Business Development Executive
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Job Summary
Business Development Executive
Location: Falkirk Scotland (Hybrid position working between home and in person days at one of our offices)
Salary: Competitive
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 40 hours per week Monday-Friday
Due to continued growth were looking for a confident and driven Business Development Executive to join our Business Development and Bid Team. Supporting the Pre-Construction Director youll play a key role in researching opportunities supporting bid administration and contributing to client proposals. This hybrid role is ideal for someone starting out in sales or looking to move into business growth areas such as marketing or bid management.
What youll do:
In this role whether youre starting your career in sales or looking to move into a new market you will demonstrate our core values in everything you do while bringing strong listening questioning and communication skills. Youll be highly motivated and self-driven to achieve targets with the ability to manage multiple priorities effectively. A confident approach and clear focus on your objectives will be key alongside a genuine ambition to hit targets and continuously develop your skills.
Key Responsibilities:
Build knowledge of Ground Controls Rail & Infrastructure capabilities
Research client activity market trends and competitor insights
Conduct outbound calls to maintain accurate data and identify opportunities
Monitor customer activity and highlight risks or emerging trends
Manage tender portals including document downloads and notifications
Identify and track tender opportunities producing shortlists
Support bid and proposal administration from initiation to submission
Prepare bid governance packs in collaboration with BD and Bid Leads
Analyse bid performance including pipeline wins and losses
Maintain case studies bid library content and CVs
Support HR and L&D with maintaining the skills matrix
What were looking for:
Excellent organisational skills
Be able to demonstrate your research ability
Excellent creative writing skills
Strong numeracy skills
Minimum: Level 4 Diploma in Business Administration (HND in Scotland) or Certificate in Marketing (Level 4)
Benefits
Competitive salary: Reflective of your experience and the seniority of the role.
Pension scheme: Helping you plan confidently for the future.
Performancelinked bonus: Bonus opportunities aligned to your level and contribution.
Recognition schemes: Celebrate great work through our companywide recognition programmes.
Private GP service: Fast convenient access to private GP appointments when you need them.
Equal Opportunities Statement
At Ground Control we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued respected and empowered to thrive. We believe that diversity drives innovation and success and we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds experiences and perspectives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race (including colour nationality ethnic or national origin) religion or belief sex sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic as defined in the Equality Act 2010.
We actively support and promote an inclusive culture ensuring fair and equitable treatment throughout the recruitment process and across all stages of employment including training development promotion pay and termination. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants and employees and to creating a working environment free from discrimination harassment bullying or victimisation.
We expect all colleagues to uphold our values of dignity respect and inclusion. We take a zero-tolerance approach to any form of discriminatory behaviour and are committed to continuous improvement through training inclusive policies and accountability at all levels.
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Sales Experience
- B2B Sales
- Marketing
- Cold Calling
- Sales Pipeline
- Salesforce
- Inside Sales
- Customer relationship management
- CRM Software
- negotiation
- Lead Generation
About Company
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