Business Development Manager - Office Interiors
| Posting date: | 30 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.21 to £17.21 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2025 |
| Location: | Remote, NO CODE |
| Company: | evo Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1101481 |
Summary
Company Overview
Banner is the UK’s largest business supplies and services company to both the public and private sectors. We provide facilities & PPE, technology, furniture, printed goods, managed print services and office stationery. We partner with companies both large and small, tailoring our approach to suit each workplace. Our customers trust us to deliver real business benefits that have a positive impact on our environment and communities. Our close consultative approach, combined with an industry-leading logistical capability, enables us to reduce costs, minimise waste and offer an excellent customer experience.
We aim at all times to be the partner that:
Business Leaders trust, that Buyers recommend and that Employees value.
As part of the EVO Group, we are the UK’s no. 1 distributor in our sector with a stock holding in excess of £50m. We have over 350 fleet vehicles, making over 18,000 deliveries per day. We pick over 100,000 lines per day in our 650,0000 plus square feet of warehousing.
Role Specification
We are looking for the right person to develop, to fulfil the following role.
Role Objective: You will support the Banner sales teams with our channel specific strategic and tactical operating plan to grow revenue and margin across our client base.
We will provide you with the necessary training and development so you can take an active and proactive approach to developing and implementing furniture initiatives (range, customers, markets), generating account plans, and provide support to the Banner sales teams and new business.
We will build success together by ensuring we are the partner of choice, by offering our customers relevant, quality solutions at an affordable price and the business remains profitable and in growth.
Role Objective:
- To promote our range of Office Furniture and Services actively and proactively to our Internal and External Sales teams within the vertical and to our customer base where required
- To achieve an agreed range of business objectives while observing our high customer service expectations
- Build meaningful relationships with existing and new customers
- Obtaining and completing tenders with the assistance of our team where required
- Customer visits to their offices and premises to gain an understanding of their requirements
- Able to measure accurately a room / building when a DWG is not available (training provided)
- Able to read CAD plans and translate into a quotation when required (training provided)
- Specifying the correct solutions on projects
- Producing quotations and specification
- Full involvement with CAD teams to produce plans for customers
- Liaising with Installation companies to plan project delivery
- Close working relationships with all furniture suppliers
- To develop annual plans that deliver against the Banner Interiors commercial goals and strategic direction
- Develop a robust visible sales pipeline and communicate proactively developments, risks and opportunities
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE
Essential
- At least 3yrs office furniture related sales experience (either as part of a solution or a full solution)
- Dealer or manufacturer experience (Office Supplies dealer is acceptable)
- Proficiency in Microsoft IT systems, specifically Outlook, Excel and Word
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Office Products industry an advantage
SKILLS/ ABILITIES
- Outgoing, articulate, numerate, and positive personality
- Ability to multi-task handling a range of opportunities simultaneously
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to focus on key priorities with good time management.
- Ability to learn new systems quickly
DISPOSITION
- Enthusiastic ‘self starter’ driven by the wish to succeed and earn rewards
- Able to demonstrate a positive attitude
- Able to demonstrate a ‘common sense’ approach to problem solving
- Professional and friendly manner
- Calm under pressure
- Strong team ethic and desire to work with colleagues to deliver team objectives
- Desire to build positive relationships with all stakeholders to assist the teams’ objectives
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