Business development executive

Cluttons is a real assets advisory business that creates value for its clients by broadening traditional infrastructure, commercial and residential property advice for a future-facing market. We do this by continuing to grow our industry leading focus on digital connectivity, energy transition and the route to net zero.

Cluttons employs over 250 people across the UK who provide a full range of property consultancy services including property management, valuation, building consultancy, commercial and residential estate agency, corporate occupier services, business rates, and lease advisory.

Cluttons has deep expertise in areas such as London residential, digital connectivity, energy, large estates, and secured lending; and uses its extensive knowledge to provide its clients with unique insights and innovative solutions to help them create value from their assets.

The role

It’s an exciting time at Cluttons as we use our recent management buy out (MBO) as a springboard for growth. As part of our strategy the business is focussed around three main areas; Infrastructure, Commercial and Residential. This role is to deliver business development and some marketing mainly for the Infrastructure sector but with the flexibility to work across sector as required.

We are looking for an energetic, self-motivated, and methodical Business Development Executive. This is an exciting role which involves tracking and qualifying a pipeline of new business and keeping up to date with procurement teams and clients to understand how proposed jobs are evolving at their end. The role will include building relationships to understand if any further opportunities are available and sharing this information with the business team and Head of Business Development and Marketing.

As this role develops you will become more involved with supporting the Head of Business Development & Marketing and the wider team on client targeting and marketing campaigns.

You will be someone who is as comfortable on the phone talking as you are with keeping our pipeline system up to date and tracking progress. You will have the magical mix of being organised, loving process and keeping order whilst also being a natural people person.

This role can be based in either London or Oxford.

Responsibilities

• Relationship building and tracking: Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, procurement teams and prospects to ensure we stay up to date on the progress of all pitches.
• Spot and share further opportunities for business winning
• Keep business teams up to date on progress
• CRM Management: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all activities in our CRM system (Monday.com).
• Background research: keep up to date with the activity of our target pipeline companies to spot information that will help with business winning
• Adhoc administration: this could be anything from key account management support, bid support through to updating website content

Requirements

Essential:

• Experience in a similar role
• Energetic and Positive Attitude: Enthusiastic and optimistic, with a strong desire to learn and grow
• Building Professional Relationships: Ability to build and maintain positive relationships with various stakeholders both internally and externally
• Confident Communicator: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including a confident telephone manner
• Initiative and Productivity: Demonstrated ability to take initiative, make things happen, and get things done efficiently
• Organisational Skills: Exceptional organisational skills, especially in prioritising tasks and managing various workloads
• Technical Proficiency: Highly computer literate with strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Resilience: Determination and persistence in overcoming challenges

Desired:

• Educated to degree standard or equivalent
• Real estate background and/or Energy / infrastructure experience
• Familiar using CRM systems

Benefits

• Hybrid working - to give you the flexibility you need
• Holidays: 25 days increasing in line with length of service to a maximum of 30 days
• Enhanced auto enrolment pension scheme - to help you save for the future
• Life assurance - to protect your loved ones should the worst happen
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme - discounted bicycles
• Flu and eye care vouchers - to keep you healthy
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 health & wellbeing support
• Help@Hand Remote GP app - to give you and your family access to medical experts quickly
• Platform hosting 1000s of discounts at your favourite retailers, restaurants, supermarkets, leisure & days out venues, gyms and more
• Family & wellbeing policy - including enhanced maternity pay, menopause support, neurodiversity support, carer support, company sick pay and much more

Plus a Flexible benefits policy that allows you to pick and choose additional benefits as below:

• Purchasing up to 5 days additional holiday
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounted dental insurance
• Discounted private medical insurance
• Discounted critical health insurance and more

We recognise that diversity in all its forms including but not limited to race, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, and background - enriches our workplace and enhances our ability to serve our clients and community effectively. Our goal is to create a culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work, knowing their unique perspectives are welcomed and appreciated. We actively seek applicants from all backgrounds and want you to get in touch even if you don’t have all the skills we have asked for - we will support you with the development you need.

Location: London, GB

Posted Date: 10/1/2024