Business Development Manager – Early Years Apprenticeships

40000 basic up to 10000 OTE Remote with a minimum of two office days per month in South West London Full-time permanent

LT Selection is recruiting on behalf of an established apprenticeship and training provider seeking a commercially driven Business Development Manager to grow its Early Years employer portfolio.

This is a new-business-led role weighted approximately 80% toward winning new employer partnerships and 20% toward developing existing accounts. You will own the full sales cycle from targeted prospecting and first conversation through to proposal agreement and a successful handover to the account management team.

• Research and target employers with a genuine requirement for Early Years apprenticeships and workforce-development solutions.
• Generate new opportunities through structured outbound activity across telephone email LinkedIn and relevant prospecting tools.
• Build credible relationships with nursery groups childcare employers HR teams learning and development leads and senior decision-makers.
• Lead consultative discovery meetings to understand recruitment retention progression and skills-development needs.
• Present tailored apprenticeship and commercial training solutions clearly and confidently.
• Manage the full sales process including proposals presentations negotiation follow-up and conversion.
• Maintain accurate activity pipeline forecasting and conversion data within HubSpot.
• Work closely with operational and account-management colleagues to ensure every new employer is handed over effectively.

• Approximately 10 qualified employer meetings each week.
• Three to five new employer accounts each month.
• Twenty to twenty-five learner starts each month.
• Quarterly commercial-training sales.
• A strong and consistently managed proposal-to-sale conversion rate.

• A proven record in B2B sales business development or employer engagement.
• Experience managing a complete sales cycle rather than simply generating leads.
• Confident communication presentation relationship-building and negotiation skills.
• A disciplined approach to CRM use pipeline management and forecasting.
• A consultative style with the resilience and motivation required for a predominantly new-business role.
• An understanding of apprenticeships funded training funding rules standards and compliance.
• Early Years childcare or apprenticeship-sales experience would be a strong advantage.

The employer will remain confidential during the initial application and screening stage. LT Selection will explain the organisation and opportunity fully to suitable candidates before any CV is shared and no CV will be submitted without the candidates agreement.

Required Skills:

business development apprenticeship sales employer engagement early years sector pipeline management consultative selling account management CRM target achievement

Required Education:

Proven B2B business development experience in apprenticeships training or education; knowledge of the early years sector is desirable.