Softcard (acquired by Google)

Business Development Manager

Softcard (acquired by Google)

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Manchester • United Kingdom

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About the role

  • Accountable for delivering sales and margin growth for your customer base.
  • Building and maintaining strong customer relationships within their targeted territory.
  • Confident in building sales strategies and tactics within your required territory.
  • Proven ability to communicate effectively with Branch, Regional and Senior Management.
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, field-based trainers, and product managers.
  • Effectively analyse business intelligence software.
  • Able to influence the branch management and sales team.

Requirements

  • The successful candidate must have a customer focused approach with excellent selling skills.
  • Ability to communicate to all customer groups building strong relationships across the region.
  • Dynamic and performance-oriented individual with strong negotiation and selling skills.
  • Commercial awareness and good knowledge of competitor activity and market conditions.
  • Extensive experience with customer account management.
  • Previous experience delivering sales and margin growth within a business-to-business environment.
  • Experience at finding and developing new business.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong training and presentation skills.
  • Work well under pressure towards deadlines.
Benefits
  • Exclusive discounts and cashback from 1000s of major retailers and grocers via the AAG Benefits App, including Tesco, Boots and Just Eat.
  • Opportunities for career progression and bespoke training.
  • Free pension advice from our standard pension provider.
  • Free access to Health, Wellbeing and Financial tools.
  • Potential to earn a performance based bonus, paid monthly.
  • Discount on car parts.
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Hard Skills & Tools
sales strategiesbusiness intelligence softwarecustomer account managementnegotiation skillsselling skillspresentation skills
Soft Skills
customer focusedrelationship buildingcommunication skillsdynamicperformance-orientedcommercial awarenessability to work under pressure