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An established industry player is seeking a motivated Business Development Executive to join their sales team. This role involves building strong relationships through daily calls and guiding clients in accessing government-funded training. With a supportive environment that values employee contributions, the company offers a competitive salary and benefits, including additional holidays and performance rewards. If you're passionate about business development and want to be part of a caring organization, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
Pyramid8 are working with a well-established training services company that specializes in apprenticeships within early years settings. They were founded over 15 years ago, and due to business growth, they are now seeking an experienced Business Development Executive to work within their sales team. This organization is award-winning, has an outstanding USP above their competitors, and provides a robust marketing process which is rolled out 12 weeks prior to the business development calls. On top of this, they provide fantastic benefits that stand out over and above most businesses because they value their employees. They currently have 4 staff who have each been employed within the business for 10 years. If you are a business developer who sees the OTE, which is 100% realistic, over the basic salary and you want to be part of a business that really does care about their employees AND you understand that this is an office-based role (no hybrid working), then please read on…
The role is to build relationships and rapport, which will be done by 25 to 30 quality calls per day. As your pipeline builds, you will find that most of your talk time will be guiding your customers through the portal to access government funding, as this training is 95% funded by the government and it's a necessity in the early years industry. The calls are following up on warm leads, and the customers and potential customers will know of the brand name.
This role will be suited to someone who is from a business development background and/or account management, someone who is confident, friendly, has a lovely telephone manner, and good customer service skills. Experience within an educational/training setting is favorable.
In return, you will receive 25 days + bank holidays, with an additional holiday day per year of service up to a maximum of 28 days. You will receive an additional holiday day for your birthday and also one for Christmas shopping day. You will receive service & performance rewards and incentive schemes. Help towards your home utility costs and monetary savings on eye tests. Free parking. The company provides excellent learning & development opportunities. Working hours are Monday to Thursday 9 am - 5 pm, Friday 9 am until 4 pm. Salary of £23K - £25K basic depending on experience with a realistic OTE of £45K, with uncapped commission.