Business Development Manager
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST - UNFORTUNATELY THIS JOB HAS NOW EXPIRED AND WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING NEW APPLICANTS
SECTOR: LEISURE
LOCATION: HOMEBASED / WEST SUSSEX
TYPE: PERMANENT / FULL TIME
SALARY: c.£45,000 P.A. + BENEFITS
Our client is an industry leading UK holiday and leisure brand offering customers a range of services. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team due to ongoing growth of the UK holiday sector in a permanent Business Development Manager position.
YOUR responsibilities as a BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER will include:
Supporting the ongoing development of B2B relationships with sponsors and partners which will promote their holiday sites such as activity providers (Go Ape etc), local businesses, and relevant events.
Supporting growth of existing event schedule and partnerships
Identifying new event and event sponsorship opportunities within their industry (Leisure & hospitality).
Maintaining and grow supplier relationships.
Working to approved expenditure, produce budget reports detailing spend, and submit business cases for any additional spend required.
Working cross-functionally with the marketing, communications, sales, customer, and finance teams.
the ideal BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER will HAVE:
Experience working in the travel, hospitality, leisure, UK holiday, UK activities, or automotive industry would be ideal though not essential.
Demonstrable experience growing relationships with new partners, sponsorships, event and awards.
Annual budget planning and revenue reporting.
Understanding of contract management and able to contribute to new contracts.
Self-driven and motivated, you enjoy driving your own success and working as a member of family-feel team.
Flexible to travel within the UK to partners, sponsors etc as required and spend on average 2 days a week at the West Sussex based office for team meets etc.
WHY JOIN THIS COMPANY AS THEIR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER?
Our client is long-established with a high employee retention rate. The successful candidate will join a strong, cohesive team but as a BDM, will also drive their own success in a high autonomy role.
Strong benefits package including:
A generous pension
Private healthcare
Travel expenses
Discretionary company bonus
Holiday and travel discounts, restaurant, supermarket, and online shopping discounts, gym discounts and more!
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