Business Development Manager
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 24 April 2026
LOCATION
Corby
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Sales & Marketing
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion
SKILLS
Sales Pipeline Management
Business Development
Lead Generation
Market Research
Sales Strategy
Client Acquisition
Presentation Skills
KPI Development
FULL DESCRIPTION
Business Development Manager
Axil is hiring a Business Development Manager to join the Executive team. The role involves sourcing, creating, and delivering sales proposals, achieving targets, and building a client pipeline. Responsibilities include sales pipeline management, market research, and promoting Axil's services. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement in Corby.
Job Role
Business Development Manager
Location
Corby/Hybrid work
Employment
40 hours
The Role
We are looking for a Business Development Manager to join our expanding Executive Team.
Job Purpose
- To source, review, create and deliver value adding, consultative, sales proposals to prospects
- Achieve agreed objectives and targets
- Use pricing and other value adding tools to increase our profitability
- Build robust pipeline of potential new clients
Responsibilities
- To promote, audit and enforce the application of Axil’s management’s health, safety, environment and quality assurance policies and other site wide health and safety monitoring and procedures in order to secure and continually improve the health and safety of Axil’s workforce and subcontractors, the minimisation of accidental loss and compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation
- Maintain and grow the Sales Pipeline (New Business, Won & Rolling and Existing Business)
- Regularly review pipeline progress, evaluate and review strategy and approach
- Develop robust strategy to achieve agreed & measurable KPI’s relating to Pipeline development and new business acquisition
- Research prospective accounts in targeted markets, pursue leads and follow through to a successful agreement
- Understand the target markets, including industry, company, project, company contacts and which market strategies can be used to attract clients
- Possess a strong understanding of our products, our competition in the industry and positioning
- Follow the latest industry developments and stay up-to-date on corporate competitors
- Promote Axil whenever and wherever possible and to seek lead generation at every opportunity and identify and report new market opportunities
- Provide Axil marketing team with information that shows our activities in a positive light and demonstrates that Axil is a value adding, innovative business partner.
- Manage and participate in targeted sales campaigns
- Manage and participate in project driven developmental market research / sales campaigns
- Prepare and present reports as requested
- Prepare and deliver presentations to both internal and external audiences.
- Actively engage in appropriate trade association forums and other networking events with a view to promote and represent Axil. Report and communicate relevant information arising from these forums.
- To control and protect all company assets and intellectual property.
- Join us as we strive to enhance our market position while fostering an innovative environment that encourages professional growth!
Salary
- To be discussed during interview stage
Hours of work
- Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week, flexibility is required.
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