Business Development Assistant

Location: Rushden
Salary: £26,000 - £28,000 per annum (DOE)
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:30pm (37.5 hours per week)
Breaks: 1-hour unpaid lunch break (can be reduced to 30 minutes), plus two paid 15-minute tea breaks

 
Are you a confident communicator who enjoys speaking to people and building relationships?

We're looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Business Development Assistant to join a growing business in Rushden. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys telephone-based sales activity, relationship building, and creating new business opportunities.

Previous business development experience is beneficial but not essential. We are keen to hear from candidates with the right attitude, strong communication skills, and a genuine willingness to learn and develop a career in business development.

 
The Role

As a Business Development Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the sales pipeline by identifying opportunities, engaging with prospective customers, and building relationships with key contacts. Your focus will be on creating qualified opportunities and passing warm leads to the sales team.

Using a combination of telephone calls, email, social media, and CRM systems, you will nurture relationships and help generate new business opportunities while maintaining excellent customer service standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Making outbound calls to prospective and existing customers
  
  
• Building and maintaining strong business relationships
  
  
• Identifying and qualifying potential sales opportunities
  
  
• Generating and nurturing leads through telephone, email, and social media activity
  
  
• Recording and updating customer information within the CRM system
  
  
• Supporting marketing and business development campaigns
  
  
• Managing customer records, tasks, and follow-up activities
  
  
• Working towards agreed KPIs and activity targets
  
  
• Highlighting quality sales opportunities and passing leads to the wider sales team
  
  
• Maintaining a professional and customer-focused approach at all times

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  
  
• Confidence speaking with people over the telephone
  
  
• A positive, driven, and proactive attitude
  
  
• Strong organisational and administrative skills
  
  
• Good attention to detail
  
  
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and CRM systems
  
  
• Ability to build rapport and professional relationships
  
  
• A willingness to learn and develop within a business development environment
  
  
• Experience in sales, telesales, customer service, account management, or business development would be advantageous but is not essential