareness and relationship building skills
- Able to sell and negotiate at all levels
- High proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
What We Do
The Lyreco Group is the European leader and the third largest distributor of workplace products and services in the world. A privately-owned company since 1926, Lyreco is now present in 25 countries with 13 partners in 15 additional countries, operating in 40 different countries across the globe. A global workplace solutions company with 12,000 employees, Lyreco’s mission is to delivery sustainably, what any workplace needs, so its people can focus on what matters most. We are pioneers, today and tomorrow, in delivering what any workplace needs, from workplace products, to services, anywhere you work. We are active in the areas of office supplies, print services and consumables, PPE and safety solutions, coffee and catering, hygiene and cleaning, furniture and ergonomics solutions, and wellbeing services. With our core values of excellence, passion respect, and agility driving every decision, and a perfect blend of people, technology, and our corporate social responsibility strategy, we aim to deliver a great working day for our people and our customers. We strive for perfection in everything we do, and we really care for our customers. We believe in trust, respect and ethical behaviour, and we remain agile with our ability to anticipate, innovate and adapt to change. To learn more about Lyreco – check out our website
