Business Development Executive

Business Development Executive
Recruitment Industry
Northamptonshire / Warwickshire
Salary Competitive + Commission

Overview
We are a specialist permanent recruitment business working across Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. We are looking for a commercially driven Business Development Partner to focus purely on winning new client relationships and generating recruitment opportunities.
This role is designed for someone who enjoys opening doors, starting conversations, and securing new business, with the understanding that ongoing client relationships and delivery will be managed by the business owner.
Once a client relationship is established and a vacancy is secured, the role will handover the account to the internal delivery lead, who will take responsibility for relationship management and recruitment delivery.

What We Offer

• Base salary + uncapped commission on business won
• Clear, simple success model (win → handover → repeat)
• No requirement to manage long delivery cycles or candidate process
• Support from an experienced recruitment leader to ensure delivery success
• Opportunity to build a high-quality client base without account servicing pressure
• Car, laptop and mobile device

Key Responsibilities
New Business Development

• Proactively identify and win new clients across target sectors in Northamptonshire and Warwickshire
• Engage hiring managers, directors, and HR teams to generate new permanent recruitment opportunities
• Build pipeline through a mix of warm outreach, referrals, networking, and targeted business development activity
• Secure job briefs and recruitment mandates from new clients

Client Handover & Collaboration

• Fully brief the internal recruitment lead on each new client and vacancy
• Ensure smooth handover of new accounts once the first role is secured
• Maintain accurate notes on client needs, structure, and expectations to support delivery success
• Support occasional joint client meetings where required during early relationship stages

Market Development

• Identify trends, hiring activity, and new business opportunities in the regional market
• Build a strong external presence within your specialist sectors
• Develop a consistent flow of new hiring conversations

What We’re Looking For
Experience

• Proven background in recruitment business development or B2B sales
• Strong track record of winning new clients (not just managing existing accounts)
• Experience in permanent recruitment highly desirable
• Land and expand in all hiring departments

Skills & Traits

• Confident, proactive new business mindset
• Strong relationship starter (not necessarily long-term account manager)
• Comfortable working independently and managing pipeline activity
• Resilient, consistent, and disciplined in outbound activity
• Strong communicator who can engage senior stakeholders

Person Fit Note: This is a new business-focused role, not a farming or account management position.

You will be successful here if you enjoy:

• Winning the first meeting
• Opening doors
• Securing the vacancy
• Passing it into a delivery-led environment

Interested? Please click apply.