Gillespie Recruitment
Business Development Executive
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Business Development Executive
New Business. Big Rewards. Real Career Progression.
Do you thrive on winning new business? Love the buzz of turning a cold prospect into a loyal customer?
If you're a driven sales professional who enjoys picking up the phone, opening doors, and smashing targets, this could be exactly the opportunity you've been looking for. We're recruiting on behalf of a successful and growing manufacturing business that's investing in its future and expanding its sales team. They're looking for an ambitious Business Development Executive to help drive growth, generate new opportunities, and build lasting relationships with customers across the UK.
This isn't an account management role. This is about finding opportunities, creating relationships, and winning business. If you're hungry for success, motivated by targets, and want to be recognised and rewarded for your performance, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
- Proactively identifying and engaging potential new customers
- Making outbound calls to introduce products and services
- Building relationships with key decision-makers across a variety of industries
- Generating qualified sales opportunities and developing them into long-term business
- Understanding customer challenges and presenting tailored solutions
- Managing a healthy sales pipeline and following opportunities through to conversion
- Recording activity and maintaining accurate CRM records
- Consistently achieving and exceeding sales targets and KPIs
- Working closely with colleagues to ensure an excellent customer experience from first contact through to order
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What We're Looking For
You'll be confident, resilient, commercially minded, and genuinely enjoy new business development.
You'll also have:
- Proven experience in outbound sales, telesales, business development, recruitment, field sales, or another target-driven sales role
- A successful track record of cold calling and generating new business opportunities
- Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills
- Confidence speaking with decision-makers and overcoming objections
- A resilient mindset and positive attitude
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage your own workload
- A full UK driving licence
- Most importantly, we're looking for someone with the drive, determination and ambition to succeed.
What's In It For You?
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- Competitive basic salary
- Uncapped earning potential
- Ongoing training and development
- Supportive and collaborative team environment
- Genuine opportunities for progression as the business continues to grow
- The chance to work for a successful manufacturing business with ambitious growth plans
- Recognition and reward for your hard work and achievements
Why Join?
Sales success should be recognised. This is an opportunity to join a business where your contribution genuinely matters and where you'll have the freedom to make an impact from day one.
If you're someone who enjoys building relationships, creating opportunities and winning new business, you'll be given the tools, support and platform to succeed.
Apply Today
We're interviewing immediately and looking to hire the right person as soon as possible. If you're ready for your next challenge and want to join a business where your ambition and results will be valued, apply now with your CV.
No-nonsense question... Are you the type of salesperson who hears "we're happy with our current supplier" and thinks "perfect, let's have a conversation"? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you. 🚀
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