Business Development Manager – UK 

Industrial Gearbox OE & Aftermarket

Home based

The Company

GMA are delighted to be retained, working in partnership with a well renowned global manufacturer and service business in the field of industrial gearbox and power transmission technology.

They have manufactured, supplied and serviced quality products through having an unrivalled knowledge of applications and processes across various industries such as food & beverage, oil & gas, power generation, utilities, steel and many more heavy process industries.

Due to significant investment and a strategy to grow their UK new equipment and service business they are now looking to recruit a skilled and successful, UK based, Business Development Manager.

The Role

As the Business Development Manager you will be home based, where you will be responsible for developing new business opportunities, whilst developing key accounts, offering customers best in class service and new equipment of heavy/industrial gearbox and power transmission technology as well as aftermarket capability.

You will typically target key decision makers in OEM and end user businesses such as maintenance and reliability engineers, manufacturing, design and production engineers as well as procurement and purchasing on big ticket details. This is a consultative, solution led sales offering to customers where you will work as a true partnership.

Typically new equipment projects can range between £20k up to £1m with service contracts being around up to £1m per year.

This is a home-based role, covering the UK & Ireland where you will need to stay away from home over night from time to time.

The Candidate

Ideally for the position of Business Development Manager you will

• Be from a strong mech eng background either through being apprentice trained, or through having a degree in engineering.
• Ideally have work in some form or capacity from within the gearbox or power transmission sector.
• If you haven’t, you must have at least sold mechanical engineered solutions into the OEM sector.
• Have a demonstrable track record of success and know how in new business development and key account management.
• Be able to demonstrate a consultative, value add solution sales process
• Be based in the midlands, northwest or northeast of England.

On offer to the successful candidate is an opportunity to work for a business that is rapidly growing, where opportunities will become available to move into a head of sales role and thereafter into general management of the UK business.