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Our Business Development Managers are high-activity, field-based, new business focused - identifying, engaging, and converting predominantly industrial SME customers within an assigned territory, helping customers operate more safely, efficiently, and responsibly. You’ll spend your time in the field converting warm leads, prospecting proactively, running structured customer meetings, and progressing opportunities through a defined sales process - from first contact to close. Success in the role depends on disciplined prospecting, structured sales execution against a market leading methodology, and the ability to clearly articulate technical and value-led propositions. You’ll build strong, in-person working relationships across your Safetykleen network, partnering closely with branch and support teams to ensure clear communication, joined-up working, and a consistently strong service for customers.
Job Responsibility:
Winning new customers in the field - converting qualified appointments and warm leads into new customers through confident, professional conversations
Creating opportunity through proactive prospecting - using outbound calling, networking, and proactive site visits to build consistent new customer acquisition
Following a structured sales execution - delivering first appointments, site assessments, surveys, demos, proposals, and business cases to identify cleaning, safety, compliance, and value led opportunities
Progressing opportunities with pace and discipline - following a consistent sales process with clear next steps from first contact to close
Building a strong daily rhythm - planning and managing daily field activity to maximise productivity and keep momentum high across your territory
Working smarter with AI/CRM and protecting standards - using AI/CRM tools to prioritise and qualify leads, maximise field time, handle objections confidently, and keep CRM up to date for clear pipeline visibility and a professional customer experience
Requirements:
Field-based, majority - new sales experience with consistent target delivery
Strong new business generation and structured sales execution
Confident, tenacious, and results-focused
Full UK driving licence (essential)
Proven new business developer who thrives in the field, owning a B2B territory where targets matter and momentum counts
Credible in industrial/technical environments and confident running the full sales cycle
Data-led, using CRM and modern sales tools to prioritise activity, manage pipeline, and forecast accurately
Resilient, high-energy, and self-managing, with the integrity to represent Safetykleen professionally
What we offer:
Uncapped commission structure
£5,200 per year car allowance
25 days’ holiday plus UK bank holidays
Contributory pension scheme
Private healthcare (role / country dependent)
Life assurance x 3 salary
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with 24/7 confidential support
Access to wellbeing and gym discounts (e.g. Virgin Active, Gymflex – where applicable)
Cycle to Work scheme
Ongoing training and development, with opportunities to grow your career across Safetykleen