Business Development Executive

Business Development Executive

Commuting distance to one of our offices: Southampton / London / Birmingham / Manchester.

Permanent.

Full time 37.5 hours.

 

What we’re all about

Cavendish is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised as PRCA National Awards Specialist Consultancy of the Year. 

Cavendish brings together industry-specialist communications to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people.

We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities. 

What you will get from us

You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with dynamic, talented people in a fast paced and expanding organisation. Alongside a competitive salary, we provide extensive training and development opportunities and an industry leading benefits package including:

• A flexible, hybrid working model. 
• A competitive, uncapped, commission scheme
• Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry  
• Industry leading allocation of paid time off  
• Geographical flexibility across our regional offices 
• Private Medical Insurance 
• Regular social and teambuilding events 
• Paid time off to volunteer for a charity.

What we are looking for

• Previous experience in a sales or business development role
• Experience working in a targeted, B2B environment
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate via phone, email, Teams and social media  
• The confidence to present Cavendish to prospective customers
• The capability to build rapport and relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Good time management skills with the ability to multitask and self-motivate
• Good working knowledge of Office 365

What you’ll need to do

This is a hybrid, office-based role that will be directly engaging with potential clients. Your main responsibility will be to establish rapport, understand prospective clients’ needs and book meetings with key stakeholders to take the relationships forward.

Your specific duties will include:

• Managing all incoming leads via phone and email
• Following up on marketing campaigns and social media projects
• Gaining an understanding of potential clients’ needs and clearly communicating how as a business we can support them
• Working with all the Business Units across the company to understand their requirements and support with new business
• Contributing towards researching new prospects and building target lists
• Monitoring and searching for prospective new business leads

Equal Opportunities

Our vision is to be a truly diverse and inclusive workplace that enables us to attract and retain a diverse workforce, representative of our clients and community. For this reason, we welcome applications from candidates regardless of qualifications and experience in industry and from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Everyone stands to benefit when we embrace and value the diversity of thoughts, ideas, and ways of working that people from different backgrounds, experiences and identities bring to an organisation.

We are a disability confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application and interview stages, please email peopleteam@cavendishconsulting.com.