Business Development Manager

Location

Radstock, Somerset | United Kingdom

Job description

This Interior Design Consultancy specialises in designing and installing interiors for Showhomes, Hotels, Retirement Homes and Private Clients. They have a team of talented in-house professionals which includes designers, soft furnishers, stylists, picture-framers and fitters and are now seeking an additional Business Development Manager for their showhome division.

Your role will be a combination of winning new business and account management working with national house builders and smaller developers. They are a very family-friendly business and flexible about working hours which contributes to a low turnover of staff and repeat business from their clients.

Key Purpose of the Business Development Manager role:

• Agreeing sales targets and implementing a strategy that achieves or exceeds these targets
• Delivery of successful repeat business, retention and referral rates
• Negotiation of achievable project budgets with customers
• Carrying out regular research within the new homes market to generate new sales leads
• Implementation of regular marketing and advertising campaigns
• Providing sales information including forecasts to assist in analysis and forward planning
• Liaising with the team in all phases of a customer’s project to ensure design, budget and timeframe requirements are met

Skills and Experience for the Business Development Manager:

• Knowledge of the Interior Design marketplace
• Numerate with strong sales and negotiating skills
• Effective and solid communication skills
• Good IT skills as required by the job and updated as necessary
• Current driving licence
• Able to demonstrate success in managing client accounts
• Self-driven and results oriented with a positive outlook and able to forward plan

They are open to working from home one day a week in the longer term, but whoever fills the role will always need to be in the office every Monday and probably most of the week for the initial training period.

Salary will be £39k (based on a 37.5 hour week) plus overtime, twice yearly bonus scheme, car, company pension and 22 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.

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Salary

£38k - £39k per annum