Elevation Recruitment Group
Business Development Manager
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Business Development Manager
Manchester
Salary: £40,000–£60,000 + Uncapped Commission + Company Car or Car Allowance
This is a new opportunity to join a growing business as a Business Development Manager. The business is genuinely flexible on where you're based, and you're free to build your pipeline from anywhere in the UK, ideally somewhere close to home.
You'll be selling construction labour solutions into kitchen manufacturers, main contractors, subcontractors, developers, and housebuilders across the country. Your responsibilities will include meeting customers, visiting sites, cold calling, networking, and building relationships with decision-makers. If you're confident starting a conversation, resilient, commercially sharp, and driven to win new business, this is built for you.
Being part of a wider group, you'll also open doors into services like security, CCTV, fencing, Wi-Fi, solar panels, and turnkey site solutions, giving you real scope to grow your earnings beyond a single offering.
You'll manage your own diary, build your own pipeline, and shape your own territory, with full autonomy and the freedom to get out there and deliver.
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What sets this business apart is how they treat their people, with real trust and flexibility rather than micromanagement. They back you, support you, and invest in you, and trust you to do the job your way. Close-knit and people-first, it's a genuinely great place to build a long-term career.
Responsibilities of a Business Development Manager:
- Identifying and developing new business across the construction and related sectors
- Generating leads through cold calling, site visits, door-knocking, networking, and referrals
- Building relationships with contractors, developers, housebuilders, and manufacturers
- Visiting sites and businesses to introduce the company's workforce solutions
- Meeting with site managers, project managers, commercial managers, and directors
- Preparing quotations and negotiating commercial agreements to close new business
- Working closely with Operations to ensure smooth job coordination
- Managing and growing a strong sales pipeline, with accurate activity tracking
- Spotting opportunities to upsell across the wider service offering
- Working on systems such as Glenigan and Barbour ABI to help identify upcoming projects
- Representing the business at networking events, exhibitions, and industry functions
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Requirements of a Business Development Manager:
- Proven B2B sales or business development experience, ideally field-based
- Must have experience selling into the construction industry to contractors or subcontractors
- A confident, proactive approach to new business generation
- Strong communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Resilience, persistence, and a genuine drive to win new business
- Self-motivated and comfortable managing your own workload independently
- The confidence to engage with anyone from a site manager to a company director
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel nationally
- Good organisational skills
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