Business Development – Automation and Engineering

Location:

Warrington (WA3) – Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

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Other Industries & Skills:

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Advertiser:

Bilfinger

Job ID:

131293822

Posted On:

03 November 2024

Business Development – Automation and Engineering 

Location: Warrington 

Bilfinger UK is a leading engineering and maintenance provider, supporting customers across the chemical & petrochemical, nuclear, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals & biopharma, power & energy, utilities, renewables and food & beverage markets. We enhance the efficiency of assets, ensuring a high level of availability and reducing maintenance costs.

We have extensive experience in offshore and onshore facilities; specialising in asset management services throughout all life cycle phases from consulting, engineering, manufacturing, assembly, operations, maintenance, and decommissioning.

This commitment is delivered by an experienced and highly competent workforce of over 4,500 employees operating from 14 offices in strategic industrial hubs, upholding the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality.

We are seeking a Business Development Manager who will advance company objectives through sales of turnkey Electrical, Controls, Instrumentation and Automation solutions (ECIA).

Main Responsibilities

•    Succeed as a prospecting salesperson (hunter) that creates and wins interesting business opportunities for turnkey project work including design, engineering, and construction of ECIA systems.  Target project Values £500K-£5.0M
•    Develop and close opportunities for industrial processes, including FEED, Design, Engineering, DSEAR, Functional Safety, Automation, Controls, SCADA, OT Cyber robustness, MCCs, electrical panels and related installation services.
•    Use sales processes and curiosity to fully understand the needs of the client and business drivers behind opportunities to close deals. 
•    Implement the Business Sales plan achieving defined growth targets and sales quota.
•    Organize and schedule visits with clients to maximize face to face time and foster winning relationships
•    Identify accounts, key buyers, stakeholders to produce account development plans to support achieving the sales plan and individual targets.
•    Offer Sales input and intelligence required to produce high quality, creative and compelling proposals that are competitive and meet the client’s needs.
•    Develop a strong understanding of the range of services and portfolio provided within Bilfinger especially the Engineering, Automation and Digital, Service functions.
•    Manage and maintain the CRM tool (Salesforce) for both accounts and opportunities.  Provide regular updates to your sales pipeline as and when requested 
 

Experience & Qualifications

•    Conceptual, consultative, solution sales of Electrical, Controls, Instrument & automation turn key projects for accounts in Life Sciences, Nuclear/ Defence, O&G, and similar process industries
•    Generating leads, developing and winning business to achieve target sales quota 
•    Managing sales pipeline and bid process for products and services in £15-£20M funnel
•    Qualifying, planning and developing accounts and clients to successful conclusion
•    Proven track record of selling ECIA systems:
o    FEED
o    Design Engineering
o    PLC/HMI/SCADA/DCS/MES
o    MCC and Control panels
o    Site installation
•    A broad industry understanding i.e., knowledge of process control & automation engineering/control 
•    Knowledge of commercial terms and governance practices, T&M, Fixed bid, NEC, ICHEM E etc. 

•    Degree qualified but not essential depending on experience gained 
•    As a minimum, we will accept an HNC/D qualification in electrical/electronic engineering, computer/control systems engineering or other appropriate discipline
•    Sale process training (Strategic Selling, Altify, SPIN, High Impact Sales or similar) 
•    Experience with Salesforce is desirable
 

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General Management | Bilfinger UK Limited | Permanent | White-collar workers | Professional | Business Development & Sales  

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