Business Development Executive

📌 Job Title: Business Development Executive - Cyber Security

📝 Contract Type: Permanent Full-Time

💰 Salary: Up to £30,000 + up to £10,000 comms + extensive benefits package

🎁 Benefits: Private Medical, Pension, 25 days annual leave, Gym Membership, Cycle to Work Scheme, Employee Assistance Programme

🏢 Office Location/Working Policy: Office based (4 day per week)

🕔 Working Hours: 0845 - 1730

🕵🏻 What to wear: Smart casual

The Role

Join our Cyber Security team as a Business Development Executive (BDE) and take on a vital role in driving Acora's growth. From day one, you'll work closely with cyber senior leaders to develop and grow our business, leveraging your expertise in cyber sales, account management, business, IT, and technology.

You'll be equipped with industry-leading tools like Microsoft Dynamics and LinkedIn Sales Navigator to identify and secure high-level introductions within our target market. You'll also be part of a formidable team that values empowerment, teamwork, and encouragement, with a culture that rewards high performers.

In addition to a supportive environment, our commission scheme is designed to incentive's quality over quantity. You'll earn rewards at each stage of the sales journey, from initial meetings to closed deals, ensuring that your hard work and dedication are recognised and rewarded.

Role Responsibilities

Lead Generation & Prospecting

• Identify and research potential clients and business opportunities.
• Generate leads through various channels including networking, and online research.
• Qualify leads to ensure they are a good fit for the company’s products/services.

Market Analysis & Strategy

• Conduct market research to identify trends and opportunities.
• Analyse competitors and their offerings.
• Develop strategies to differentiate the company in the marketplace.

Reporting & Documentation

• Maintain accurate records of business development activities and client interactions.
• Prepare regular reports on sales activities, progress, and performance.

Client Relationship Management

• Nurture prospects to becoming customers.
• Attend follow up meetings with prospects.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Exceptional customer service skills with a real service mindset.
• Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a busy environment.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to make smart decisions to manage workload.
• High standards of professionalism and overall maturity.
• Energetic individuals with oodles of confidence, competitiveness, commercial awareness, and communication skills. (Do not be put off the role by a lack of industry/IT knowledge, this can be taught, but the above cannot!)
• Strong corporate written and spoken communication, preferably gained through a placement year or other relevant work experience.
• Strong collaborative and teamwork mentality encompassing our core value of ‘Together We Win’.

The Interview Process

☎️ Screening call: Phone call with our recruitment team to assess your suitability for the role, but also if the role is right for you.

🚀 First interview: Video call over MS Teams with the Hiring Manager.

👉🏻 Second interview: Video call over MS Teams with the Head of Business Development.

🤝🏻 Final interview: Site based with the Hiring Manager & Head of Business Development, including presentation

About Acora

We’ve been on a mission to improve end user satisfaction since the day we were founded over 25 years ago. As champions of premium experience-led IT services, it is who we are. We constantly challenge old assumptions and inherited wisdom, and demonstrate there are other, better ways to do things.

Our mission is to unleash the potential of people through amazing IT experiences.

At Acora, we live by three key and simple values that drive everything we do guiding our actions, shaping our culture, and ensuring we deliver excellence every step of the way.

#1 BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

We challenge ourselves to raise our game each day. By embracing a mindset of growth, we continuously strive to improve ourselves, our ways of working, and the service we deliver to our customers.

#2 WE DO WHAT WE SAY

When we make a promise, we follow-through - no excuses. We don’t leave anyone hanging or walk away from challenges. Reliable and focused, we value clear communication to build trust and give customers, and colleagues, the confidence they can count on us every time.

#3 TOGETHER WE WIN

Business is the biggest team sport of them all. By communicating well, breaking down silos and staying aligned, we create clarity and focus.Strong relationships, shared goals and commitment make us a winning team – for each other and for our customers.

Interested in becoming an Acoran? Check out the link to our website to read more about us - https://acora.com/

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To be considered for this position, you must have full rights to work in the UK.

Equal Opportunities at Acora

Acora is an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing equal opportunities regardless of race or ethnic origin, gender identity, family situation, sexual orientation, disability, religion or age. We hire our people on the basis of qualifications, merit, skills, and business need.

We are a Level 1 Disability Confident Committed Employer and will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request any reasonable adjustments.

Join us at Acora in creating a workplace where everyone can succeed and make an impact. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!