Business Development Adviser

Regional Growth Service

£32k per annum

Manchester City Centre

Fixed Term until 31 March 2021

My client is looking to recruit a Business Development Adviser to promote the role of the International Trade Team by identifying new international trade leads and generating referrals from North West companies. 

As a Business Development Advisor for this programme, encourage North West  businesses to consider the advantages of International Trade by diagnosing international company growth potential through RGS programme events across NW; supporting participants to access the right support for their growth needs and managing internal referrals to provide a high quality customer care service for all businesses. This role plays a central part in the overall International Trade Team strategy for future DIT and Trade support for new exporters.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and build sources of up-to-date prospect data of new/growing businesses for the programme, including networking activity, ensuring GDPR is adhered to; and Account manage clients through RGS, following up programme participants to agree next steps and timeframe for further contact.
• Liaise with venues, partners and third-party trainer(s) to agree dates and locations for RGS programme events in co-operation with the NW Trade Events Team; and chair programme events, supporting the trainer in using the nationally agreed programme materials, and building client relationships.
• Work closely alongside the ITA teams, sharing information and looking for opportunities to add value, minimise duplication and ensure appropriate clients are effectively referred in to 1-1 international trade and other beneficial business growth support; particularly understanding the service delivery of key stakeholders for appropriate referrals.
• Support the development of the programme by providing local market intelligence, best practice and ideas for development with Trade Team Managers in business planning, DIT NPH Regional and HQ Teams, including the national DIT lead and opposite numbers in other regions; suggesting suitable sectors/markets as a focus for the future of the RGS programme as required, and share best practice
• Work with the NW Trade Management Team to deliver presentations and provide relevant material and support to business representative organisations, business to business networks and sector bodies to ensure they have a good understanding of the programme.
• Work with the NW Trade Management and Marketing Teams to engage commercial intermediaries; provide information to influence campaigns on social media, trade publications and solution providers to promote the programme; strengthen the marketing of International Trade services; identify companies who may be interested in internationalising their product/service; and encourage leads.
• Ensure the agreed DIT outputs are achieved by end March 2021. Monitor and collect output and impact data for each data set for each individual RGS event; and ensure all appropriate data is captured on the Client Relationship Management system in a timely manner against agreed deadlines in line with audit and quality standards.

Should you apply for any of our roles, we will be following a virtual recruitment process with online interviews, as well as online assessments (where required). This will be explained to you further, should you reach interview stage. Face to face interviews will only take place where necessary.

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