Principal Consultant

Reed is the most recognised recruitment brand in the UK, with a rich history and reputation for improving lives through work, for over 60 years. Delivering recruitment solutions with many household brands throughout the UK and globally, we find new jobs and careers for people from many different backgrounds across multiple business sectors.

At Consultancy+, we specialise in delivering outcome-based projects and solutions. Our unique offering combines niche expertise with the backing of one of the UK’s most well-known resourcing providers – Reed. This means we can provide our clients with the strategy, expertise, and direction that they need, as well as a partner that can scale as required to take on a wide range of projects. For our people and to each other, we are authentic, we are accountable, and we take action. We are deeply proud of the supportive and collaborative culture we embrace here at Consultancy+.

Your purpose: As a Business Development Manager, you will be responsible for introducing our brand and our message to new clients. Working across Consultancy+ and the wider Reed Group, your role will take our message to market and be the way through which we continue to grow and innovate our services and our business. Through working with our experienced teams, you will have the tools, training, and support to be able to help us continue on our growth journey.

What you’ll be doing: Our Business Development Managers are responsible for generating new clients and new business for Consultancy+. In the role you will be doing the following:

• Mapping your market and understanding which organisations would benefit from our service
• Contacting those organisations to introduce yourself and our service through phone, email and LinkedIn
• Building networking both internally and externally to carry your message and support you in developing new opportunities and new business
• Scoping new projects and services in partnership with our expert consultants and wider delivery team
• Managing solution design process to ensure our solution meets the needs of the client
• Drafting proposals and pricing for new services and projects
• Managing a transition from initial sale through to delivery
• Maintaining and growing relationships within current and new clients to ensure you remain as their go-to for our services

Who we’re looking for? We want people with the right skills and the right attitude. Ambition and teamwork are key to our success so we want people that aren’t satisfied with mediocre and want to help us drive our business and their career forwards.

Essential skills:

• Successful sales experience and proven new business winner
• Experience in at least one of the following: Consultancy/managed services, Resourcing/recruitment

All job offers are subject to satisfactory references and compliance with vetting requirements applicable to the job role. Reed is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to ensure that no candidate or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity. We are a Mindful Employer and offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. As a proud signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, we welcome applications from ex-services personnel, reservists and cadets and offer a guaranteed interview for applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

Why work here? We’re never afraid to ask, “What’s next?” Inspiration comes from knowing the work you do really matters and, as trailblazers in our field, the value of what we do every day is obvious. We are a family business with a rich history and a purpose of improving lives through work, for people and organisations worldwide. Our inclusive and collaborative approach, combined with an unwavering belief in our long-standing core values, means that we genuinely trust and work hard for each other. We have built a dynamic culture where individual achievement is celebrated and succeeding as a team is revered. A supportive environment, where careers are developed and futures are forged.

About Us: In the early 1960s, Reed pioneered specialist recruitment in the UK. Seven decades on, we have become the world’s largest family-run recruitment business, with offices spanning across the UK, Europe, USA, the Middle East and East Asia. With access to the UK’s largest candidate database and expertise across 20 specialist sectors, we are committed to ensuring that people are at the heart of everything we do to ensure we fulfil our purpose: improving lives through work.