business development manger

Countrywide Plc - Land & New Homes

We`re the Residential Development team at Countrywide, the UK`s largest land and new homes agency. We`re proud to have a proven record in what we do.

Countrywide is `home` to around 10,000 professionals, operating over 50 of the best known lettings and estate agency brands across the entire UK. That`s a network of around 600 offices that sell a property every 2.2 minutes and let a property every 2 minutes!!

It`s safe to say that our colleagues are a national team of rock stars; with plenty of support in personal development and career progression (do you see yourself as a Director..?).

Your opportunity to join us

We’re looking for an expert New Homes Business Development Manager to make an impact across Essex and Cambridge.

What the role entails

Ultimately, your job will be to engage with House Builders and Developers to pitch and win instructions for new homes stock that our sales teams will then to take to market. This role is field-based and there will be times where you will need to be available over the occasional weekend (site launches etc.).With your property industry knowledge and network, you will develop new client relationships with tried-and-tested methods, seeking opportunities for further business across the wider Countrywide Group Services, as a `one stop shop` for the client`s end customer (Part Exchange, Financial Services and Conveyancing etc.).

You`ll use your hunter`s approach to source new opportunities and follow up on leads from our own estate agency network. You`ll complete pricing and marketing reports for your clients, involving our Land Management team to deliver downstream income opportunities for them; ensuring processes fall in line with all business requirements at all times including Estate Agency legislation, Data Protection, Consumer Code... All of the good stuff that keeps us legal and compliant!

You will then hand over the operational elements of sales and marketing to your account manager colleagues, remaining close to the client throughout.

Who you`ll be, to be a success story

What you get out of it