Job Description:

Location: Morpeth (with regional travel across the North)
Up to £60,000 + Car Allowance + Performance Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Are you an experienced Business Development Manager with a proven track record of winning work within social housing, property maintenance, construction or facilities management?

We're recruiting for a leading national property services contractor that delivers repairs, planned maintenance, compliance and refurbishment works across the UK. Due to continued growth, they're looking to appoint a Business Development Manager to drive new business, strengthen existing client relationships and develop a strong pipeline of opportunities across the North.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded Business Development Manager who enjoys building long-term partnerships, influencing key stakeholders and converting opportunities into profitable contracts.

As a Business Development Manager, you'll be responsible for identifying, developing and securing new business opportunities while growing existing client accounts across social housing and public sector markets.

Working closely with operational, commercial and bid teams, you'll help shape winning solutions, support tender submissions and build long-term relationships with housing providers, local authorities and key decision-makers.

• Develop and manage a strong pipeline of new business opportunities across the North.

• Build lasting relationships with housing associations, local authorities and public sector clients.

• Generate new contracts while identifying opportunities to grow existing accounts.

• Lead pre-tender engagement and support framework opportunities.

• Work alongside commercial and operational teams to develop winning solutions.

• Support high-quality PQQ and tender submissions.

• Maintain accurate CRM records and provide regular pipeline reporting.

• Monitor market trends, competitors and upcoming procurement opportunities.

• Represent the business at client meetings, networking events and industry forums.

To be successful in this Business Development Manager position, you'll ideally have:

• Experience in business development within social housing, property maintenance, construction or FM.

• A proven record of winning and growing contracts.

• Strong commercial awareness with knowledge of KPIs, SLAs, pricing and contract performance.

• Excellent communication, negotiation and presentation skills.

• Experience using CRM systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Dynamics or similar.

• Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel across the region.

• Salary up to £60,000 depending on experience

• Performance-related bonus

• Car allowance

• Hybrid working

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

• Pension scheme

• Private medical options

• Life assurance

• Employee wellbeing programme

• Genuine opportunities for career progression within a growing national business

If you're an ambitious Business Development Manager looking to join a growing organisation where you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today or contact Megan at Think Recruitment on (phone number removed) for a confidential discussion.