Business Development Consultant/Account Manager
Job description
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If you have strong sales, customer service or contact centre experience, handling high call volumes on an outbound or inbound basis, then this could be a fantastic opportunity for you!
We are delighted to be working with this rapidly expanding mutual society, who have experienced some impressive growth recently, and have a leadership team in place to make sure this continues and have big plans for the future, meaning there is some great opportunities at the moment for hard working and career minded people who want to join them on this journey. They are now looking for a someone to join them as a Business Development Consultant.
They offer some genuinely great perks here, such as staff away days and social functions, with a benefits package that includes, Private Health Cover, 25 days holiday + bank holidays to start, free eye care, a 10% of salary annual bonus and a 10% non-contributory pension, death in service (x4 of base salary). And the benefits do not stop there, as they also offer a staff Employee Assistance program, and discounted membership investment opportunities as well as a further two days leave year fully paid to go and work for a charity of your choice. They also offer hybrid working and onsite parking is also provided.
Your role will require you to manage a large number of relationships with Financial Advice businesses, that sell the societies products currently. This will include offering them a variety of proposition training, including webinars and presentations to build brand awareness and meet agreed sales targets. You will also be required to make some outbound sales calls and generate leads too, identifying new opportunities for the sales team. You will also get to attend corporate business events, representing the company. On top of this you will also book business development meetings, research new business prospects, carry out competitor analysis and produce reports on sales figure and trends for management.
To be considered for this role, no financial services experience is required (though this would be a bonus) however you will need to possess good experience in a high call volume environment in a sales or customer service focused role. A good standard of education with a minimum grade ‘C’ GCSE, or equivalent, in Maths and English is also required.
This is a truly fabulous opportunity to join a great local employer in Gloucestershire, who offer a warm and friendly working environment, working with a great team!
Office hours are 8:45am to 5pm and the salary on offer is £26-31,000, depending on experience including all the benefits mentioned above, with them offering hybrid working. (You will need to be in the office 2/3 days a week)
If you wish to discuss this role in more detail, please contact Kieran at CKB Recruitment
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📞 Emphasise your high call volume experience prominently as this is specifically mentioned as essential for the role
🎯 Quantify your sales achievements and target performance to demonstrate your ability to meet agreed sales targets
🤝 Highlight relationship management experience, particularly with B2B clients or business partners as you'll manage Financial Advice businesses
📊 Showcase any experience with competitor analysis, market research or sales reporting as these are key responsibilities
💼 Include any presentation or training delivery experience, even informal, as you'll be conducting webinars and proposition training
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- •Generated 150+ qualified leads monthly through outbound calling campaigns, achieving 118% of quarterly sales targets
- •Managed relationships with 45 B2B clients simultaneously, delivering product training sessions that increased sales conversion by 23%
- •Conducted competitor analysis across 8 market segments, producing weekly reports that informed strategic pricing decisions
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Dear Hiring Manager,
I am writing to apply for the Business Development Consultant position at your rapidly expanding mutual society. My extensive experience in high call volume environments and outbound sales aligns perfectly with your requirements for managing Financial Advice business relationships and delivering proposition training to meet sales targets.
My background in customer service and business development has equipped me with the relationship management skills essential for nurturing partnerships with Financial Advice businesses. I have consistently exceeded targets through strategic lead generation and possess strong presentation abilities for delivering webinars and training sessions.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach researching new business prospects in the financial services sector?
- ›Describe your experience with CRM systems for managing client relationships
- ›How do you prepare and deliver effective sales presentations or webinars?
- ›What methods do you use for competitor analysis and market research?
- ›How do you track and report on sales figures and trends?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you managed multiple client relationships simultaneously
- ›Describe a situation where you exceeded sales targets through outbound calling
- ›Give an example of when you had to build rapport with a difficult prospect
- ›Tell me about a time you identified a new business opportunity that others had missed
- ›Describe how you handle rejection when making outbound sales calls
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you managed multiple client relationships simultaneously
Describe a situation where you exceeded sales targets through outbound calling