Business Development Manager

Drive profitable national growth for an established UK business operating within the electrical engineering sector, with a particular focus on securing new commercial and industrial customers.

SALARY: £55,000 - £65,000
PACKAGE: Car allowance + commission
ROLE FOCUS: 70% new business / 30% existing accounts

Location: National UK / Field-based
Reports to: Commercial Director

The opportunity:

Client is appointing a commercially driven National Business Development Manager to generate profitable orders across the UK. Around 70% of the role is focused on winning new business, with the balance dedicated to strengthening and expanding existing customer relationships.

• Established business is concentrated across South Wales, London, the South East, and the Midlands.
• A key priority is to build a stronger presence in the North.
• This is a high-autonomy role for someone who can open doors, qualify opportunities, and lead the customer relationship through to order.

What you'll do

• Build and execute a focused national target-account and customer call plan.
• Generate quality opportunities through industry contacts, referrals, networking, and targeted outreach.
• Build trusted relationships with commercial, procurement, operational, and technical decision-makers.
• Qualify opportunities for customer need, value, timing, fit, win probability, and commercial risk.
• Own the customer conversation, commercial positioning, and negotiation through to order.
• Provide clear opportunity briefs to the established tendering and quotation team, which prepares detailed submissions.
• Maintain an accurate CRM, a well-qualified pipeline, and reliable forecasts and next actions.