Business Development Manager

Job description

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Location: London, UK

Reports To: Business Director

ROLE PROFILE:

Develop and grow our business, by attracting new customers and promoting our services, using your sales and communication skills, coupled with good interpersonal skills.

Leading efforts to establish new business contracts and retain business growth opportunities. Primarily obtaining new clients and fostering business relationships to increase revenue from sales.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

New Business Development

• Develop strategic approaches focusing on both financial gain and customer satisfaction.
• Cold call as appropriate within your market or geographic area to ensure a robust pipeline of
• opportunities.
• Meet potential clients by growing, maintaining, and leveraging your network and turn this into
• increased business.
• Identify potential clients and the decision makers within the client organisation.
• Research and build relationships with new clients.
• Set up meetings between client decision makers and company’s practice leaders/principals.
• Plan approaches and pitches.
• Work with team to develop proposals that speaks to the client’s needs, concerns, and objectives.
• Participate in pricing the solution/service.

Existing Client Retention

• Present new products and services and enhance existing relationships.
• Work with technical staff and other internal colleagues to meet customer needs.
• Arrange and participate in internal and external client debriefs.
• Build long-term relationships with new and existing customers

Management and Research

• Submit regular weekly progress reports and ensure data is accurate and on a timely basis.
• Regular updates by telephone to your director.
• Ensure that data is accurately entered and managed within the company’s system.
• Forecast sales targets and ensure they are met.
• Track and record activity on accounts and help to close deals to meet these targets.
• Keep records of sales, revenue, invoices etc.
• Work with marketing staff to ensure that prerequisites (prequalification etc.) are fulfilled within a timely manner.
• Ensure all team members represent the company in the best light.
• Attendance and representation of the company at networking events and meetings.
• Research and develop a thorough understanding of the company’s people and capabilities.
• Understand the company’s goals and purpose to enhance and ensure continuous performance improvements.

N.B. It should also be noted that the above list of principal duties is not necessarily a complete statement of duties and should be considered as for guidance only.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

ESSENTIAL:

• Experience in a BDM role for a similarly sized organisation within the Power, Renewables and/or
• Multi-Utilities sector.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent communication skills face to face, verbal and in writing with all diversity of people.
• Excellent influencing, persuasion, negotiation and closing skills.
• Experience of compiling and presenting company information to new and existing clients.
• Experience of bid-writing/tendering.
• High levels of literacy and numeracy.
• Excellent IT skills including MS Office
• Ability to prioritise workload and multi-task
• Full valid UK driving licence.

DESIRED:

• Experience in the Business Development in the Renewables, Multi Utility and Power Sectors.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

The role will require you to travel to sites across the UK and Ireland with occasional overnight stays, as and when required.

Due to the nature of our works, there may be a requirement for you to cover out of hours works i.e., weekends and on some occasion’s nights. Within reason, you must be willing to cover out of hours works, where necessary.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

01-02-2026

Profession type

Sales

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English