Business Development Manager

🕒 April 28

🏢🏡 London – Hybrid

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💰 Business Development (BDR)

🇬🇧 UK Skilled Worker Visa Sponsor

This company has sponsored UK Skilled Worker visas in the past.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Receive Emails For Remote Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Octopus Energy

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2016

⚡ Energy

📡 Telecommunications

Energy • Telecommunications

Octopus Energy is a UK-based energy supplier that offers innovative smart tariffs and renewable energy solutions. Known for its award-winning customer service and commitment to a greener future, Octopus Energy provides great value for the long term with prices historically cheaper than any other large supplier. As one of Europe's leading investors in renewable energy generation, the company is highly trusted, holding a five-star customer service rating. Octopus Energy offers a variety of tariffs tailored for smart meters, solar energy, and electric vehicles, emphasizing cost savings and environmental benefits. Octopus Energy has also expanded internationally with operations in several countries, including Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, and the USA.

📋 Description

• Develop and establish your sales pipeline with customers - from lead through to delivery, hitting (and hopefully smashing!) your targets along the way • Shape and drive the acquisition of new customers – you'll have the autonomy to generate your own leads, while also benefiting from shared leads across the wider Octopus group! • Manage your pipeline and take control, recording progress in our CRM system and keeping things all up to date • Champion customer satisfaction, recording what works best and sharing insights to improve the customer experience • Plan, attend and run customer launch events to spread the word of electric charging and electric vehicles and how we can help! (virtual and non virtual) • Provide excellent customer service both through the sales process and also in after-sales customer care • Collaborate with the wider teams to iterate propositions and materials for the B2B market • Strategically build your pipeline by working with the team to create strong relationships both internally within departments and externally with our customers both on a consumer and business level

🎯 Requirements

• A track record of delivering exceptional customer experience • Previous sales experience of sales within a B2B and/or SaaS consultative environment • A strong passion for Electric Vehicles / Energy and Decarbonisation • Excellent listening skills when working in B2B roles and great communication • Obsessed with putting the customer first, you have a genuine passion for going the extra mile and making sure customers are delighted with every interaction • An ability to show a completer finisher mentality and an understanding of processes as a whole; being able to see the why behind each section of the business and how that creates the entire vision • A start up / entrepreneurial mindset, being able to adjust to change and thrive in a fast-paced environment - excited by the challenge of working in a business that’s always evolving • A bonus - Knowledge of the car leasing and fleet market would be advantageous but not mandatory

🏖️ Benefits

• uncapped commission structure • Building meaningful relationships and providing amazing customer service