Business Development Consultant

The Zellis group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing business in Manchester is seeking a highly driven Business Development Consultant to generate new sales opportunities. You will utilize CRM data to book appointments and manage client interactions. The role offers a competitive salary, commission potential, and a flexible benefits package. Join a collaborative team focused on individual growth and success.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Flexible benefits package

Life assurance 4x salary

Enhanced pension contributions

Qualifications

• Previous sales experience in a telephone based role or customer service.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Experience in the sales process is beneficial.
• Confident communicator with charisma.
• Willing and capable of adapting quickly.
• Educated to a minimum of GCSE Level.

Responsibilities

• Contact businesses to create new sales opportunities.
• Follow up on leads and nurture long-term relationships.
• Update details on leads and prospects.
• Utilize social media to identify business issues.
• Drive activity to achieve KPIs.
• Maintain accurate records in the CRM.

Skills

Sales experience

Customer service skills

Communication skills

Ability to learn quickly

Education

GCSE Level in Maths & English

Job description

About the role

We're on the lookout for a highly driven and motivated individual to join Moorepay as a Business Development Consultant! This is a great opportunity for you to join a supportive, exciting and growing business to generate new business sales opportunities for our Business Development Managers.

Your role will be primarily using the data on our CRM systems to call clients and book in appointments for our Business Development Managers. You'll also be responsible for managing your own data and updating this on our internal systems.

If you're looking to progress your sales career in a fun and collaborative team, with supportive management and a strong progression path, we would love to hear from you! This isn’t your typical sales role or call centre environment - we’re a friendly bunch of people and you'll get the freedom to really make this role your own and learn from a well-established team of sales professionals.

We love to reward our people for their hard work, so you'll get the opportunity to earn more with our competitive commission structure. We offer a flexible benefits package, a comprehensive programme of learning and development, and a great work/life balance.

You'll work alongside your team from our Swinton (Manchester) offices Monday-Thursday, with Fridays working remotely.

Key responsibilities include:

• Contacting businesses using data provisions to feed field sales team with new business sales opportunities.
• Effectively following up on prospect data, inbound leads and marketing campaigns to build up and nurture a long-term pipeline of sales opportunities.
• Ensuring all key details - decision makers, incumbent suppliers and contractual periods - are updated on all leads where possible.
• Using specialised tools, social media and news channels to identify business issues which help position Moorepay products and services to give us a competitive advantage.
• Driving own activity to continually achieve desired KPIs.
• Effective utilisation of data and CRM/database to update/record accurate details about clients and prospects.
• Working closely with other departments to ensure success in delivering a quality service to our clients.

Skills & experience

• Previous sales experience, whether this is in a telephone based role or within a customer service/retail background.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Experience within the sales process is beneficial.
• Confident, strong communicator with charisma and gravitas.
• Willing and capable of learning and adapting quickly.
• Educated to a minimum of GCSE Level - Maths & English essential.

Benefits & culture

Part of the Zellis Group,Moorepayisa team ofover500friendly professionalsacross four offices in Swinton (Manchester), Sheffield, Birmingham and Kochi (India).We’repassionate about making Moorepay a fantastic place to work for every single one of our colleagues.The average length of service at Moorepay is 12 years, which speaks for itself!

To help make Moorepay such a great place to work, we focus on three things in our company culture: mental health support, maintaining a healthy work/life balance, and equal opportunities and inclusion for all.

Here’s what you’ll gain if youjoin our team:

• A career packed with opportunity, in a stable and growing company.
• A comprehensive programme of learning and development.
• Competitive base salary plus great commission earning potential.
• 25 days annual leave, with the opportunity to buy more. You’ll even get your birthday off as well!
• Private medical insurance.
• Life assurance 4x salary.
• Enhanced pension with up to 8.5% employer contributions.
• A huge range of additional flexible benefits across financial & personal wellbeing, lifestyle & leisure.