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Business Development Manager - Market Research Services

c. £35 – 55,000 plus Commission; Hybrid/Remote (North of England)

Take on a key Business Development Manager role in the north of England for this leading European provider of market research services, customer engagement and loyalty solutions!

Your role will be to develop new business and expand key accounts for their market research services division - hence you'll be pitching both research agencies and clients direct re solutions centred around delivering online surveys and related offerings. Your regional focus will be north of England/UK territories, and you'll collaborate with the UK Sales Director - North, in so doing; hence a mix of remote and hybrid working with occasional trips to the group's UK HQ in London.

Ideally you'll have already been successfully selling similar services with market research, data collection and survey solutions, and you'll either be based in the north of England already (e.g. Leeds, Manchester, York are good locations) or you'll be seeking to return/relocate there, in which case this could be the ideal move to facilitate that!

You'll be working closely with a supportive director, and will join a hugely reputable international form with a cohesive, flexible culture that also offers fair and achievable reward for good sales performance.

For further details contact Carl at Resources Group.

About Resources Group:

With over twenty five years’ experience helping thousands of Researchers, Insight Specialists, Marketers and Data Analysts in their career moves, no one has better knowledge of the Market Research, Insights and Marketing Strategy job market than Resources Group. Our consultants take the time to understand your career aims and are dedicated to providing impartial advice and finding you the best career move, with access to an unrivalled range of opportunities with top employers in the sector - visit our website for many more options!

Resources Group’s Diversity and Equality Policy determines that we submit applicants to our clients on the basis of merit and ability, regardless of race, colour, age, disability, family responsibilities, gender, marital status, nationality, religious or political views or affiliations, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.

About SHOPLINE:

Founded in 2013, SHOPLINE is one of Asia’s largest and fastest growing commerce Software-as-a-service and solution providers. The SHOPLINE platform offers a rich ecosystem of

technologies, resources and partners that empowers merchants to succeed. Merchants leverage SHOPLINE’s omnichannel solutions for e-commerce, social commerce and point-of-sales to sell their products and services around the world. SHOPLINE is headquartered in Singapore with about 2000 employees operating globally.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Merchant Development: Results-oriented, responsible for SaaS e-commerce platform sales in the UK and proactively identifying and acquiring potential merchants, especially enterprise-level merchants. Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline, drive merchants to open stores on Shopline, and achieve sales targets.
• Sales Material Creation: Quickly master product knowledge to independently create tailored sales materials (proposals, demos, documentation) that support deal-closing with merchants.
• Sales Project Follow-up: Take ownership and proactively advance sales projects, adjusting strategies as needed to solve challenges and remove roadblocks.
• Cross-team Collaboration: Communicate efficiently with local and remote cross-border teams to align on merchant needs and share sales data, jointly exploring sales opportunities.

Who We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 4–7 years of business development or sales experience, preferably in e-commerce, B2B/B2C SaaS, or partner-driven industries.
• Must be a true hunter: able to independently close large EP deals.
• Proven ability to build and leverage an established network, with existing resources among clients or preferably partnership channels.
• Familiarity with the UK partner ecosystem and local market dynamics; experience cultivating local e-commerce networks or partnerships is a major plus.
• Proficient in product knowledge, capable of independently creating sales materials to support client engagements.
• Highly goal-oriented, data-driven, proactive, responsible, and an excellent collaborator.

About SHOPLINE:

Founded in 2013, SHOPLINE is one of Asia’s largest and fastest growing commerce Software-as-a-service and solution providers. The SHOPLINE platform offers a rich ecosystem of

technologies, resources and partners that empowers merchants to succeed. Merchants leverage SHOPLINE’s omnichannel solutions for e-commerce, social commerce and point-of-sales to sell their products and services around the world. SHOPLINE is headquartered in Singapore with about 2000 employees operating globally.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Merchant Development: Results-oriented, responsible for SaaS e-commerce platform sales in the UK and proactively identifying and acquiring potential merchants, especially enterprise-level merchants. Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline, drive merchants to open stores on Shopline, and achieve sales targets.
• Sales Material Creation: Quickly master product knowledge to independently create tailored sales materials (proposals, demos, documentation) that support deal-closing with merchants.
• Sales Project Follow-up: Take ownership and proactively advance sales projects, adjusting strategies as needed to solve challenges and remove roadblocks.
• Cross-team Collaboration: Communicate efficiently with local and remote cross-border teams to align on merchant needs and share sales data, jointly exploring sales opportunities.

Who We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 4–7 years of business development or sales experience, preferably in e-commerce, B2B/B2C SaaS, or partner-driven industries.
• Must be a true hunter: able to independently close large EP deals.
• Proven ability to build and leverage an established network, with existing resources among clients or preferably partnership channels.
• Familiarity with the UK partner ecosystem and local market dynamics; experience cultivating local e-commerce networks or partnerships is a major plus.
• Proficient in product knowledge, capable of independently creating sales materials to support client engagements.
• Highly goal-oriented, data-driven, proactive, responsible, and an excellent collaborator.

About SHOPLINE:

Founded in 2013, SHOPLINE is one of Asia’s largest and fastest growing commerce Software-as-a-service and solution providers. The SHOPLINE platform offers a rich ecosystem of

technologies, resources and partners that empowers merchants to succeed. Merchants leverage SHOPLINE’s omnichannel solutions for e-commerce, social commerce and point-of-sales to sell their products and services around the world. SHOPLINE is headquartered in Singapore with about 2000 employees operating globally.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Merchant Development: Results-oriented, responsible for SaaS e-commerce platform sales in the UK and proactively identifying and acquiring potential merchants, especially enterprise-level merchants. Build and maintain a strong sales pipeline, drive merchants to open stores on Shopline, and achieve sales targets.
• Sales Material Creation: Quickly master product knowledge to independently create tailored sales materials (proposals, demos, documentation) that support deal-closing with merchants.
• Sales Project Follow-up: Take ownership and proactively advance sales projects, adjusting strategies as needed to solve challenges and remove roadblocks.
• Cross-team Collaboration: Communicate efficiently with local and remote cross-border teams to align on merchant needs and share sales data, jointly exploring sales opportunities.

Who We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 4–7 years of business development or sales experience, preferably in e-commerce, B2B/B2C SaaS, or partner-driven industries.
• Must be a true hunter: able to independently close large EP deals.
• Proven ability to build and leverage an established network, with existing resources among clients or preferably partnership channels.
• Familiarity with the UK partner ecosystem and local market dynamics; experience cultivating local e-commerce networks or partnerships is a major plus.
• Proficient in product knowledge, capable of independently creating sales materials to support client engagements.
• Highly goal-oriented, data-driven, proactive, responsible, and an excellent collaborator.

We provide market-leading platform technology to the alternative investment industry. 

Access to private markets is increasing but 20th century technology cannot support or scale to meet these market demands and opportunities. Trillions of pounds of new inflows from institutional and individual investors are expected in the coming years, and the industry needs to adapt. 

At Goji we are driving the transformation of the industry. From frictionless investor onboarding, to aggregating subscriptions and making any private fund accessible, we are solving the challenges that will unlock growth for all participants in our network. 

Goji was acquired by Euroclear Group in 2022. Our shared vision is to enhance Euroclear's infrastructure with digitised private fund capabilities, creating a global network that seamlessly connects participants and catalyses their growth.

Our clients include asset managers who want to access and onboard more private fund investors, fund administrators who want to offer a private fund service that drives growth, and distributors who want low-friction access to private funds of their choice. 

We are headquartered in the UK and FCA-regulated.

Goji is looking for a Business Development Executive to join our Commercial team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to learn about private markets and the radical change happening within this trillion dollar industry. It is also an opportunity to be part of a business which is driving change across this industry whilst retaining the exciting culture of a start up.

Goji’s Commercial team is responsible for leading sales and relationship management for the business. This includes new client acquisition and achieving business targets by implementing new business development initiatives. The Commercial team leads the sales process from end-to-end, while working closely with Product and Operations teams to deliver solutions to meet our clients needs.

• The objective of this role is to support in converting leads, building pipelines and bringing new clients onboard;
• It’s all about attitude. We want someone who is keen to learn, has the desire and drive of a self-starter, and is not afraid to get things wrong;
• Having a growth mindset;
• Support building pipeline, supporting/leading on sales materials, and client pitches.

Requirements

What you’ll bring:

• 3-5 years’ relevant experience in a client facing function;
• Strong self-confidence, ability to contribute to discussion with target clients;
• Ability to manage own timeline and prioritise tasks so as to meet client/internal deadlines;
• Strong relationship management skills;
• Highly organised, ability to manage multiple projects;
• Financial services experience/Private markets knowledge
• Funds specific experience or alternatives
• Technology/SaaS experience
• Strong verbal and written English;
• MS Office skills; Excel & PowerPoint

As a company, we like to create an atmosphere where everyone can directly influence the way we work. Our values encourage curiosity, simplicity and honest communication:

• Curiosity - We seek to deeply understand challenges from multiple perspectives
• Innovation - We create pragmatic solutions that solve the challenges identified
• Commitment - We commit with passion to a decision
• Alignment - We understand our objectives and work together with the right tools to get things done
• Discipline - We stay focused, take ownership and consistently deliver against expectations

In the Commercial Team this means we:

• Ensure we deliver an exceptional experience to the client; considering their needs and how Goji can add value throughout the process;
• Work together as a team, leaving our egos at the door, to ensure we maximise our chance of success on every deal;
• Provide candid, timely feedback to one another to help us recognise our strengths and grow our skills and abilities, and;
• Have a bias to action, ensuring we remain in control of the pipeline and keep every deal moving forward.

Benefits

We’re proud to be able to offer a market-leading benefits package:

• Competitive salary
• Opt-in pension with 5% Goji contribution (3% minimum employee contribution)
• 25 days of holiday, plus 1 day for each year of service, up to 30 days
• Work from abroad allowance
• Two paid Wellbeing Days each year;
• One paid Volunteering Day per calendar year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Private medical, including dental, optical and audiological from Vitality
• Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
• Cycle to work scheme
• Allowances for additional work from home equipment
• Supplementary support available for those with additional needs
• Stylish London-based office

We’re seeking a strategic Business Development Manager to drive growth in our protection product portfolio. This role is pivotal in driving commercial performance through targeted business development, market engagement, and relationship management.
You’ll be responsible for identifying new opportunities, developing distribution channels, and enhancing our market positioning. Working cross-functionally with the product, marketing, and compliance teams, you’ll ensure our protection offerings remain competitive, relevant, and aligned with client needs. This is a high-impact role, suited to a commercially astute professional with robust knowledge of protection products and a strong network across the financial services landscape.

Within this role, you'll cover the business areas of the South West and Northern Ireland.

This is a remote, area-based role in which you'll work from home, but also be expected to visit clients in person, attend events and occasionally visit our LV= offices.

Key Responsibilities

• Developing and implementing a business development strategy focused on protection products.
• Building and maintaining positive relationships with financial advisors, brokers, and other distribution partners.
• Identifying new market opportunities and emerging trends within the protection space.
• Collaborating with the product, marketing, and compliance and risk teams to ensure alignment and delivery.
• Representing the company at industry events, conferences, and networking opportunities.
• Providing feedback, insights and MI data on product development and enhancements.

About You

Our ideal candidate will.

• Have proven experience in business development within financial services, ideally with a focus on protection products (e.g. income protection, critical illness).
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the UK protection market and distribution channels.
• Possess excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
• Be a strategic thinker with a results-driven mindset.
• Competently work independently and collaboratively across teams.

Rewards & Benefits
This role is a Band C in the LV= Structure.
At LV= Life and Pensions, you’ll go above and beyond to do the right thing for our customers. We’ll reward your hard work with an attractive, competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:

• 30 days' holiday.  
•   A competitive bonus scheme based on company and personal performance.
• Car allowance.
•   Flexible benefits, including a cycle to work scheme, personal accident insurance, critical illness cover, private medical insurance, and dental insurance.
•   Competitive pension scheme - LV= Life and Pensions will double-match the amount you pay, up to 14% (subject to National Minimum Wage requirements).
•   Group Life Assurance of four times your basic pay to your dependents (you’ll have the option to increase this to 8 x cover).
•   Group Income Protection, if you enroll into the pension scheme and reach 5 years of service.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service for support when you need it.
• 24-hour access to our v irtual GP service.
•   Shared parental leave.
•   Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family. 

  If you are offered this role as an internal secondment, please note your base band benefits will not change during the secondment. 

Business Development Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to help deliver meaningful impact, using your sales skills to drive positive change in how citizens interact with public authorities through high quality digital tools.

Position: Business Development Manager
Location: Remote (UK-based travel)
Salary: £40,000 – £0,000 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Friday 31 October 2025
Interview Date: November 2025 (via video conference)

The Role

As Business Development Manager, you will be self-motivated and strategically driven to expand the organisations client portfolio, securing new sources of income from commercial customers, primarily in the UK local government sector.

You will:

• Deliver mission-aligned commercial objectives
• Seek out and influence early-stage opportunities through the sales pipeline to secure strategically aligned contracts
• Prepare targeted tenders, contracts, and administrative work for all stages of the sales pipeline
• Build and maintain strong and productive relationships with clients and potential clients
• Identify new products, services, and market sectors in collaboration with senior leadership
• Work closely with the marketing and product teams to align activity with client needs and USPs
• Represent the organisation at trade shows, conferences, and exhibitions
• Liaise with internal teams to ensure a smooth transition from pre-sales to delivery

About You

We are seeking a confident and results-driven Business Development Manager who thrives on building relationships and securing purposeful sales.

You will have:

• A proven sales track record in business development, sales, or a related role within the UK local government or public sector
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with confidence presenting to senior directors and elected representatives
• Experience with collaboration tools, MS Office/Google Docs, and CRM systems (e.g. Pipedrive)
• Strong ability to produce accurate reports on sales progress against targets
• Demonstrable experience identifying opportunities and capitalising on market trends
• Strong business sense, time management, and planning skills
• Willingness to travel and develop technical knowledge relevant to civic technology

Benefits Include

• 0,000 – £5 000 per annum (FTE)
• Pension (4% employer, 4% employee)
• Remote-first, flexible working within a collaborative and supportive culture
• Opportunities for professional growth and development

As organisation operates within a not-for-profit group, there is no commission associated with this role, but the Business Development Manager's salary will be reviewed annually in line with performance.

About the Organisation

We are a commercial division of the UK civic technology charity, the team behind well-known services such as FixMyStreet, WhatDoTheyKnow, TheyWorkForYou and WriteToThem.

As part of a unique not-for-profit group, we provide services to citizens and public sector organisations, used by over 11 million people annually across 40+ countries. This role balances commercial objectives with the ultimate purpose of extending the reach and impact of our parent charity.

Application Instructions
Your application should consist of a CV and a covering letter (please anonymise by using initials rather than your name and remove identifying details). Your covering letter should explain your interest in the role and how your skills and experience meet the requirements.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

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Business Development Manager

Location: Field based covering Weston-Super-Mare, South Bristol

Job type: Full-time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday)

Salary : £32,000 - £35,000 plus bonus

Do you have proven sales experience and are looking for a new challenge?

Would you like to play a key role in driving business growth in the foodservice sector?

If so, our client may have just the role for you.

Our client is a food and catering wholesale company, who are currently seeking a full-time, permanent, Field Based Business Development Manager to join their busy sales team to manage and develop a portfolio of accounts in Weston-Super-Mare, South Bristol.

Benefits Include:

• 20 days holiday + bank Holidays, increasing to 25 days with length of service.
• Workplace Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance Scheme – enrolment from day 1 of employment.
• Income Protection Scheme – enrolment from day 1 of employment.
• Access to Employee Health Assured Program (EAP).
• Staff discount on company goods.
• Free onsite car parking and covered bicycle rack.
• Free annual eye test.

They are one of the largest independent foodservice companies in the Southwest. They supply a full range of frozen, chilled, and ambient foods together with an extensive range of non-food catering products.

The Role

The successful Business Development Manager will be responsible for managing their own accounts within a designated territory covering Weston-Super-Mare, South Bristol, selling and promoting our client’s broad range of food and catering related products to the foodservice industry. They will be heavily involved in up-selling within established clients along with a strong focus on developing new business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent their client and their interests in a professional manner.
• Research, achieve and increase sales turnover and gross profit margins over same period of the previous year.
• Devise and deliver area business plan to maximise growth.
• Cold call potential customers to prospect for new business, gain and develop new accounts.
• Increase business within existing accounts.
• Maximise selling opportunities by analysis of customer menus, profiles, and needs.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to clients, negotiate terms and close sales.
• Complete in a timely manner all administration duties, weekly reports, journey plans, expense reports, and sales plans required by the Sales Director.
• Contribute to collective team sales plans, company promotions and sales goals.
• Liaise with the credit department, minimise credit exposure and assist collecting outstanding debts where required.
• Maintain competitor awareness.
• Achieve set bonus targets.
• Attend and network at sales training events, corporate days, and trade shows.

Skills and Attributes

The Business Development Manager will be expected to have the following skills and attributes:

• A Full, UK Driving licence is essential for this role. The individual will be expected to be a safe Driver, with minimum points on their licence.
• Previous background of working in sales is essential.
• Good geographical knowledge of Weston-Super-Mare, South Bristol.
• Target driven with the ability to meet and exceed sales targets.
• Ability to identify and understand buyer needs and the sales processes.
• Ability to maximise selling opportunities through customer needs analysis, with the resilience to keep going.
• Ability to interpret and act on data to achieve customer solutions and drive fast turnaround.
• Have a grasp of profit management, negotiating skills and ability to organise and self-motivate.
• Excellent customer service, networking, and communication skills. Able to deal with difficult clients and customers with the ability to remain calm under pressure.
• A high degree of self-motivation and ambition with a desire to deliver results.
• Trusted character able and comfortable to work alone with minimum supervision.
• Good time management skills with an ability to manage own diary.
• Computer literate.
• Good level of numeracy and English literacy skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and focus, and good problem-solving skills.
• A friendly and approachable demeanour, strong interpersonal skills with an enthusiastic and flexible approach.
• Have a passion for food sales and knowledge of the catering industry is desirable.
• A positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and a desire to show initiative.

All applicants must provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK. Our client is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination. Only successful applicants will receive a response.