Business Development Manager – Vendor Finance / Direct –  Southern England

£50-65k basic doe, company car, up to 75% bonus plus  yearly company profit bonus, and benefits package.

Our client is a division of a well-established and leading independent lending business who have seen significant growth in recent years. We are looking for someone to manage a portfolio of dealer and direct end user relationships as well as bring on board new clients in the provision of asset finance , leasing and loan offering.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Promote the services of the company to existing customers, new prospects, manufacturers and dealers within the sectors that  they operate in. 
• Act as relationship manager for existing and new, vendor and customer relationships as appropriate to the channel.
• Negotiate commercially acceptable transactions with customer key decision makers.  Obtain financial and non-financial information to complete credit applications for sanctioning within the credit process.
• Manage personal activity and pipeline to ensure personal targets are achieved.  Ensure timely and accurate reporting of activity and results using CRM and other systems as required and advised from time to time.
• Work as part of a regional team reporting to the Regional Sales Director.
• Demonstrate an awareness of competitor activity and market developments and feed these back as required.  Contribute to the Regional and wider business development strategy through positive interaction with other members of the team.
• Represent the company at trade exhibitions, events and functions as required from time to time.

THE CANDIDATE:

• A successful track record within an Asset Finance sales function, where you are able to deliver acceptable performance results on a consistent basis.
• A seasoned financial services professional with a high level of commercial acumen, who is able to prepare and present comprehensive proposals which can be fully considered by internal operating functions. 
• The ability to evidence strong influencing, consensus building, and relationship building skills.
• The ability to effectively prioritise to ensure delivery of challenging workloads in a complex and changing working environment.
• The ability to inspire confidence and trust both in internal and external stakeholders.
• The ability to demonstrate strong communication skills both verbal and written.
• The ability to work under pressure and deliver results.
• Operate within a field based role, delivering a high level of productivity & account activity.

This is a great time to work for this lender. You might be someone who is working for another lender currently or a broker,  and you could be someone who is in their earlier years of their career and wanting to progress or a seasoned pro in the market wanted to be rewarded for their and the wider company success.

Contact:  In the first instance please send your cv to Mark Lyons at mark@marklyonsrecruitment.com or call 0161 258 0053 / 07470 476320 for a confidential discussion

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