Business Development Manager - Safety
Field based – Telford
Hours of Work – Monday to Friday 9:00am - 5:30pm
Competitive Salary + Commission, company car, laptop etc
Ready to create something great?
At Lyreco, we're about empowering people to create great – and we're looking for a Business Development Manager to join our Safety Team.
As our Business Development Manager, your focus will be to work with our mid-market and corporate sales teams to grow PPE product sales by developing existing and new customer opportunities. Training will also be a key aspect of the role in order to promote and grow the category within the existing sales community.
As a Business Development Manager your responsibilities are to:
- Identify new leads and prospects to promote our Safety profile and win new accounts within the PPE sector
- Work with Account Managers to develop, manage, and analyse the PPE Pipeline for your allocated area
- Consistently achieve defined sales and margin targets through winning and implementing spend in PPE
- Attend in-person customer-facing meetings at least 3 days a week
The ideal Business Development Manager will have:
- Solid experience in identifying new leads and prospecting, promoting a Safety profile and winning new accounts within the PPE sector, with at least 3 years PPE experience in a similar role
- A proven track record of winning and developing business in a PPE customer-facing sales environment
- Strong analytical and mathematical ability, with good commercial acumen.
- A confident ability to handle and present commercially viable quotes and proposals
- efficient communication skills, both verbally and written
- A good degree of computer literacy with strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint knowledge
- Full Drivers Licence
Lyreco are the market leader in Workplace Solutions and specialise in providing workplace solutions to businesses globally, across a variety of sectors.
What you'll get
Alongside a competitive salary, you'll receive:
- 31 days holiday, inclusive of bank holidays.
- Pension & Life Assurance Scheme.
- Opportunity to participate in the Cycle to Work Scheme, access retail vouchers and eye care vouchers.
- 2 fully paid community volunteering days each year.
- Grow Our Own Talent Programme – promoting internal career development.
- Referral Scheme.
- Long Service Awards – to celebrate your career milestones.
- Opportunity for career break – after 3 yrs of service
- Sports & Social Club – access to discounted trips and excursions.
- All Work to Company Values: Passion, Respect, Agility, Excellence.
Create great with us
At Lyreco, Empowering people to create great is more than our EVP. We want our people to have the opportunity to contribute, develop, share ideas and make an impact.
Ready to create something great? Apply today.
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.
Lyreco prides itself on being an inclusive employer. We value and celebrate equality in opportunities, and we welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of our communities.
Agency CVs will not be accepted.
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Skills Required
- At least 3 years of PPE experience in a similar business development role
- Experience identifying leads and prospects within the PPE sector
- Proven record of winning and developing business in a customer-facing PPE sales environment
- Strong analytical and mathematical ability
- Good commercial acumen
- Ability to prepare and present commercially viable quotes and proposals
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Computer literacy with strong Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint knowledge
- Full driver's licence
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
