Business Development Manager (Contract Cleaning)

My client is a family run specialist commercial cleaning company, who operate across the South of England. They provide a wide range of soft FM services for a broad portfolio of clients including organisations in the healthcare, retail and commercial sectors. They have grown impressively over the last four years and currently have a turnover of approaching GBP8m. I am currently partnering with them to find a dynamic and ambitious Business Development Manager to join their friendly, hardworking, and professional team to add further strength to the company's sales function.

The purpose of the role is to sell contract cleaning and associated soft FM services in the region comprising of the M4 corridor (Bristol, Cardiff, Reading etc) and the M5 corridor (Gloucester, Birmingham etc). The role holder will have free reign to target the sectors they choose whether it be healthcare, commercial, manufacturing, retail etc. The initial sales target will be GBP500k per annum. The role offers flexibility for the role holder to either operate from home with visits to the office or working out the office.

For this role candidates should be able to demonstrate previous success in the sale of contract cleaning sector and reside in the M4 corridor or close to it. Possess an excellent knowledge of the entire sales cycle from initial lead finding through to tendering and closing the sale, possess an excellent market knowledge and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. A UK driving licence is a must.

Salary basic GBP28k, commission 10% of net profit on year 1 of the contract, vehicle, phone laptop, NEST pension and 20 days holidays plus bank holidays.

We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Fairford Associates operates as an Employment Agency introducing work–seekers to client employers for direct employment by those employers