Business Development Executive – Recruitment

Are you an experienced recruitment professional who loves winning new business, but no longer wants the day-to-day responsibility of running a recruitment desk?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Executive to join an established recruitment business based in North Birmingham This is a pure business development role – NOT a Recruitment Consultant position.

The Role

Your focus will be simple – bring new business into the agency for our recruitment team to fill.

You will be responsible for

Proactively identifying and approaching potential new clients

Winning temporary and permanent recruitment vacancies

Making outbound business development calls

Networking attending events

Building relationships with businesses across a variety of sectors

Speaking confidently with contacts at all levels, from hiring managers and HR teams through to Directors and business owners

Following up leads and identifying new recruitment opportunities

Re-establishing relationships with previous and dormant clients

Arranging meetings and introducing the agency’s recruitment services

Negotiating and agreeing terms

Working closely with the recruitment team, who will take responsibility for sourcing and filling the vacancies you bring in

Working towards agreed new-business targets and KPIs

Who Are We Looking For?

You will ideally already have recruitment industry experience and a proven track record of successfully developing new business.

You may be an experienced Recruitment Consultant who has always particularly enjoyed the sales and business development side of recruitment and is now looking for a new direction where you can concentrate purely on winning business.

You’ll need to be

Confident, driven, resilient and commercially minded, with the ability to pick up the phone, open doors and build genuine long-term client relationships.

Most importantly, you will enjoy the challenge of turning a cold prospect into a new client and a new vacancy!

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What’s On Offer?

Full-time or part-time hours considered

Immediate start available

22 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays

Business closed over Christmas

Workplace pension

Sutton Coldfield location

Support from an experienced recruitment team

An opportunity to focus on sales and business development without having to manage a recruitment desk