Business Development Team Manager
| Posting date: | 03 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | £45,000 to £50,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 March 2026 |
| Location: | Yeovil, South West, BA20 2YB |
| Company: | Meridian Business Support |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 59097701 |
Summary
We are looking for a Business Development Team Manager to join a successful team based in Yeovil. This role would suit someone who takes pride in leading a team, but also still enjoys getting on the phone and developing the business themselves too.
Your role will involve the following:
- Working alongside internal teams to coordinate customer and new business appointments, ensuring that all parts of the business is cross sold and sales are maximised.
- Lead and manage your team, including frequent 1:1s, performance reviews and development plans.
- Support and follow-up on quotations and prospects in a timely manner to maximise conversion rates
- Resolving customer queries and questions in a manner which maximises customer satisfaction as required and in particular dealing with complex customer cases.
- Processing sales orders using the internal systems, raising purchase orders to suppliers and setting up codes for products.
- Maintaining databases and filing systems.
Knowledge, skills and experience
- Experience of leading and managing a customer sales team to achieve results
- Experience of developing new and existing customer accounts
- Excellent customer liaison skills
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Highly organised with the ability to multitask
- Excellent computer skills
Your role will involve the following:
- Working alongside internal teams to coordinate customer and new business appointments, ensuring that all parts of the business is cross sold and sales are maximised.
- Lead and manage your team, including frequent 1:1s, performance reviews and development plans.
- Support and follow-up on quotations and prospects in a timely manner to maximise conversion rates
- Resolving customer queries and questions in a manner which maximises customer satisfaction as required and in particular dealing with complex customer cases.
- Processing sales orders using the internal systems, raising purchase orders to suppliers and setting up codes for products.
- Maintaining databases and filing systems.
Knowledge, skills and experience
- Experience of leading and managing a customer sales team to achieve results
- Experience of developing new and existing customer accounts
- Excellent customer liaison skills
- Excellent negotiation skills
- Highly organised with the ability to multitask
- Excellent computer skills
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