🚗 Business Development Manager

📍 Location: London (4 days in office, Friday WFH until 1pm)
💷 Salary: £35,000 - £42,000 + 40% OTE (DOE)
📅 Start Date: ASAP

Are you driven to hit targets and grow business in the auto tech space? We're looking for a Business Development Manager to join the team - the #1 auto tech event in North America, covering electric, autonomous, and software-defined mobility.

This London-based role includes occasional travel to Detroit for the event and related industry events.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

• Identify and convert new business opportunities

• Manage full sales cycles for sponsorship and commercial deals

• Build and maintain relationships with mid-level stakeholders

• Prepare tailored proposals and contracts

• Keep records accurate in Salesforce and other tools

• Provide sales forecasts

• Collaborate with internal teams on planning and feedback

👤 About You

• Clear communicator & confident negotiator

• Works independently and as part of a team

• Adapts quickly in a fast-paced environment

💼 Key Skills & Experience

• 2+ years of sales experience (exhibition sales preferred; recruitment sales considered)

• Full-cycle sales: prospecting to close

• Pipeline management (Salesforce & Gong)

• Stakeholder engagement & relationship building

• Proposal writing & deal structuring

• Strong time management & organisational skills

• Exposure to the energy industry is a plus

🚀 Personal Attributes

• Proactive in prospecting

• Goal-focused and driven to exceed targets

📝 Recruitment Process

1. Complete a competency framework

2. First-round online interview with Talent Director & Commercial Director

3. Second-round in-person presentation task

4. Final in-person interview with line manager & General Manager

We're committed to equality, diversity, and inclusivity. Any adjustments needed during the recruitment process can be accommodated.

We Are Aspire Ltd are a Disability Confident Committed employer