Business Development Manager

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Contract: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Leeds(Hybrid)

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

The Business Development team are responsible for acquiring members across our student and early years pipeline, whilst having a strong focus on retention of members to support our corporate objectives.

As our new Business Development Manager, you will be a confident individual with a genuine interest in sales activity. You will play a pivotal part in to implementing appropriate sales strategies within the UK market to optimise member acquisition, retention, satisfaction and brand engagement across specifically identified dental segments, life-stages, and geographical areas.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants exposure to a member facing role, loves to get involved in improving processes for our members, and is self driven to achieve volume and income targets.

This would be a full-time, home-based role, with occasional travel in to the Leeds. It is essential that you have a driving license as you will be required to attend events throughout the year.

Package Description

Alongside a competitive salary, you will also receive:

• Up to 20% discretionary annual bonus
• 11% pension contribution (3% from you, 8% from us optional additional matched 3% contributions, e.g. 6% from you, 11% from us)
• 25 days annual leave plus flexible bank holidays (option to buy/sell 5 days)
• Private Medical Cover
• Car allowance
• Healthcare cash plan
• 6x salary death in service
• Paid volunteering day
• A personal GP service enabling you to get a video consultation with an NHS-registered, private GP
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of shopping discounts from major high-street retailers

Main Responsibilities

• You will be looking after the acquisition activity by recruiting new members and managing the existing pipeline.
• You will onboard & support new and existing members.
• Achieve retention targets by preparing and implementing business development plans that meet MPS objectives whilst maintaining a responsible approach to risk for the company.
• Identify opportunities to engage with prospective members / target audiences to promote the MPS brands, working closely with Marketing, product, underwriting and the segment planning team where appropriate.
• Manage internal & external stakeholder relationships to support the role.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience in implementing activity plans and managing & achieving targets
• Ability to work collaboratively and influence across organisations / functions
• Ability to build long lasting relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to seek new business
• A full clean driving license
• Sales & solution focused
• Enthusiasm for face-to-face events and member interactions