Business Development Manager

Location: Manchester
Salary: £50K per Year
Contract: Permanent
Type: Full Time

Reference: VAC-337023_1777387390
Posted: April 28, 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a well‑established, reputable Social Housing Contractor as a Business Development Manager, whose core responsibility it will be to identify and secure profitable pipeline across the business.

My client currently seek to appoint an experienced, ambitious and confident Business Development Manager, whose role it will be to raise the profile of the Contractor's brand and services within the Social Housing & Retrofit Markets.

It will be your responsibility to develop opportunities to tender for work and to assist in promoting/growing the business in line with company expectations.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a business who are growing rapidly with lots of opportunities to progress within your career.

Reporting to the Director, your duties will be:

• Sell the Contractor's services to new and existing clients in line with core business strategic objectives/target markets.
• Build lasting relationships with customers, particularly those identified as key customers.
• Identify changing client needs and wants and adapt to meet new requirements.
• Market research using trade press, identifying relevant documentation and publications
• Have a thorough understanding of office, regional, sector & company strategy and ensure this is communicated to customers.
• At all times present a professional image of the business to new and existing clients.
• Attend and participate at regional & national sales meetings, networking events and seminars where required.
• Maintain a strong awareness of competitor activity as well as changes within their key markets and feed this back into the business.
• Work closely and communicate effectively with operational teams to identify & target prospective clients and in due course develop opportunity with this group.
• Work closely with the marketing department to ensure assist with development of case studies, literature and targeted marketing campaigns.
• Work closely with the bid team and provide valuable input to the bid and approved list processes.

Experience Required

The successful candidate must have experience within the Construction sector as a Business Development Manager. Existing relationships with Local Authorities or Housing Associations is ideal, as is knowledge of decarbonisation/retrofit services.

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