Business Development Manager

Salary: 70,000 - 75,000 + Commission + Car/Allowance + Laptop + Mobile

Location: Grantham

An award-winning UK engineering and manufacturing business is seeking an ambitious and commercially driven Business Development Manager to lead dealer growth, expand market presence, and drive UK and European sales. The company is particularly interested in someone with experience in waste management, construction plant, or another strong transferable technical industry, who can quickly understand the product range and build credibility with customers and distributors.

Overview

• Lead sales activities across the UK and EU, managing key accounts and securing high-value deals
• Develop, appoint, and support new dealerships, ensuring strong territorial coverage and growth
• Handle the full sales cycle from lead generation and qualification through to quotation, closing, and after-sales care
• Conduct customer visits, site demonstrations, and presentations to distributors and end-users
• Maintain accurate CRM records, manage your own diary, and organise national and occasional international travel
• Support marketing, product launches, exhibitions, and promotional campaigns in collaboration with external partners
• Provide commercial insight to senior leadership on trends, competitive activity, and new opportunities
• Deliver against KPIs relating to sales performance, dealer expansion, and overall market development.

Requirements

• Technically minded with an interest in machinery, engineering products, or manufacturing
• Experience establishing, managing, or developing dealership networks is highly advantageous
• Open to candidates from a wide range of transferable technical industries
• Self-motivated, proactive, and comfortable working in a hands-on, fast-moving environment
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to influence and engage at all levels
• Confident in outbound activity, lead generation, and identifying new business opportunities
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel throughout the UK and occasionally overseas
• Clear, organised approach to managing workload and customer engagement.

Salary and Benefits

• 70,000 - 75,000 base salary
• Monday-Friday 9am - 5pm
• Commission / bonus structure tailored to performance
• Company car or car allowance
• Laptop & mobile phone provided
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Early Friday finish
• Free on-site parking
• Product training and ongoing development
• Christmas shutdown

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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