18 Local Businesses jobs in Stroud

Acorn by Synergie is recruiting for a newly created Business Development Manager role with a well-established company based in Bradley Stoke. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced BDM to join a dynamic team and drive business growth across multiple UK sectors, including logistics, transport, compounds, and vehicle services.

• Permanent, full-time role.
• Salary up to 57,000 per annum.
• Company car provided.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Monday to Friday, daytime hours.

• Monday to Friday, day shifts (standard business hours).

• Identify, develop, and manage new and existing customer accounts across all UK business sectors.
• Manage contractual commitments including SLA compliance and commercial pricing negotiations.
• Lead cost-efficient, profit-driven tender management and proposal development.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and operations teams to launch new logistical and operational services.
• Oversee KPI coordination and ensure service delivery meets company standards.
• Coordinate subcontractor activities and commercial negotiations.
• Participate in UK tenders and prepare pricing proposals.
• Monitor market trends and competitor intelligence to identify new business opportunities.
• Drive new project initiatives and maintain strong supplier and customer relationships.
• Support development of promotional materials and business growth strategies.

• Proven experience as a Business Development Manager or similar role, preferably in logistics or transport sectors.
• Strong commercial awareness with excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple accounts and projects effectively.
• Proactive, results-driven, and able to work collaboratively within a team environment.

If you're ready to take your career to the next level with a growing company offering excellent benefits and career progression, apply today with your updated CV or contact the Acorn by Synergie team for more details.

Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.

Our client based within the third sector in Gloucestershire is looking for a Business Development Manager to join their team in this newly created role. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to break into the charity world & who wants to give back using their business development skills. 

The main scope of the role is to develop relationships with corporate companies to encourage them through their CSR, to become a charity partner. The role will be Nationwide so the patch you cover will not be restricted. 

To be successful in this role you will already be able to demonstrate a strong sales background with the ability to network effectively. In addition to this you will need to be able to plan & meticulously carry our sales driven activity, being creative in your methods, ensuring you are hitting KPI’s & standards required.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering & exceeding targets, have excellent communication skills across a variety of mediums & be adept at building strong relationships to maximise on income generated.

If this sounds like an opportunity you’d be interested in, please apply now & we will arrange a confidential chat.

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Acorn by Synergie is recruiting for a newly created Business Development Manager role with a well-established company based in Bradley Stoke. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced BDM to join a dynamic team and drive business growth across multiple UK sectors, including logistics, transport, compounds, and vehicle services.

• Permanent, full-time role.
• Salary up to 57,000 per annum.
• Company car provided.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• Monday to Friday, daytime hours.

• Monday to Friday, day shifts (standard business hours).

• Identify, develop, and manage new and existing customer accounts across all UK business sectors.
• Manage contractual commitments including SLA compliance and commercial pricing negotiations.
• Lead cost-efficient, profit-driven tender management and proposal development.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and operations teams to launch new logistical and operational services.
• Oversee KPI coordination and ensure service delivery meets company standards.
• Coordinate subcontractor activities and commercial negotiations.
• Participate in UK tenders and prepare pricing proposals.
• Monitor market trends and competitor intelligence to identify new business opportunities.
• Drive new project initiatives and maintain strong supplier and customer relationships.
• Support development of promotional materials and business growth strategies.

• Proven experience as a Business Development Manager or similar role, preferably in logistics or transport sectors.
• Strong commercial awareness with excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple accounts and projects effectively.
• Proactive, results-driven, and able to work collaboratively within a team environment.

If you're ready to take your career to the next level with a growing company offering excellent benefits and career progression, apply today with your updated CV or contact the Acorn by Synergie team for more details.

Acorn by Synergie acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment.

Our client based within the third sector in Gloucestershire is looking for a Business Development Manager to join their team in this newly created role. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking to break into the charity world & who wants to give back using their business development skills. 

The main scope of the role is to develop relationships with corporate companies to encourage them through their CSR, to become a charity partner. The role will be Nationwide so the patch you cover will not be restricted. 

To be successful in this role you will already be able to demonstrate a strong sales background with the ability to network effectively. In addition to this you will need to be able to plan & meticulously carry our sales driven activity, being creative in your methods, ensuring you are hitting KPI’s & standards required.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering & exceeding targets, have excellent communication skills across a variety of mediums & be adept at building strong relationships to maximise on income generated.

If this sounds like an opportunity you’d be interested in, please apply now & we will arrange a confidential chat.

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South of England (covering South Central / South Coast / M4 Corridor areas).

Circa £28,572.00 + bonuses + car allowance

The Business

T.Quality are a national fish and chip shop supplier and fast-food wholesaler with a reputation for providing a local, efficient and reliable service, with a heritage going back to the 1920s and a turnover in excess of £100 million. We deliver.

Whats in it for you?

Competitive Bonus/Commission structure | Career Development and Qualifications | Hybrid Work | Health and Wellbeing Discounts | Industry Leading Qualifications | Award Winning Pension Plan | Health Plan | Income Protection |

Must Haves

Experience working within a targeted sales environment or hungry for sales!

Excellent communication skills with a customer first approach

Comforta.

• Business Development Manager 
• Pharma and Bio-Pharma
• Process Equipment/ Components/ Solutions/ Systems
• Valves, Pumps, Actuators, Components, Piping, Compressors
• Complex technical solution selling 
• Basic salary £60,000 - £0,000 (negotiable experience dependent)
• Bonus Scheme OTE 0K +
• Car Allowance + Executive Benefits Package 
• UK and some European 
• UK Based Position - open on where you live
• Oxford, Northampton, Bristol, Coventry, Luton, London, Reading, Swindon, Southampton, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Bristol etc.
• Mercury Hampton is working exclusively with this client. 

Our client is a well-established global leader in process equipment and components; they partner with most of the major process manufacturing companies across the world. They have an enviable reputation for customer service, innovation and help their customers to become more efficient, reliable, reduce downtime ensuring their process is optimised to the highest standards and levels of sustainability. Due to continued growth and success, they are now looking to hire a dynamic process equipment sales professional to target the Bio and Pharma sector across the UK. Mercury Hampton Ltd has been exclusively retained on this important position.

You will take responsibility for managing and growing the Pharma and Bio-Pharma market segment across the UK, this is a sector specialist role. You will be working with existing Bio and Pharma clients, but the main emphasis will be new business, hunting down new project opportunities and opening up new customers. This is a strategic role, involving researching pharma and bio-pharma customers and devising a strategy in conjunction with senior management to win and grow this segment. You will be working for an outstanding brand with some powerful case studies, world class products, technical support and reputation for innovation and great customer service to help you achieve success.

You will follow up on all leads and enquiries and take responsibility for managing the full sales process from prospecting, initial contact, tendering, technical support and follow up meetings when required. This will include regular customer site visits, understanding the customer requirements with a view to closing and winning the business. There will be full support and back up to ensure you are successful including marketing, internal sales, and product training in the USA and Europe. Moreover, often this company’s products are already specified; you will need to work with the OEM’s, EPC’s and end users to refine, instil confidence and get the sale.

The Candidate:

• The successful candidate will have an outstanding proven track record in selling, penetrating and winning business in the Pharma and BioPharma market in the UK
• Sold process equipment
• Flow related components systems beneficial, valves, pumps, piping, actuators, compressors, pneumatics etc.
• Sold to OEM’s, EPC’s, engineering Houses and Pharma End Users
• Engineering Background/ Qualification desireable
• Outstanding new business and key account management skills, comfortable building long term relationships 
• Energetic, Dynamic, Self-starter, Personable, can-do attitude
• Strategic, understand how to map out a sector, self-generation and new business sales long term relationship building sales
• Ability / experience of accurate forecasting and budgeting
• Pipeline management and closing skills
• A strong strategic thinker, strong commercial acumen and emotional intelligence
• You will have excellent communication skills and able to communicate and sell to a wide variety of levels.
• You will have an eye for upselling / cross selling opportunities and navigating and networking corporate businesses 

Please click on the apply button or contact Mercury Hampton directly. We aim to respond to all successful applicants within two working days. 

Dutypoint produces, sells and distributes pump systems primarily to the construction sector for the provision of solutions such as hot and cold water, water pressure booster sets, waste water management systems and fire safety sprinkler systems.

We are an innovative and dynamic company with new products and improved versions of existing products being launched each year as well as ambitious growth plans for the future.

As a company, we are very ethical and believe in looking after our employees and customers and doing business the right way. With our modern and spacious head office facility this means that we can offer new recruits an excellent working environment and company culture to work within.

We are currently recruiting for a Business Development Executive to join our Internal Sales team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has previously worked in internal sales or telesales and is looking to progress their career towards an external sales role in the future. The successful candidate will play a vital role for the sales team in seeking opportunities and networking with different influencers and customer types to create quotable business opportunities for the complete Dutypoint portfolio.

Duties & Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will work within an enthusiastic and fast-paced sales team. Your primary role is to increase the likelihood of success on all projects by keeping a track of quotes and opportunities that have not been secured by a contractor using our CRM system. Day to day activity includes calling contacts, building rapport and updating the system with project updates accordingly. There would also be a requirement to conduct telesales activities to new or lapsed clients.

To summarise, principal duties and responsibilities will include:

• Follow up quotes on the CRM system
• Proactive calls to existing or new customers
• Adding where necessary key data to the CRM
• Booking of CPD’s with contractor / consultants and follow up
• Give technical advice to customers and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Self-motivated, tenacious, driven to succeed and results-orientated
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable networking with internal and external contacts
• Friendly demeanour that can build relationships easily
• Can do attitude
• Operate as part of a wider team
• Excellent organisational skills, with a high level of attention to detail
• Competent level of IT skills
• Some B2B sales experience would be advantageous, but is not essential
• Prior experience in the pump industry is beneficial but not essential, as full training will be provided.

This role naturally prepares staff for a more advanced sales role and is a good opportunity for someone who has a desire to progress in the sales arena.

• Always World Class Service
• Rise to It
• Thrive on Progress
• Do Business Right

Benefits

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Company bonus scheme
• Free parking
• Free drinks & snacks
• Free lunch once a week.