Business Development Executive

Tharsus; Blyth; On-site; GBP 25,000 - GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic technology company in Blyth is seeking a Business Development Executive to enhance their sales pipeline and drive growth. You will identify and engage with potential clients, maintain relationships, and support sales activities. Ideal candidates have experience in sales or business development and possess strong communication and organisational skills. The role offers competitive benefits, including a generous holiday package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Pension Exchange

Employee Assistance Program

Discounted gym membership

Annual Leave Purchasing Scheme

Discretionary Colleague Bonus

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Sales, Telesales, or Business Development role.
• Strong track record in prospect identification and cold calling.
• Confident and professional when engaging with new prospects.
• Able to work independently while contributing positively to a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop validated opportunities to the point of first meeting stage.
• Research and provide market insights.
• Make first contact with decision-makers via calls, emails, and social media.
• Nurture accounts and maintain strong relationships with potential customers.
• Support wider sales activities as required.

Skills

Sales experience

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Cold calling

Proactivity

Education

Degree-level qualification or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Hours: 20+ hours per week | Term-time working considered alongside full time

Are you confident, proactive, and passionate about building relationships? Do you enjoy opening doors, starting conversations, and creating opportunities that lead to real business growth?

We’re looking for a Business Development Executive to help build and nurture a strong sales pipeline by engaging with the right kind of prospect organisations that share our ambition to achieve more and value true collaboration.

In this role, you’ll play a pivotal part in driving our growth strategy - spotting and developing high quality opportunities while working closely with our sales and account management colleagues.

What you’ll do

• Developing validated opportunities to the point of first meeting stage.
• Researching to identify opportunities and provide market insights.
• Making first contact with decision-makers using a mix of outbound calls, emails, and social media.
• Coordinating and carrying out follow up activity to develop and nurture accounts.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with potential customers.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders to ensure the right actions happen at the right time.
• Providing account management support where required.
• Maintaining accurate account activity and updates within the CRM system.
• Reporting on account development and pipeline progress.
• Supporting wider sales and business activities as needed.

We’d love you to have

• Proven experience in Sales, Telesales, or Business Development role.
• A strong track record in prospect identification and cold calling.
• Confident and professional when engaging with new prospects.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Agile, adaptable, and open to new challenges.
• Able to work independently while contributing positively to a team.
• Proactive, approachable, and customer focused.
• Strong organisational and IT skills.
• Degree-level qualification or equivalent (desirable).
• Experience in an engineering and/or manufacturing environment (desirable).

Great Colleague Benefits

Financial Wellbeing: Pension Exchange, Savings Scheme, Introduce a Colleague (get up to £1000!), discretionary Colleague Bonus.

Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA), Discounted gym membership, Bike to Work scheme.

Work life balance: 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro rata), Annual Leave Purchasing Scheme (to purchase up to an extra week), you will also get your birthday off.

Learning & Development: We are committed to providing colleagues with training and development opportunities and career progression through our Grow our Own Program.

If you enjoy building relationships, spotting opportunities, and being part of a team that values ambition and collaboration, we'd love to hear from you.