Business Development Associate

SGS

Business Development Associate at SGS enhancing sales operations and client engagement in the UK. Collaborating with marketing and internal teams to drive growth and success.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage customer enquiries, produce accurate and timely quotations, process orders, and support continuous improvement across sales operations.
Identify and engage potential new clients through targeted outreach, networking events, and collaboration with the marketing team to deliver growth strategies.
Drive commercial success by improving enquiry‑to‑order conversion rates, generating new business revenue, and creating compelling business cases for SGS services.
Maintain accurate reporting and documentation in Salesforce, preparing business plans, progress updates, and supporting responsible sales practices as required.
Conduct market research, maintain industry knowledge, and develop strong client relationships while collaborating with internal teams to support strategic planning and delivery.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Sales qualification, or time served to demonstrate experience.
Full clean driving licence for use in the UK.
Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant scientific, technical, engineering discipline (desirable).
Customer Service qualification such as NVQ, Practitioner, Institute of Customer Service (desirable).

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance related bonus (discretionary and subject to eligibility criteria)
Private medical cover (subject to eligibility criteria)
Competitive pension scheme + Life Assurance
Generous Annual Leave allowance (increasing with service) plus bank holidays
An additional day off for your birthday
Retailer Discounts
Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption pay
Length of Service Awards
Christmas Vouchers
Health & Wellbeing initiatives
Discounted Gym Membership

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Hard Skills & Tools

sales operationsquotation productionorder processingmarket researchbusiness case developmentreportingdocumentationenquiry-to-order conversionbusiness revenue generation

Soft Skills

customer relationship managementcollaborationstrategic planningcommunicationnetworking

Certifications

sales qualificationcustomer service qualificationNVQInstitute of Customer Service