An opportunity has arisen for an exceptional individual to work with the Sales Director and Business Development Manager due to sustained growth of the company. They are seeking a dynamic and experienced business development junior to assist in filtering enquiries, organising the team admin, progressing deals and developing relationships that can grow the business to a £250m turnover by end of 2019.
The business itself is a successful JV and lending business, focused on multi-unit residential property projects across England, Wales and Scotland. They currently have 1,100 units in development across the country, and look to keep growing this by identifying relevant deals and partners.
Their Culture, Their Ethos, Their Aims
They value and empower their friendly team and have an exceptionally strong “make it happen” culture, it is their Business not my Business and as such, they are all motivated to the cause of being the very best they can and better than their competitors in all respects.
- They have a unique culture
- They are financially very strong and have no outside shareholders
- They expect their team to go beyond the call of duty, and will reward as such.
- They have a & people development process, including a policy of promoting from within
- They are a great place to work:
- A very friendly team
- A flat reporting structure
- A make it happen not watch it happen culture
- Significant personal responsibility within a team culture
- A focus on everyone progressing
Role Responsibilities:
- Filter incoming enquiries generated by marketing, quickly and efficiently identifying strong potentials and dismissing (but recording) enquiries that are not appropriate for
the funding solutions they have, and then pass these go to the appropriate business development contact.
- Take detailed messages for the sales team, and wider office as required
- Organise meetings and the team’s diaries as required
- Re-contact and develop relationships with past clients and ensure they are in their mind for future opportunities by maintaining a consistent follow up process
- Carry put preliminary due diligence and research on potential schemes and producing investment presentations for the Business development manager.
- Run and evaluate development appraisals.
- Learn the market sector and keep updated on competitor movement and promotions, in order to ensure our position is the market is strong
- Attend networking events, industry events, conferences and meetings as appropriate to ensure their brand and products are known and understood
Key Personal Attributes required:
- Positive, proactive attitude
- Strong negotiation and persuasion skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required
- Good team player
- Takes initiative and happy to work independently when required
- Good with numbers so able to assess multi-million pound deals with confidence
- IT proficient
- Able to work to deadlines and targets effectively
- Car owner with clean driving license