New Client Manager

Over the last 2 years, we’ve significantly increased our turnover, doubled our head count and, are firmly established within the IoT and Video sectors. 

Privately owned, we are agile business, can move quickly and have built an excellent reputation with our client base. Over the last 24 months we have evolved as a business. We pride ourselves on company values which are at the forefront of everything we do. 

We work with Start Up/Scale Up companies through to world renowned companies such as ARM, Sky, NBC and Qorvo. We are relied upon to get the job done with a real deep knowledge in our fields! 

We are experts at what we do. 

Purpose 

As a New Client Manager, you'll identify and follow up on new business opportunities in order to generate revenue and help the business grow. Day to day duties include: 
- Fostering and developing new business relationships with prospective clients in the IoT or Video world.
- Generating and following up on sales leads in collaboration with the wider teams. 
- Researching and identifying new business opportunities including new markets, growth areas, trends, customers, partnerships, products, and services. 
- Ongoing development of a strong sales pipeline. 
- Continuously improving your knowledge on the business’ products and services to be able to effectively sell these over the phone and via Teams. 
- Working collaboratively with the Client Services team and Candidate Management team to ensure that the business you are bringing in is being serviced correctly.  

Core skills 

- Demonstrable experience in searching, identifying, and engaging with new clients within a particular business area, ideally within a similar sector. 
- Experience in new business development activities with a relentless pursuit to generate leads and confidently pitch to new businesses. 
- The ability to understand people, sell opportunities and handle objections with ease. 
- To be IT literate, particularly with MS Office Suite and be able to pick up new systems quickly. 
- A keen interest in smart technology is essential. 
- Articulate, with great interpersonal skills, and the ability to influence and communicate with a variety of people in a professional environment (language skills are a bonus!) 
- Highly organised, displaying great attention to detail and a process driven nature. 
- Comfortable working autonomously with an exceptional degree of self-accountability. 

The culture 

We understand that a career in talent solutions can – at times – be challenging. That’s why we’re striving to provide an environment where our team can thrive, continually improve, enjoy their work and, ultimately be the best they can be!  

We invest in training and development, work with our employees to provide tailored personal development plans and, provide access to an annual professional development fund of £1000 per employee. We promote based on attitude and behaviour first rather than just numbers (though of course, they are important!). 

We pride ourselves on having the best tools for the job. Everyone is set up to succeed with the cutting-edge technology and services available you would expect from a tech lead company like ours! 

We have a real team spirit, and are of course a social bunch, with events occurring monthly and a variety of team-building initiatives each quarter, we care about our employees and understand that life isn’t just about work. 

At 5Values, we are passionate about our environment and values. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we highly value diversity and inclusion and welcome all applicants to apply regardless of their race, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or religion. 

Additionally, we heavily promote a healthy work-life balance with 8:30-17:00 working hours, 29 days holiday + Bank Holidays, an hour and a half for lunch with two additional breaks throughout the day. We operate on self-accountability and say a big NO to micro-managing - we are all adults after all!