Business Development Manager - Contract Furniture

Job Title: Business Development Manager - Contract Furniture

Industry Sector: A&D, Commercial Office, Education, Universities, Contract Furnishing Industry, Architects, Interior Design, D&B and Furniture Dealers

Areas to be covered: London

Remuneration: £55,000-£60,000 + 20% Bonus

Benefits: Fully expensed travel & benefits

The role of the Business Development Manager - Contract Furniture will involve:

• Field sales role promoting a manufacture range of contract furniture
• Typically targeting commercial office, airports, education/ universities etc.
• 50% of your time winning specifications with London based interior designers and architects (small element with D&B community and some very occasional travel to Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow etc.)
• 50% looking account managing circa 75 furniture dealers (our client does not sell direct)
• Team target of £3m, which you will be responsible for half of
• Most of the interior designers and architects are within 3 km or our clients impressive London City showroom, hence daily travel into central London
• Typically 2-3 interior designers and architects or furniture dealer customer appointments per day
• Carrying out market research to identify sales opportunities
• Preparing proposals and working closely with our client’s bidding department to negotiate agreements
• Acting as a brand ambassador

The ideal applicant will be a Business Development Manager - Contract Furniture with:

• 3-5 years field sales experience of contract furniture (open to fabrics)
• Must have sold into the London interior design and architect community A&D, contacts advantageous
• Strong business acumen
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills
• Enterprise-level problem solver
• Can-do approach, solutions-orientated mindset
• Resilient, resourceful and entrepreneurial

The Company:

• Est. UK 10 years +
• Privately held
• European group with global reach
• Privately owned

Mitchell Maguire is a specialist Construction Field Sales Recruitment Consultancy, dealing exclusively with Field Construction Sales Jobs, Construction field sales vacancies and Specification field sales positions within: A&D, Commercial Office, Education, Universities, Contract Furnishing Industry, Architects, Interior Design, D&B and Furniture Dealers