Business Development Manager – Skills and Training Permanent

KM Recruitment is a specialist UK wide recruiter for the Skills & Employability sectors.

Job Title: Business Development Manager – Skills and Training
Location: North West – remote and field based
Salary: up to £48,000 + bonus 
Package: Expenses, Pension, Equipment + Much More!
Type: Full-time, Permanent

We are seeking a driven Business Development Manager to grow employer partnerships, generate revenue, and support workforce development in fast-growing technical and green sectors.

Duties Include:

• Proactively build and convert employer partnerships across construction, energy, and smart technology sectors
• Promote commercial training, apprenticeships, and funded training solutions
• Identify skills gaps and create tailored workforce development solutions
• Manage the full sales cycle from lead generation to long-term partnership
• Organise/ lead on networking events and conferences, engaging through a variety proactive approaches, utilising sales and marketing techniques to identify new business.
• Deliver against key business objectives and achieve targets. 

Essential Criteria:

• Proven B2B / employer engagement experience within the Gas, Electric, Plumbing, or construction-related sectors (this can be inside the training sector promoting qualifications as a BDM, or outside the training sector)
• Strong knowledge and understanding of at least one of the following vocations: Gas, Electric, Plumbing, or construction sectors.
• Confident business relationship builder with a commercial mindset
• Target-driven, organised, and self-motivated
• Full UK driving licence and vehicle required

Please note:

KM Recruitment receive a high number of applications for each role advertised and although we would like to we are not always able to deliver feedback to unsuccessful candidates. If you have not been contacted within 4 days, then unfortunately your application has been unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest and keep an eye on our website for future opportunities.