At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive new business opportunities in high-value engineering sectors and build long-term customer relationships.
- Company: Join KS Composites, a leading manufacturer in advanced composite components.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, growth opportunities, and a chance to work with innovative technologies.
- Other info: Exciting projects and a forward-thinking company culture await you!
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a dynamic environment while collaborating with talented engineers.
- Qualifications: Experience in technical sales within engineering or manufacturing, strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
KS Composites is one of the UK's leading independent manufacturers of advanced composite components, supplying some of the world's most recognised brands across Formula One, automotive, aerospace, defence, marine and specialist engineering. With continued investment, ambitious growth plans and an expanding customer base, we're looking for an experienced Business Development Manager to help drive the next phase of our success. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who understands technical manufacturing, enjoys building long-term customer relationships and thrives on winning new business.
You'll play a key role in identifying new opportunities, developing strategic partnerships and helping position KS Composites as the supplier of choice for high-performance composite solutions.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Identify and develop new business opportunities across automotive, motorsport, aerospace, defence and specialist engineering sectors.
- Build and maintain a strong pipeline of prospective customers and projects.
- Develop and implement business development strategies aligned with company growth plans.
- Generate new enquiries through networking, customer visits, exhibitions and market research.
- Manage customer relationships from first contact through to successful contract award.
- Work collaboratively with Engineering, Estimating and Operations to produce competitive commercial proposals.
- Support RFQs, tenders and quotations, ensuring technical and commercial compliance.
- Monitor market trends, competitor activity and emerging technologies to identify future opportunities.
- Maintain accurate CRM records and provide regular sales forecasts.
- Represent KS Composites professionally at customer meetings, industry events and exhibitions throughout the UK.
Key Skills and Competencies
- Previous Business Development or Technical Sales experience within composites, automotive, motorsport, aerospace or advanced manufacturing.
- Proven track record of winning new business and delivering against sales targets.
- Strong understanding of composite manufacturing processes such as pre-preg, RTM or autoclave manufacturing.
- Experience managing technical sales cycles and working alongside engineering teams.
- Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify profitable opportunities.
- Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel throughout the UK.
- Existing network within the composites, automotive or motorsport sectors.
- Experience within low-volume, high-value manufacturing.
- Understanding of programme lifecycle management.
- Knowledge of quality standards such as ISO9001 or AS9100.
Why Join KS Composites?
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business that continues to grow across multiple industries while investing heavily in its people, technology and manufacturing capabilities. You'll work alongside talented engineers, contribute to exciting projects and have the opportunity to make a genuine impact on the future growth of the business. If you're looking for a role where you can develop relationships, win exciting projects and become part of an ambitious and forward-thinking company, we'd love to hear from you.
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