Business Development Executive

Lancashire Source: WhatJobs

£35,000–£42,000

Ready to win new business and make a real commercial impact? Use your insurance knowledge and experience in industry? If you are, please read on!

We're working with a highly professional insurance inspection firm who are looking for an ambitious and commercially driven Business Development Executive to join their team.

This is an exciting opportunity for a confident professional who enjoys opening doors, building relationships and converting opportunities into long-term partnerships.

The Role

You'll work closely with the Business Development Manager to generate new business across insurance broker and some direct sales channels.

Key responsibilities include:

- Generating new business through proactive prospecting, networking and relationship building.
- Managing opportunities from initial contact through to conversion.
- Building strong relationships with brokers, intermediaries and clients.
- Presenting solutions and negotiating commercially.
- Following up on inbound enquiries and marketing campaigns.
- Maintaining an accurate sales pipeline and CRM.
- Identifying new market and commercial opportunities.

About You

We're looking for someone with:

- Proven experience in sales or business development.
- A track record of achieving sales targets.
- Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
- Experience managing a sales pipeline and CRM.
- Commercial awareness and strong negotiation skills.
- A proactive, resilient and target-driven approach.
- Experience working with insurance brokers, intermediaries or within the insurance sector would be ideal
- The role would suit an Assistant Underwriter and Underwriter with a trading bias looking to do something different but maintain insurance market involvement.