Business Development Manager

The Portfolio Group
Manchester, Greater Manchester
11 months ago
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Business Development Manager

UP to £35,000 OTE £80,000 TOP earners earn £140,000.

Hours of work:

Monday - Friday + 1 Saturday every 4 weeks

To sit client demos and generate new business opportunities.
Responsible for achieving monthly KPIs input & output metrics and business revenue targets.
FCA-regulated insurance experience.
Diary management.
Ensure the pipeline is managed daily to promote a dynamic, fast-paced sales journey.
Working as an ally to your peers whilst working collaboratively with dedicated BSCs to ensure high team performance.
Leading from the front to promote high-quality performance and demo bookings via your dedicated BDM.
Be a trusted adviser to ensure a consultative and solution-led approach to product proposals.
To engage and communicate professionally with decision-makers at a senior level.
To build effective relationships with existing customers, by use of probing questioning, clarification, and language.
To add value by positively and enthusiastically discussing our company, brand, values, and products & services to ensure that a professional image is always provided to customers and colleagues.
Maintaining and exceeding the highest standards of professionalism and customer service.
To be accountable for performance at all levels
Self-generate opportunity through social selling and prospect/client referrals.
Achieving targets and business objectives in a fully compliant manner

Key Points:

Passionate about sales: Whether it's hitting targets, the power of persuasion, or figuring out what makes people tick - sales is what gives you energy!
Excited to be a trailblazer: You will be the first one on the sales team, so you'll be setting the standards in a fast-paced and agile environment.
Results- & Data-driven: You like diving into the numbers and figuring out the WHY behind the results
Proactive, organised and detail-oriented: Sales at Charlie is high-volume, you'll be managing a lot of leads, keeping the momentum of conversations going, and not letting things slip through the net.
A self-starter: You can work alone but also motivate and influence other teams when needed.

Benefits

Uncapped monthly commission.
Daily, weekly and monthly incentives
Profit share scheme
25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays
Day off on your birthday
Perkbox discounts
Holidays increase after 2- and 5-years' service.
Pension Plan and Life Insurance
Onsite Gym

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