business development executive

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Bibby Financial Services have an exciting opportunity available for an enthusiastic Business Development Executive to join our team. This is primarily a home-based role which involves Scotland-wide travel, with occasional visits to our Glasgow office. You will join us on a full time, permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £28,000 per annum, plus benefits.

We’ve supported small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) since 1982 and today we support more than 9000 businesses worldwide. We are proud to help businesses, both big and small to grow and thrive in domestic and international markets.

Why us?

We’re in the business of relationships. We know real value lies in real people, and it takes a motivated mindset and can-do attitude to belong here. It can be fast-paced and full-on, but we can handle it. We’re a collective of “got your back”, we collaborate together, take ownership and deliver for our clients every time. That way, everybody wins. In return, we’re all empowered to get the job done because we’re trusted to get it right. It’s why we were hired in the first place. We want you to make the choices you believe in – we’ll believe in them too.

As our Business Development Executive, we will reward you and your hard work with:

• Private healthcare for you and your family
• Company pension scheme
• Wide range of flexible benefits, such as gym membership, technology, or health assessments
• Access to an online wellbeing centre
• Range of discounts from many businesses
• 25 days holiday which increases with service and options to buy or sell more
• Electric Vehicle/Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle (EV/PHEV) scheme

As our Business Development Executive,you will support the sales team to proactively win new clients and revenue for the company. To do this, the role requires excellent customer service to all clients, prospect clients, internal and external customers. You will assist the sales team to maximise business opportunities by using best practice and take ownership of Forward Finance deals and deliver the required target of Forward Finance deals and minimum income.

Your responsibilities as our Business Development Executive will include:

• Supporting the core BDMs including construction and niche product specialists, where appropriate support to corporate managers should be given to aid individual development
• Achieving sales team targets of new deals and minimum fees; attending joint sales meetings with BDM’s and prospective clients; researching prospects; completing file notes following first meetings; completing risk templates for sanction of the facility in conjunction with the BDMs
• Originating and delivering Forward Finance deals
• Developing knowledge and understanding of the asset-based finance industry including Bibby products and services, clients, competitors, introducers, risks, client industry and markets
• Supporting and liaising with the sales team to fully understand legal documents, demonstrating an ability to raise documentation and complete sign up’s with the prospect
• Maintaining and updating CRM and Olympus to ensure that records are kept in a timely manner
• Promoting and representing the Bibby brand and services
• Building and maintaining new relationships with introductory sources for example lapsed introducers, financial brokers, insolvency practitioners, accountants, banks, clients etc
• Attending networking events and identifying and securing opportunities for new business and contacts – these must not take preference to a new business sales meeting with a BDM

What we are looking for in our ideal Business Development Executive:

• Proven experience of working in a customer-focused environment
• Numeracy and literacy skills
• IT skills - in particular, Excel
• Customer service skills
• Planning and organisational skills
• The ability to work alone whilst being a team player

There’s no place quite like BFS and we’re proud of that. And it’s all down to you - you make us the people with which every ambitious business loves to work.

If you would like to join us, please click ‘Apply’ today to be considered as our Business Development Executive– we would love to hear from you!

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