Business Development Executive

Reports to: Business Development Manager

Starting salary range: £26,521 - £30,000

Location: London EC4Y 8EE (Hybrid)

Contract: Permanent, full-time (31.5 hours per week)

Job Purpose

This role is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to develop their knowledge and skills in business development. Working alongside our Business Development Manager, you ll get involved in new business generation, account management, increasing sponsorship opportunities and converting leads to sales. You ll also be involved in providing an outstanding level of customer service to our partners and sponsors and develop your own portfolio of accounts and sales prospects.

Please note: This role may require travel, overnight stays and weekend work, for example at our conferences.

Main Responsibilties

Business development support

• Support with the delivery of a business development strategy for BSR that secures financially sustainable funding streams that support our drive to improve patient care
• Carry out routine market research, pricing modelling and competitor analysis
• Generate ideas for product development that improve our product portfolios to keep partners engaged in supporting our membership.

Relationship building and customer service

• Provide exceptional and consistent relationship management with sponsors, partners and collaborators
• With the Business Development Manager, enable internal sharing of insight and intelligence about trends and movements with industry partners
• Keep all trackers and sales pipelines up to date.

Systems and compliance

• Support our partners to maximise their impact
• Be the key admin for business development systems and trackers, including being the team s subject matter expert for the CRM
• Be a secondary admin for related team systems, such as booking systems and conference apps
• With the Business Development Manager, ensure our materials and products are compliant with the ABPI pharmaceutical industry code
• Work closely with the finance team to ensure all billing and invoicing is issued and processed in a timely manner
• Ensure our partners are aligning with our sustainability value and event requirements.

Person Specification

1. Experience of sales and/or business development either directly or in a support function
2. Experience of digital systems and tools
3. Ability to carry out market research and competitor analysis and report findings
4. Proven skills in customer services
5. Excellent time management and prioritisation skills
6. Good interpersonal and communication skills
7. Commitment to BSR values.

Timetable

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Wednesday 1st October.
Interviews are expected to take place Thursday 9th October.

Equity, Inclusion and Diversity statement

BSR is committed to encouraging inclusion, equity, and diversity in our workforce. We are actively trying to increase the diversity of our staff team. We try to reduce as many barriers as we can for those with a disability. We know that everyone is an individual, so please always tell us what we can do to support you.

We welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including those from minoritised communities, and those with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.