The Skills People Group is a national provider of NVQ, Apprenticeships, Programmes for the unemployed and Compliance training. We specialise in both commercial and funded training and are proud to be nationally recognised as one of the UK’s largest private training providers.
We are currently recruiting for a highly organised Business Development Manager to join our existing team.
Responsibilities
- Establish, build and maintain partnerships with a wide portfolio of existing and potential partners to fulfil the business needs through regular contact and account management.
- Proactively contact new and existing clients by telephone to sell and make them aware of the business’s training course portfolio, which includes Private NVQs from Level 2 to Level 7 and Commercial sales (Health & Safety Courses, First Aid, IPAF and Temp Works plus many others).
- Actively seek new business opportunities with existing and potential clients.
- Identify and implement partnership opportunities within the company.
- Achieve set monthly targets.
- Develop a network of relationships with construction companies.
- Maintain an excellent level of product knowledge and understanding of all funding opportunities.
- Attend networking events and other promotional opportunities, maintaining a professional and credible profile on behalf of the company – these may be outside of normal working hours, so some flexibility is required.
- Maintain accurate records of specified development activity and provide timely and consistent data using the company’s CRM systems.
Qualifications
- A proven sales background within construction.
- A passion for exceeding sales targets and set KPIs.
- Proven time management skills.
- Problem‑solving skills.
- Relationship‑building skills.
- Experience of building bespoke training courses that meet client requirements.
- Experience in the delivery of construction NVQs and apprenticeships within construction.
- Educated to a minimum of an A Level qualification or equivalent.
Benefits
- A competitive salary.
- Bonus – subject to performance.
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays plus two additional days annual leave after two years’ service.
- Holiday buy and sell scheme.
- Employer contributory pension scheme.
- Health cash‑back scheme.
- Annual volunteering day.
- Referral programme.
- A challenging and rewarding role in a successful and growing business.
Schedule
- 8:00 am – 4:00 pm – Monday to Friday.
Supplemental Pay
- Performance‑related bonus.
Work Location
- Remotely within the Portsmouth area.
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