Job Title: Head of New Business Development
Key role with a rapidly expanding large format print firm.
Responsibilities
- Generating and contacting his/her own leads for face to face appointments.
- Developing new business. This is a field based role; the candidate will attend the office once a week.
- Selling our range of large format graphic print services.
- The candidate will have the flexibility to sell into any specific market be it Trade, Agencies or End Users.
- Updating CRM system.
- Preparing sales forecasts, pipelines and reports.
- Achieving targets and understanding the importance of sales to maximise revenue and margin.
The Business Development Manager will have access to an internal Account Handler who in turn will help to grow and develop the clients, take briefs and push through the cycle. This will create more time for the Head of New Business Development to get back into the field and market the company to more prospects.
The client is looking to rapidly expand the business and move it on to its next level. We are after a high calibre individual who shares our clients ambition and buys into the vision for the future.
Candidate Profile
- Current and relevant sales success selling large format digital print.
- Excellent sales relationship building skills with the ability to manage long term relationships and business.
- Ability to "hit the ground running", so building on the relationships they have already created in the market would be advantageous.
- Excellent time management skills and self-management.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills are essential as the emphasis of this role is on the understanding of the customer needs.
- Tenacious, enthusiastic and commission hungry.