National Business Development Manger

National Business Development Manager

🚗 Field-Based

💰 £45,000 - 55,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus

We are currently supporting a growing international business within the commercial workplace products/services sector as they look to hire a Business Development Manager to help drive UK growth.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded and relationship-led sales professional who enjoys autonomy, strategic account development and building long-term partnerships.

The role is focused far more around developing and onboarding national accounts at head office level through branch-level merchant sales.

The Role

You will be responsible for developing and growing relationships with national merchants, procurement teams, commercial stakeholders and multi-site customers across the UK.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Winning and developing national accounts
• Building relationships with procurement and buying teams at head office level
• Driving new business activity and pipeline generation
• Managing and growing existing strategic accounts
• Developing direct sales channels and commercial partnerships
• Identifying opportunities for long-term account growth
• Supporting national rollouts, promotions and account activity
• Working closely with internal stakeholders to drive commercial performance

They're looking for someone who:

• A genuine new business hunter with a track record of opening doors and winning new customers.
• Experienced in field sales, business development or national account management.
• Confident building relationships with procurement teams, buyers and key commercial decision-makers.
• Able to identify, secure and grow strategic national accounts.
• Commercially minded, proactive and comfortable managing a varied sales pipeline.
• Self-motivated and able to work autonomously in a field-based role.
• Skilled at managing multiple opportunities, stakeholders and longer sales cycles.
• Ambitious, driven and motivated by long-term business growth.

Ideal experience includes:

• Selling into or through national merchant groups.
• Building relationships with head office procurement and buying teams.
• Managing multi-site or national customer accounts.
• Developing strategic commercial partnerships.

Backgrounds within Merchant environments , Trade, commercial fit-out, workplace solutions, FM, building products is mandatory and any applicants without this experience will be rejected.