Business Development Associate Id51645

£35k We are working with an established and growing technology led business that is looking to add a Business Development Executive to its commercial team. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys speaking with customers, spotting commercial opportunities and turning initial conversations into genuine sales opportunities. You will work across a mixture of inbound and outbound business development. Some prospects will already have shown an interest in the company, while others will come from your own prospecting and outreach activity. What you'll be doing You will be responsible for speaking with prospective customers, understanding what they are looking for and helping move opportunities through the early stages of the sales process. Your role will include:

• Responding quickly to new business enquiries
• Running initial discovery and qualification calls
• Understanding customer requirements, budgets and timescales
• Identifying and developing new outbound sales opportunities
• Building targeted prospect lists and outreach campaigns
• Speaking with prospects across phone, email, video and LinkedIn
• Managing opportunities and activity accurately within a CRM
• Progressing straightforward opportunities through to close
• Qualifying and handing over larger opportunities to other members of the commercial team
• Maintaining regular follow up across multiple live opportunities
• Working closely with colleagues to improve conversion and customer experience What we're looking for You are likely to have experience within sales, business development, telesales, account development or another customer facing commercial role. You should be comfortable starting conversations with new people and confident asking questions to understand whether there is a genuine opportunity. Ideally, you will have:
• Experience working in a target driven commercial environment
• Strong telephone and written communication skills
• Experience generating or progressing sales opportunities
• Confidence carrying out discovery and qualification conversations
• Experience using a CRM to manage activity and pipeline
• Good organisation and follow up skills
• The ability to manage several opportunities at the same time
• A proactive approach to finding new business Experience within technology, SaaS, HR services, people related services or another regulated environment would be useful, although broader commercial experience could also be relevant. Exposure to prospecting platforms, structured outbound campaigns or AI enabled sales tools would also be advantageous, but these are not essential requirements. Who this could suit This could work particularly well for someone who has already built some experience in sales and now wants greater ownership of opportunities. You might currently be working as a:
• Business Development Representative
• Sales Development Representative
• Business Development Executive
• Internal Sales Executive
• Telesales Executive
• Account Development Executive
• Junior Account Executive The environment should suit somebody energetic, commercially minded and comfortable taking responsibility for their own pipeline. If you enjoy building relationships, uncovering opportunities and seeing your conversations turn into revenue, this could be a strong next step.