Business Development Manager (BDM)

We are currently looking for a Business Development Manager to join our UK Partners - Telesales Department based at our Headquarters in Steeton (West Yorkshire, UK).

The purpose of this role is to build, develop and strengthen relationships between Acorn Stairlifts and our business partners.

If you are an enthusiastic person, who has experience in building business partnerships, we would love to hear from you!

OFFICE BASED - NO HOME WORKING

Type of Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £12.70 P/H (£40,000 - £42,000 P/A OTE uncapped)
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm. 1 in 6 Saturdays on rota.

Benefits of working at Acorn:

• Induction and training programme
• Investors in People award
• Healthcare and pension provisions
• Free on-site parking
• Excellent transport links to Leeds, Bradford, and Skipton
• Cycle to work scheme
• Company Events
• On site Canteen (Subsidised food)
• Gym Membership discounts
• Health & wellbeing programme

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Working towards a weekly/monthly KPI which includes generation of leads, revenue and new business.
• Being the main telephone contact/liaison for all our UK Partners.
• Working with Partners to develop and generate leads and sales for ourselves and the Business Partners.
• Making outbound, taking inbound calls from UK Partners and their customers.
• Actively promoting the company, products and services to our UK Partners, displaying the highest level of product knowledge at all times.
• Identifying old and new business accounts that have scope for development and setting out a relevant business plan to increase growth within these accounts.
• Ensuring that the internal database and partner accounts are kept up to date and is accurately maintained, including any purchase orders and invoicing so commissions are paid within a timely manner.
• Ensuring that all sales referrals are dealt with accurately, input onto the database and all relevant updates are given to our UK Partners on a regular and timely basis.
• Quarterly external onsite partner visits for ongoing training to support the business and help to promote the programme.
• Understanding the market and competition to increase the business potential within your partners and to identify missing opportunity through effective account management and research.
• Liaising with Internal Sales, Internal Trade contacts and all relevant departments/colleagues within Acorn Mobility.

Skills and Experience:

• Excellent Communication skills
• Excellent telephone manner
• Computer literate
• Previous business to business experience (advantageous)
• Previous sales experience
• Excellent team player

Must be able to display the Acorn Values

OUR VALUES

• Quality of the products we make and sell and the service we provide
• Unity Working together as one team
• Integrity Acting responsibly and honestly to deliver on our promises
• Caring About our customers, each other and the wider community
• Ambition Taking Pride in all we do and striving to improve

Acorn Achievers:

We run a monthly incentive scheme to recognize employees that go over and above their job duties by rewarding them with a first prize of £100 vouchers and two runner ups of £50 vouchers each.

Recommend a friend scheme:

Do you want to recommend us a friend to work with us? Do it and you can earn up to £100 if your friend is finally offered a position to join Acorn!

Please, apply now if you want to be considered for this role.

All recruitment communications will come solely from our internal Recruitment Team at Acorn Stairlifts.

Please note: this position may close early if we receive a high volume of qualified applications. To ensure ample consideration, please submit your application as soon as possible.