Business Development Executive
£32500
Manchester
Monday to Friday Hybrid
The exciting opportunity  has arisen for a Business Development Executive to join a successful team.
The role will be promoting a leading accreditation provider who deliver business certification such as ISO and sector specific standards.
The organisation is part of large not-for-profit, social enterprise that delivers assessment, certification and training services to thousands of businesses nationally and internationally.
With over 20 years’ experience in the assessment and certification industry, the business works in partnership with a highly skilled team of auditors and assessors to provide a client-focused, value-adding service.
The organisation offers:

• 25 days holiday with option to buy an additional 10 days
• 6% pension contribution
• Access to an electric car and ride to work scheme
• An agile and flexible working environment
• Child Care Voucher enhanced mat leave
• 2 volunteer days
• Discounts to all major retails, travel and leisure
• Access to counselling, further education and career development
• Plus many more benefits

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively seek out, generate, and respond to leads in relevant services, converting to quotations and business won.
• Build, maintain and improve relationships with relevant partner organisations, networks, and consultants to strengthen market presence, generate incoming referrals and win new business.
• Contribute to company sales targets through a range of channels which may include, telephone sales, completing tenders, consultant referrals and meeting with potential clients.
• Effectively manage a portfolio of leads and quotations for a range of services.
• Ensure strategies and services maintain ongoing relationships with existing customers to maximize retention opportunities to upsell services and retain clients.
• Arrange and attend client appointments as appropriate to help win new business.
• Identify and access new routes to market, increase our customer base and sales.
• Work effectively alongside Marketing to arrange and deliver relevant events, website content, materials and tenders as required for designated services.
• Ensure the CRM is up to date with accurate recording of all leads, quotations and won business.
• Professionally and effectively represent CfA at local, regional, and national levels, promoting the profile and positive image of the company with all partners, customers and other stakeholders.

About you:

• Strong ICT skills, particularly MS Word, MS Excel, SharePoint, and databases.
• Excellent customer care skills and customer focused.
• A good listener and attention to detail.
• Excellent telephone skills, manner with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Developing excellent working relationships.
• A self-starter, well organised with the ability to self-manage and prioritise workloads.
• Confident and able to close deals.
• Team player with problem solving skills.
• Ability to relate to people at all levels.

Skills Required:

• Experience in a customer service delivery environment.
• History in a B2B sales role.
• Working with customer contacts at all organisational levels.
• Developing and implementing plans and achieving sales targets.
• CFA product knowledge and CFA procedures and processes, particularly application review, quotation, database
• requirements.
• Accuracy in generating professional quotations.
• Delivering professional presentations.
• Preferably educated to NVQ Level 3 or higher.

If this sound like your next career move send your CV to Annalee Wood at Aspire Recruitment today.

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