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Business Development Manager – Specialist Markets

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Job ID 5267 Location(s) United Kingdom Business Unit LHH Department Commerce / Vente : Sales

Business Development Manager – UK Specialist Markets (SME)

LHH, a global leader in integrated talent solutions and a division of the Adecco Group, is seeking a driven and strategic Business Development Manager to join our Career Transition & Mobility division. This dynamic hunter-type sales position focuses on acquiring UK SME accounts within an assigned territory. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with a dedicated account manager, ensuring seamless implementation, management, expansion, and retention of our valued customers.

Working Relationships:

  • In this role you will work with the following positions: UK Specialist Sales Director, Account Managers, and Account Services

In this role you can expect to

Key Accountabilities

  • Be responsible for the territory revenue goals across public and private sector organisations.
  • Identify and pursue new clients, providing relevant information to leadership through forecasting and pipeline accuracy.
  • Follow through on leads assigned by marketing and proactively generate demand.
  • Partner with Account Managers for delivery, retention, and expansion of accounts.
  • Role model and drive a culture of ‘One’ LHH team across the U.

All About You

  • Proven experience in building, developing, and converting customer relationships & contracts.
  • Ability to exceed sales targets with a proven track record.
  • A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment has a strong work ethic and is adaptable.
  • Comfortable making outbound calls, working with partners, generating interest, and aligning LHH solutions to client needs.
  • A tenacious work ethic and a high activity level.
  • Passionate about our business and mission of making a difference.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, listening, and negotiation skills.
  • Strong organisational and time-management skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Ability to share best practices, continually improve processes, messaging, and provide clear and consistent reporting to leadership.
  • Experience in staffing, HR consulting, or training & development is desirable.

What we offer

  • Growth opportunities within a human resources global leader.
  • We prioritise learning to stay agile in an increasingly competitive business environment.
  • We foster an open-minded environment where people spark new ideas and explore alternatives.

Our benefits include:

  • Flexible working model
  • Private medical insurance (PMI)
  • Group personal pension plan
  • Career support for family and friends
  • 25 working days paid holiday with the opportunity to buy extra days off each year.
  • So much more!

Contract: Permanent

Contract Type: Full-time

Hours: 37.5 per week

Must have the right to work in the UK.

About LHH

The world of work is ever-changing and unpredictable. Organisations are constantly fighting a battle to find and maintain their competitive advantage: their talent. To succeed, they can’t just rely on what works today, working tomorrow. They need to be ready for next.

LHH exists to help individuals, teams, and organisations find and prepare for what’s next. With integrated, end-to-end solutions that include Advisory, Professional Recruitment, Career Transition, and Learning & Talent Development, we are uniquely positioned to work together to make a positive impact on the future of every person we work with at every key career moment.

LHH is at the forefront of change to build a bigger, bolder workforce. Every day is a new day to prepare for, and we’re here to make sure the future works for everyone.

A division of the Adecco Group – the world’s leading HR solutions provider – LHH’s 8,000 colleagues and coaches work with 15,000 organizations in over 60 countries around the world. We successfully help close to 500,000 candidates to enhance their careers every year. Our local expertise, global infrastructure, and industry-leading technology allow us to manage the complexity of critical workforce initiatives and the challenges of transformation. It’s why most of the Fortune Global 500 companies choose to work with us.

This is LHH.

Ready for Next.

www.lhh.com

LHH is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For additional information on our Diversity and Inclusion policy, please consult the following link:  https://www.lhh.com/uk/en/diversity-and-inclusion/

Posting date: 07-10-2024

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Get to Know Us

Bringing together the complementary strengths of our various brands, our team unites through a powerful mission – to match the right talent with the right opportunity. We create synergies that meet the Talent needs of our customers wherever they are in their journey delivered in a technology-enabled and human-driven experience. At LHH, you’ll be empowered to deliver on our purpose of future-proofing organizations and careers, enabling workforce transformation.

Diversity & Inclusion at LHH

We are committed to making the future work for everyone. As a people business focused on providing talent solutions and advisory services, we envision a world in which everyone has the chance to participate in the world of work. Our aim is to acknowledge and appreciate diverse perspectives, encouraging inclusive decision-making processes that value each colleague's contributions, skills, experience, and potential. We work actively to create the conditions that support a culture and work environment of belonging, trust, and participation. Our approach to diversity and inclusion is built around several pillars that underpin our work, including structural and conscious inclusion, leadership, and accountability.

Culture

We are a high-performing and diverse team of people from all over the world, working together to make the future work for everyone. Our culture is shaped by our people, who are the key to our success. It is our people that give us the ability to influence the changing world of work on a global level with solutions that are grounded in the understanding and experience of local contexts. Together we offer exciting career paths to candidates and bring the best talent to our clients. To make this possible, investing in our people, an open culture of communication, and individual opportunities for development are essential to us. There is a world of opportunity out there.

Learn more about LHH

We are the talent solutions business at the Adecco Group, an end-to-end solutions partner, addressing the skills and transformation needs of our customers to drive growth. Our mission is to match the right talent with the right opportunity. Bringing together the complementary strengths of our various brands, we create synergies that meet the needs of our customers wherever they are in their transformation journeys. As a member of the team, you’ll be empowered, inspired and energized to deliver on our purpose to future-proof organizations and careers by building the right capabilities and enabling workforce transformation. We reach high and strive for excellence because we know our work makes a difference.

Success profile

Are we the right fit for each other? Have a look at the traits we're looking for. (1 Beginner – 10 Expert)

  • Evolve with purpose Being passionate about meaningful work and ready to change the world.
    10
  • Win together Being able to build relationships through trust, transparency, and collaboration so that together we all succeed.
    8
  • Own it Being empowered to make decisions and take accountability for the results.
    10
  • Reach high Agile and adaptable - fast mover - ability to anticipate future client and candidates needs.
    9
  • Make it fun Delivering our purpose, staying energized and inspired, while having fun with colleagues.
    8
Traits are on a scale of 0 to 10

Rewards

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Transformational career experiences, forge your own path to success

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Embark on a journey of growth with tailored career paths, inspiring training and onboarding, collective spirit, and a strong commitment to wellbeing

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Truly collaborative culture, where diversity of thought and opinion is valued above all else

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Flexibility to work in the way that makes you most productive, agile, confident and insightful

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Specific local benefits and rewards tailored to each country (holiday allowances, health care and more).

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