LWM Traded Services
Business Development Director
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We are LWM Traded Services, a company wholly owned by Lichfield District Council. We are ambitious, innovative, and commercially driven, with a growing portfolio of businesses and services. Our purpose is a little different too. As a wholly owned company of Lichfield District Council, our profits are reinvested into vital local public services.
The Role
We're looking for an ambitious, commercially driven Business Development Director to help take LWM to its next stage of growth.
We are looking for someone who can take a broad, organisation-wide approach to business development, identifying opportunities across our different service areas and bringing the right people together to create and win new business.
Your Responsibilities Will Include:
- Open doors and build senior-level relationships
- Identify new markets and commercial opportunities
- Develop strategic partnerships
- Build and convert a strong sales pipeline
- Develop new services and routes to market
- Turn conversations into long-term commercial relationships
- Bring the right people together to win new business
You'll work across LWM's full range of services, so we're looking for someone who can see the bigger picture rather than being focused on one particular sector or specialism. You don't need to be a technical expert. Our specialist teams have that covered.
Your role is to create the opportunity, understand the client's needs, and bring the right people together to deliver.
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Who Are We Looking For?
We're interested in experienced Business Development, Growth, Commercial, or Partnerships professionals who have a proven track record of creating opportunities and delivering growth. Experience in areas such as local government transformation, strategic partnerships, commercial development, account management, business growth, or developing new service lines would be particularly relevant.
Above all, we're looking for someone who is:
- Commercially astute
- Naturally curious
- Confident with senior decision-makers
- Excellent at building relationships
- Proactive and comfortable opening doors
- Strategic but commercially hands-on
- A strong communicator and negotiator
- Focused on delivering measurable growth
Why LWM?
This is an opportunity to join an ambitious organisation at an exciting stage of its growth and play a genuine role in shaping what comes next.
And there's a difference here.
When you win business for LWM, you're not just growing a company - you're helping create value for local communities.
Benefits
You'll receive a competitive salary and commission package, alongside:
- Private healthcare
- Pension contribution
- Hybrid working
- Free parking
- Refurbished offices are in a central location
- A supportive and collaborative working environment
- The opportunity to make a genuine commercial impact
- The opportunity to shape and influence the future growth of LWM
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What Next?
To be considered for this exciting opportunity, please send your CV to hannah.fox@lwmts.co.uk. If you need any support with completing your application, or any part of the recruitment process, please contact careers@lwmts.co.uk so that we can discuss reasonable adjustments.
Our Interview Process – Important, Please Read
We value the interest shown in our vacancies and aim to consider every application carefully. However, in the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early in order to manage application volumes effectively. Due to the high number of applications that we can typically receive, we are unable to notify applicants who have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Pre-Employment Checks
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory pre-employment checks, which include:
- Two satisfactory references covering the last 3 years of employment
- Evidence of your right to work in the United Kingdom
- A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, if applicable
We look forward to hearing from you.
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