Business Development Manager (Hazardous Waste) 

Home based/London & South East

£40-50K plus competitive bonus and company car

Our client, a leading provider of hazardous waste management services, is looking to recruit an experienced Business Development Manager. In this role, you will be required to take a proactive approach and build your own lead generation whilst also utilising the company CRM system for new opportunities.

This is a home/field-based role with the requirement to attend occasional meetings at the company’s Head Office in South Essex.

Key Duties:

• Plan and prioritise personal sales activities to achieve growth in business sales.
• Explore new opportunities into gaining new business.
• Maintain new accounts and build on existing relationships to grow the business further.
• Visit customers’ sites when necessary to carry out new business meetings or listings as required.
• Be proactive and adopt a focused approach to all activities.
• Monitor and report on activities and provide relevant reports to the Sales Director.
• Maintain and develop a computerised customer and prospect database (Act! and/or Excel).
• Work with and obtain suitable third-party suppliers where required.
• Prepare and send out quotations in a timely and professional manner.
• Follow up all sales, recording results so that trends can be established.
• Attend sales meetings as required and work as part of a team, promoting ideas that can help move the business forward.
• Liaise with operations to ensure any work gained is carried out efficiently.
• Proactively manage diary and activities to ensure a high level of efficiency and output.
• Ensure all activities are carried out in accordance with current Health & Safety and Environmental legislation.

Applications are invited from candidates with a proven track record of developing business within the waste sector, ideally to include a background in selling hazardous waste management services.

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