Business Development Manager

Our West Sussex client is a specialist mechanical engineering manufacturer and is now seeking to recruit a Business Development Manager with a mechanical engineering background.

They work globally in a specialist market and are proud to be the only UK manufacturer of this type of product.

The sales region will be predominantly UK and Ireland for the first 6/12 months, with limited export activity during this period, but will then move towards extensive export activity/travel thereafter.

General Responsibilities

• Support existing customers and dealers
• Expand customer base
• Follow up existing clients from extensive database & generate new enquiries
• Increase market share
• Raise Company profile
• Attend exhibitions
• Based at the factory, North Worthing, West Sussex

Experience/Attributes

• A Mechanical Engineer with 3 years proven track record in sales of specialist capital equipment (e.g. pumps, industrial cleaning equipment, industrial plant, rotating equipment etc.)
• Export sales experience & working with overseas dealers would be an advantage, but not essential.
• Target driven
• Pro-active

Additional Information

• £45k basic salary plus 1% commission on sales achieved over £500k.
• Company car (or allowance)
• Laptop and mobile phone
• Company credit card
• Work place pension scheme (after qualifying period)
• 25 days holiday (plus statutory holidays)
• Private health care (after qualifying period)
• Hours are 8.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday with a 30 minute lunch break.

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