New Business Development Manager
Lyreco Group Open · verified Oct 8, 2026 At a glance
Manager-level Business Development role at Lyreco Group. Field Based · full-time · up to £40,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Win new customers in your assigned prospect area and put each new account into operation
- Set up accounts to grow product penetration and deliver profitable business
- Build customer relationships, negotiating prices and margins when the situation calls for it
- Keep new prospects moving through your pipeline and arrange account handovers with Account Managers
What you bring
- You have worked in business-to-business sales and can show you have met sales and margin goals
- You know how to develop a pipeline and negotiate with people at different levels of an organisation
- You bring strong customer awareness and proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
Who this fits
This field-based role covers Leeds, York and Wakefield, with a Monday-to-Friday schedule from nine to five-thirty. It suits a B2B salesperson who can win new accounts, set them up and work with Account Managers on handovers. The stated base salary is up to £40,000 per year, plus commission.
From the employer
New Business Development Manager
Covering: Leeds, York, Wakefield area
Base salary: Up to £40k per annum (DOE) + commission, Company car, laptop, phone
Additional incentives for top achievers
Mon- Fri- 9am-5.30pm.
Lyreco are the market leader in Workplace Solutions and specialise in providing workplace solutions to businesses globally, across a variety of sectors.
We have an exciting opportunity for a New Business Development Manager to join our growing team. The Business Development Manager will consistently win and implement new accounts.
You will build and maintain a new business pipeline, working alongside Account Managers to effectively secure and handover new accounts.
Key Responsibilities of the Business Development Manager:
- Consistently win new customers within a defined prospect area
- Implement and set up new accounts, with a focus on product penetration and profit
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships
- Negotiate pricing and margin with customers as needed
- Work closely with the wider team to grow and develop successful business in the Central London area
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- The Business Development Manager should have experience of working in a business-to-business sales role
- Proven track record of achieving sales and margin targets
- Ability to build and develop a pipeline of new business
- Excellent customer awareness, ability to build solid working relationships
- Able to sell and negotiate at all levels within an organisation
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
Workplace Benefits:
- Clear career pathways and development programmes to support your growth
- Company Pension
- Life assurance
- 23 days holiday, increases the longer you are with us, + 8 Bank Holidays
- Employee discount scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), well-being support when you need it
- Health and wellness initiatives
As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes our staff, customers, suppliers and our local community. We’re committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment.
Agency CV’s will not be accepted.
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