Business Development Manager
other jobs Lloyd Recruitment Services Ltd
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- England,South East,West Sussex
- Full Time, Permanent
- £40,000 - £42,000 per annum, inc benefits
Job Description:
Business Development Manager (Events & Venues)
West Sussex
Up to £42,000 + comms
Overview
Our client is a large, established multi-use event venue in Sussex, hosting a wide range of public and private events. The venue has a strong existing events portfolio and is now focused on accelerating growth by attracting additional premium, professionally run events.
This is a new business-led role, suited to a confident, entrepreneurial sales professional with experience in event, venue, or hospitality sales. The successful candidate will work closely with the Board to drive revenue growth and fill remaining diary availability with high-quality events.
Key Objectives
*Identify and secure new business from professional organisers, promoters, and event owners.
*Attract established events currently hosted at other venues, as well as new concepts seeking a long-term home.
*Build and manage a strong sales pipeline, delivering quarterly targets aligned to the annual budget.
*Develop commercially compelling proposals and negotiate contracts to close new business.
*Represent the venue professionally within the events market and at industry meetings.
Candidate
*Proven track record in B2B sales.
*Strong new business development capability with a proactive, self-starting approach.
*Confident relationship builder, comfortable working at senior stakeholder level.
*Commercially astute, with experience of pipeline management, forecasting, and reporting.
*Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and good IT literacy (CRM, Excel, presentations).
Extra info:
*Refer a friend and earn up to £500 (see website for details)
*Due to high application volumes, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you don’t hear back within 5 days, please assume you have not been successful
*By applying, you accept Lloyd Recruitment Services’ Privacy and GDPR Policy (see website)
Lloyd Recruitment Services are acting as an employment agency for this vacancy and are an equal opportunities employer.
West Sussex
Up to £42,000 + comms
Overview
Our client is a large, established multi-use event venue in Sussex, hosting a wide range of public and private events. The venue has a strong existing events portfolio and is now focused on accelerating growth by attracting additional premium, professionally run events.
This is a new business-led role, suited to a confident, entrepreneurial sales professional with experience in event, venue, or hospitality sales. The successful candidate will work closely with the Board to drive revenue growth and fill remaining diary availability with high-quality events.
Key Objectives
*Identify and secure new business from professional organisers, promoters, and event owners.
*Attract established events currently hosted at other venues, as well as new concepts seeking a long-term home.
*Build and manage a strong sales pipeline, delivering quarterly targets aligned to the annual budget.
*Develop commercially compelling proposals and negotiate contracts to close new business.
*Represent the venue professionally within the events market and at industry meetings.
Candidate
*Proven track record in B2B sales.
*Strong new business development capability with a proactive, self-starting approach.
*Confident relationship builder, comfortable working at senior stakeholder level.
*Commercially astute, with experience of pipeline management, forecasting, and reporting.
*Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and good IT literacy (CRM, Excel, presentations).
Extra info:
*Refer a friend and earn up to £500 (see website for details)
*Due to high application volumes, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you don’t hear back within 5 days, please assume you have not been successful
*By applying, you accept Lloyd Recruitment Services’ Privacy and GDPR Policy (see website)
Lloyd Recruitment Services are acting as an employment agency for this vacancy and are an equal opportunities employer.
Job number 3375513
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Company Details:
Lloyd Recruitment Services Ltd
Company size: 10–19 employees
Industry: Recruitment Consultancy
Lloyd Recruitment Services was founded in 1996 by Jenny Wilson from a small shared office based in Redhill, Surrey. Her ethos behind the Lloyd Recruit...