Business Development Manager

Brand new role to the UK - strategic business development opportunity. Swivelpole have a 25 year history, Australian head office, ambitious growth plans for the UK market.

Driving new end user relationships across the UK with EPCs, Contractors, and heavy industrial end users. Working in close partnership with specialist distribution businesses to sell to end users. Working on both new build and renovation projects. European manufacturing base so quick lead times.

The Role: BMS Performance have the pleasure of recruiting for a Business Development Manager to build the UK market for Swivelpole, an Australian business who have a 25 year history of innovation as they lead the way globally in lowering pole solutions, specifically for lighting and other pole-mounted systems (such as security, instruments, and networking). Their flagship technology, the Maxis Joint, enables end users to have a cost-effective way to enhance safety, enhance maintenance, and thus improve productivity by being able to change, maintain, and overhaul pole-mounted systems without the need for working at height and difficult processes.

This is the first UK based position for Swivelpole following recent success in expanding the sales team in Europe and one in which will see the Business Development Manager building a market, taking their entrepreneurial spirit to task, and driving industrial end user demand & projects with a view to pushing sales through specialist distribution partners such as R&M Electrical. The Business Development Manager will be spending most of their time in front of site managers, EPCs, contractors, and anyone involved in site upgrades.

This is a perfect time to join this journey as heavy industry is racing to upgrade aging infrastructure, enhance safety, and hit their environmental targets through schemes like mass LED lighting changes. Swivelpole's offering enables a safe & cost-effective solution for this across arenas such as oil & gas, petrochemical, industrial manufacturing, ports, and process plants.

The Company: Swivelpole™ makes maintenance safer, faster, and more affordable. Our innovative lowering pole solutions allow easy access to light fixtures and equipment, reducing the risks and costs of working at heights. For over 25 years, we have improved our products to meet the needs of industrial and commercial projects, whether it be new builds or retrofit. Trusted by major global companies, Swivelpole™ delivers reliable performance in tough environments worldwide.

They already have a presence here and are now really pushing the brand into the market and this is a wonderful time to join them at the start of this journey. Utilising a track record of over 500,000 installations worldwide. They have a European manufacturing base in Poland which means a quick lead time on product delivery and expanding distribution base which will support getting the product to market, and a very passionate leadership team who are dynamic and inspiring.

We are looking for individuals who meet the following criteria:

• Have a track record of market development within the industrial sector
• Are new business focussed, have a track record of building pipeline and managing through to close
• A history of working with specification and technical drawings
• Ability to travel throughout the UK
• Understand driving demand with contractors, consultants, and EPCs then selling via a distribution network
• Entrepreneurial mindset - able to drive business as though
• Full & Clean Driving licence

Salary: £55,000 - £75,000 DOE basic salary + 25% annual bonus (paid August) + car allowance (£600p/m) + Auto Enrol Pension + 26 days holiday (plus stats on top)

Candidate Location: Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Bristol, London