Business Development Manager

Insight Executive Group are delighted to be working in partnership with a multinational FM service provider who are looking to recruit a Business Development Manager to work to support their Education and Catering division across London and the South East. This is a permanent position with a starting salary of up to £70k and will be ideal for a senior candidate with experience of selling catering services into the education sector and, ideally, experience of working within the facilities management field. The successful Business Development Manager will be responsible for: - leading the development of winning bids and opportunities resulting in income generation for the business against agreed targets - - lead the production and delivery of a viable client relationship driven Business Development Plan for our client’s state school education clients - establishing, building and maintaining relationships with key contacts at target clients to increase our client's capabilities and effect introductions to relevant colleagues - establishing, building and maintaining relationships with potential partners to support thjeir offerings - managing the business development pipeline and bid process including bid identification, bid writing / development and bid submission process alongside the Bid Manager and Bid Finance Manager - keeping up to date with current issues in the sector and build solid networks The successful Business Development Manager will be able to demonstrate: - a minimum of 2 years business development experience selling or experience procuring services in a high-volume market - an ability to develop and nurture effective business relationships - strong project management skills - an ability to produce high quality proposal and tender documents - experience of working in high volume sales markets - a strong grasp of numbers and the ability to write documents in a professional style The successful Business Development Manager must hold a full UK driving license. If you match the above criteria and are interested in the role please send your CV through for a chat about the role - many thanks