- Basic Salary: £38,000
- OTE: £44,000
- Company Car Included
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
- Circa 80% Field-Based | 20% Branch-Based
This is primarily a field-based sales role, with around 80% of your time spent visiting customers, developing new business, and growing existing accounts across the region. The remaining 20% will be spent at the branch, supporting the team, managing sales activity, and ensuring smooth branch operations.
Benefits for the Business Development Manager / Branch Sales Manager
- Basic salary of £38,000
- Realistic OTE of £44,000
- Company car
- 32 days annual leave including bank holidays
- Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm
- Ongoing training and development
- Genuine career progression opportunities
- Spend approximately 70/80% of your time on the road, visiting existing and prospective customers to generate new business opportunities.
- Develop and manage long-term relationships with key accounts to maximise sales and customer retention.
- Identify and win new business across your designated territory.
- Promote and sell trailers, parts, equipment and associated services.
- Prepare quotations, negotiate deals and successfully convert opportunities into sales.
- Work closely with the branch team to deliver outstanding customer service.
- Spend around 20/30% of your time supporting branch operations, ensuring sales targets, stock control and customer service standards are achieved.
- Lead and motivate the branch team when required.
- Maintain accurate CRM records, sales forecasts and customer visit reports.
- Help increase market share through proactive business development and networking.
- Ensure compliance with company procedures and health & safety requirements.
- Proven experience as a Business Development Manager, Area Sales Manager, Branch Sales Manager or Field Sales Executive.
- A strong track record of winning new business and developing existing customer accounts.
- Excellent relationship-building and negotiation skills.
- Experience within the automotive, trailer, commercial vehicle, engineering or industrial sectors would be advantageous.
- A proactive, self-motivated approach and the ability to work independently.
- Strong commercial awareness and excellent communication skills.
- Previous leadership or branch management experience is beneficial but not essential.
- A full UK driving licence.
If you're a results-driven sales professional who enjoys being out meeting customers and developing business, while still playing a key role in supporting a successful branch, we'd love to hear from you.
Contact Archie Lawson, Automotive Recruitment Specialist at Perfect Placement, covering Halesowen, West Midlands and the surrounding area, today to discover more about this fantastic opportunity
At Perfect Placement, we're passionate about connecting skilled automotive professionals with their ideal career opportunities throughout the UK Motor Trade