Business Development Manager

Location: Bradford

About the role

We are recruiting for a Business Development Manager to join an established and independent business. The role is highly sales-focused for someone who thrives on generating their own opportunities, building a strong pipeline, and personally winning profitable new customers. While the business is open to industry exposure, they seek a candidate with a hunter mentality and hunger to generate new business. Once secured, a dedicated team will manage day-to-day customer requirements, allowing you to remain focused on developing new opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop, and secure profitable new business
• Generate your own leads and proactively build and manage a strong sales pipeline
• Personally take opportunities from initial prospecting through to winning the business
• Identify new commercial opportunities and potential areas for growth
• Use your existing network and relationships to identify potential opportunities
• Conduct meetings with prospective customers and develop a strong understanding of their requirements
• Develop tailored, solutions-led proposals that demonstrate commercial value rather than competing purely on price
• Negotiate commercial terms and successfully close new business
• Work closely with internal commercial and operational teams to ensure a smooth transition once business has been won
• Remain focused on new business generation rather than ongoing account management
• Work independently and effectively within a predominantly home-based environment

Requirements

• Proven experience in a Business Development, Sales, or Commercial role
• A demonstrable track record of personally winning new customers
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of the sales process
• Experience generating your own leads and building a pipeline from scratch
• A genuine new business/hunter mentality, rather than predominantly account management experience
• Experience working within a B2B environment
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify profitable opportunities
• A solutions-led approach to sales, with the ability to demonstrate value rather than compete solely on price
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
• Full UK driving licence

Benefits

• Salary of £45,000 – £70,000 per annum basic
• Generous uncapped commission structure
• Car allowance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Pension
• Hybrid working on offer

Schedule

Full time, Monday – Friday