Business Development Manager

Our client Kick ICT has an exciting new opportunity for a Business Development Manager to join the team on a permanent basis. Kick ICT is based in Bellshill, Glasgow and this will be a hybrid position.Kick ICT was founded in 2015 and has quickly become Scotland's leading independent IT services business. Kick ICT's aim has been to help businesses succeed through providing them with financial and business management software, Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions, managed IT and cloud services.The New Business Development Managers role is a new role designed to uncover new logo opportunities with the help and support of Kick's marketing and presales resource. This is a new role focusing on 100 IT- seats and above offering our attractive and well received range of consultancy/support and products. We are looking for someone with strong new business development experience within the field of IT Managed Services/ Support.IT Security – our innovative set of Cyber Security products / consultancy and support services.Microsoft Azure solutions – supported by the Azure Head of practice at Kick.Co-Managed IT services – a defined range of products and consultancy offerings that strongly compliments the existing IT dept of organisations with over IT -100 seats.Key ResponsibilitiesIdentify, pursue, and close new business opportunities in the Managed Service domain.Sales Target Achievement: Carry and deliver on a measurable gross profit target through strategic sales initiatives.Work closely with marketing to help create opportunities.Develop positive relationships with recommenders like accountants and IT consultants.Set and track sales accounts targets, aligned with company aims (CRM).Suggest actions to improve sales performance and find opportunities for growth.Set and track sales accounts targets, aligned with company aims.Experience RequiredAt least 2 years' success in finding and securing new IT based contracts.History of consistently achieving targets – combined with hitting “Target matters” mindset.Strong opportunity generation background.An understanding that a strong activity approach in sales creates strong results.A proactive approach to identifying and securing new business opportunities.BenefitsCompetitive salary30 days annual leave (plus a birthday holiday)Additional Service DaysGroup personal pension planPrivate medical insurance schemeHybrid WorkingLife cover (2 x final salary)Cycle to work schemeApply above or reach out to me on 07435 049218 or at [email protected] for a confidential discussion about the opportunity.