Partner Business Development Manager

Exciting news from us at Daisy: we’re re-branding to O2 Business!

Following the merger between Virgin Media O2 Business and Daisy Group last year, we’re taking the next step in our journey by announcing our new brand!

As O2 Business, we believe in the wonder of simplicity; the joy of that comes when technology works as it should, with reliability, clarity, and speed.

We’re incredibly excited about this next step in our journey and you could be on that journey too.

We’re looking for a Business Development Manager in our Partner Business team.

The Partner Business Development Manager is required to proactively manage and recruit business partners consisting of existing active, dormant and prospect partners.

The overall objective of the role is to increase sales volume across a portfolio of products, maintain or increase partner satisfaction and be an ambassador for O2 Business.

Job Title: Partner Business Development Manager

Salary: Dependent on Experience

Location: Field-based

Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8:30/9:00 – 5:00/5:30 (37.5 hours)

What You'll Be Doing

As a Business Development Manager, you will:

• Carry out regular face-to-face visits with partners to ensure that O2 Business maintains a strong presence with the business partners.
• Provide a weekly report of the challenges and successes of the territory and ensure that the pipeline is kept up to date and that accurate sales forecasts are provided on a weekly basis.
• Increase run rate business from strategic partners
• Be fully responsible for the satisfaction of partners by dealing with queries in a timely manner and engaging with the relevant departments to give constructive feedback and permanent resolution ideas to remove the area of dissatisfaction for the future.
• Ensure achievable expectations are set at all times.
• Devise and implement ongoing growth and retention strategies through effective and documented trusted advisor engagement with the dealer principle of key partners.
• Schedule and action all tasks to completion within specified timescales whilst ensuring all systems are kept fully updated for each action and point of customer contact.
• Monitor and report on competitor activity within the channel, to identify different products/services/commercials relevant to Daisy and our partners. Obtaining feedback from partners in relation to any losses that occur to ensure Daisy are up to date of emerging channel trends.

What We’re Looking For

• Previous B2B field sales experience.
• Previous partner / indirect channel sales experience essential.
• Telecoms sales experience essential.
• Gravitas, presence, and strong interpersonal skills to build strong and lasting relationships at all levels, quickly gaining respect and credibility.
• Excellent communications skills; verbal and written.
• Enthusiastic and a curious learner.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent customer/partner relations skills.
• Managing own workload through planning and prioritisation is essential.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Strong team worker.
• UK driver’s licence
• Computer literate.

At O2 Business, we’re passionate about developing those who drive results and build rewarding careers.

Apply Now and take the first step toward your career at O2 Business. Every CV is carefully reviewed by a member of our hiring team.

We’ll be in touch soon to talk more about the role and the journey ahead.