Business Development Executive

**Business Development Executive**

**Based Lower Darwen, Lancashire**

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Business Development Executive to join our team and play a key role in growing our customer base and developing new business opportunities within the healthcare furniture industry.

This is a role for someone who enjoys speaking to people, spotting opportunities and turning conversations into meaningful business relationships. You'll work closely with customers, our Sales Managers, Customer Service and the wider business to understand what our customers need and find ways we can support them.

**Key Responsibilities:**

• Proactively identify and engage with prospective customers, generating new business opportunities and developing a strong pipeline of leads.

• Reconnect with dormant accounts and develop existing customer relationships, identifying opportunities for growth, upselling and cross-selling.

• Understand and qualify customer needs, identifying opportunities where our products and services can add genuine value.

• Prepare and follow up on quotations, supporting the conversion of opportunities into successful sales.

• Build strong, long-term customer relationships while working closely with External Sales, Customer Service, Marketing and the wider business.

• Communicate confidently across phone, Microsoft Teams and email, support exhibitions and events, and remain commercially curious in identifying new opportunities and ways to grow the business.

**Knowledge, Skills and Experience:**

• Previous experience in business development, sales, account management or a similar customer-focused role.

• Confident and engaging communicator, comfortable building strong customer relationships through phone, Microsoft Teams and email.

• Experience using CRM systems, with strong organisation and time-management skills and the ability to manage multiple customers and opportunities effectively.

• A genuine customer-focused approach, with the ability to build positive, long-term relationships and understand customer needs.

• Ideally, experience within the furniture, healthcare, manufacturing or a related industry, although a positive attitude and willingness to learn are equally important.

• A proactive, resilient and commercially curious mindset, with the confidence to start conversations, identify opportunities and create value for both customers and the business.

**Benefits Include;**

• Contributory Pension Scheme

• 24 days' holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

• MediCash Healthcare Plan

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Bright Ideas Scheme

• Employee of Quarter / Year Award.

• Free Life Assurance

• Family Fun Day

• Social Events

**If you're interested in finding out more about the role and the Senator Group, please

**"The Senator Group is committed to supporting inclusion and diversity and we encourage applications from different abilities, sexual orientation, ethnicity, faith, disability, gender and all other underrepresented job seekers"**

Salary: Negotiable Salary DOE & Excellent Benefits