New Business & Acquisitions Manager

Bestwayretail; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent retail company in Gillingham is looking for a New Business & Acquisitions Manager to drive new business activities and secure quality leads. This role involves working closely with the team to implement business strategies and enhance account productivity. The ideal candidate should have strong commercial knowledge of the industry, exceptional relationship-building skills, and a proactive approach towards growth. Competitive earnings are available, incentivizing performance in sales.

Qualifications

• Ability to spot opportunities for growth and development.
• A detailed eye for retailing standards and the ability to influence compliance.
• Confident, driven, and enthusiastic self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and develop positive networking relationships with colleagues.
• Develop strong links with external contacts to drive new business lead generation.
• Network with existing operators willing to grow their store numbers.

Skills

Strong commercial understanding of Symbol Group industry

Outstanding presenting and influencing skills

Ability to build exceptional relationships

Outstanding organizational skills

Problem solving

Job description

About The Role

As a New Business & Acquisitions Manager, you will deliver the annually set number of New accounts and Sales from establishing and securing quality new business leads from across the Bestway Retail portfolio of brands.

Contract Type: Permanent - 37.5hrs
Location: Kent, ME8 0RT

You will be target driven with the chance to increase your earnings as you increase your sales. Working in a team that supports creation and executes implementation of the new business strategy and liaising closely with other Bestway Retail functions to maximise productivity and the results generated from all newly recruited accounts.

About Bestway

Bestway Group is a diversified multinational family-owned business with annualised turnover in excess of £4.5 billion. Starting off as a chain of retail convenience stores, the Group has grown to become a diversified multinational business with interests across the wholesale, pharmacy, real estate, cement and banking sectors. The Group is also the largest overseas investor in Pakistan.

Owned by the Pervez, Choudrey and Sheikh families, Bestway Group was founded in 1976 by Sir Anwar Pervez OBE H Pk, who remains Chairman. Serving over 12 million customers and employing over 28,000 individuals, the Group supports and serves communities through its operations across the UK, Pakistan and the Middle East.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and develop positive networking relationships with the wider field based Bestway Retail colleagues
• Develop strong links with external industry contacts, to drive activity and support for New business lead generation
• Working cross-functionally with colleagues, ensuring all required literature and presentations are in place and remain relevant, to enable the successful execution of planned Recruitment campaigns across identified retail sectors
• Proactively network with existing Bestway Retail operators who have a desire to grow their store numbers
• Approaching retailers to ascertain acquisition opportunities

The Ideal Candidate

• Strong commercial understanding of Symbol Group industry including competitor market activity and market trends
• Ability to spot opportunities for growth and development
• A detailed eye for retailing standards and the ability to influence member compliance
• Outstanding presenting and influencing skills
• A confident, driven and enthusiastic self-starter
• A great problem solver with outstanding judgementAbility to prioritise and strike a balance between proactive and reactive
• Ability to build exceptional relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Outstanding organisational skills with requests made centrally responded to within deadlines and returned in full

We understand that no applicant ever ticks every box so please do consider applying should some or most of the above apply. Bestway Group is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We want strong, and diverse teams built from talented individuals with different backgrounds identities and experiences.

If this is of interest to you and you would like to learn more, please do get in touch, we are looking forward to hearing from you.