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Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager| Permanent | Home based
Salary: £36,549 – £56,079 (depending on experience)+Commission + car allowance
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Benefits at a glance
An impressive holiday allowance of 25 days.
Additional day off for your birthday so you can celebrate in style.
Death in Service allowance to ensure your loved ones are provided for in the event of tragedy.
Spend those crucial moments with your new-born baby with our enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave.
Complimentary day of annual leave to cherish unmissable family moments – could be graduation, first day of school.
Look after your wellbeing with access to a health and wellness program.
Make the most of ‘Medicash Perks at Work’ – a tool for CitySprint colleagues to enjoy a variety of high-street discounts and rewards.
Our ride to work scheme means you can keep fit while saving money – what’s not to like?
CitySprint is on a Fast track to become the UK’s leading courier services provider, with current market domination of the Same day service areas already.
Through regular investment in our people, our service offering and our customer proposition, we are paving the way for courier services to be more intuitive, more capable, and more responsive to our customers’ needs than ever before!
This is where you come in!
As a Business Development Manager you will be responsible for identifying industry specific new business opportunities with an annual spend of £0.15m+. Fostering relationships with potential clients, and driving business growth.
This role involves strategic planning, market analysis, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve business goals.
What you will be accountable for
Identifying and securing new business opportunities with annual spends of £150k+
Researching market trends, competitor activity and potential growth areas to uncover new opportunities
Developing and delivering business development strategies aligned with company goals
Building and maintaining strong relationships with prospective and existing clients
Driving sales and revenue growth through targeted outreach, negotiation and closing high‑value deals
Conducting in‑depth market and industry research to stay ahead of emerging trends
Representing the business at industry events, conferences and networking opportunities
Preparing and presenting compelling proposals and solutions to key decision‑makers
Collaborating with Marketing, Sales, Product and wider teams to support business growth
Providing regular reporting on pipeline progress, activity, and market insights to senior leadership
Managing business development projects from initiation through to completion, ensuring quality and on‑time delivery.
What we are looking for
Proven experience winning and developing high‑value new business (SME/B2B), ideally £multi‑million portfolios
Strong negotiation skills with experience securing logistics or service‑led contracts
Strategic thinker with the ability to design and implement long‑term growth strategies
Excellent relationship‑building and stakeholder‑management skills at all levels
Commercially astute, able to analyse financial information and understand margin impacts
Confident communicator with the ability to present to senior leaders and boards
Strong time‑management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast‑paced environment
Experience using CRM systems (Salesforce preferred) and Microsoft Office Suite
Experience within complex, service‑led or operational environments
Demonstrated success in delivering revenue and margin growth aligned with business strategy
The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check as part of the recruitment process. Conditional job offers are subject to a satisfactory DBS check.
If this Business Development Manager role sounds like a great fit we would love to hear from you!
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CitySprint
CitySprint provides a range of courier services to businesses and consumers, with a focus on critical, same day delivery. As one of the UK’s most trusted, flexible, socially responsible couriers, we support our customers with a delivery solution they can rely on every day. We are also part of the Geopost family, Europe’s largest delivery network. With incredible teams across 25+ UK-based service centres, an inclusive culture, and a passion for delivering customer success, we pride ourselves on our stellar reputation. Whether we are delivering life-saving equipment or a parcel on behalf of a local business, we deliver what matters.