Business Development Manager- Steel
CV-LibraryReadingpermanentPosted: 24 March 2026
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Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Hours: Monday to Friday 08:30am to 17:00pm
Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Cycle to work scheme, Life assurance, Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure, Access to health and wellbeing services, Barrett Steel pension, Company car or car allowance
All About Us
Goodman Steel Services, Reading are part of the wider Barrett Steel Group, we pride ourselves on our quality of service; we offer next day cutting and same day delivery on stock items. Friendly, knowledgeable, and highly experienced, our team of experts works in close partnership with our customers; Due to growth we require a dynamic individual to join our respected sales team as a Business Development Manager.
All About the Role
We currently have an excellent career opportunity available for an experienced Business Development Manager to support the development of our existing customer portfolio, continuing to strengthen long-term client relationships whilst actively seeing out new market opportunities, onboarding new clients and building long term mutually beneficial relationships.
Specific tasks include:
Develop robust sales plans, within the constraints of operational capacity, that seek to secure profitable new market share and gross margin growth.
Build on existing customer relationships ensuring full potential are received.
Generate a pipeline of new customers and business leads by face-to-face visits, targeted phone calls and other marketing strategies, ensuring potential clients are aware of what our business has to offer
Personally, lead negotiations with potential & current customers and through regular meetings, build relationships to maximise commercial opportunities with them and to fully understand customer needs and requirements.
Delivering product presentations to customers on a range of items effectively illustrating use and USP.
Work closely with marketing to produce relevant company and product portfolios
Attend relevant trade shows.
Ensuring a high level of customer service
All About You
You will have the passion, drive and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way.
Essential Skills for the role:
Previous B2B field sales experience within a progressive sales environment and have a proven record of building accounts and delivering results, ideally within the steel industry.
Excellent communication skills and strong analytical ability. Be able to work to tight timescales.
Builds strong relationships quickly, a proactive attitude and approach & thrives off working to targets.
The office is based in Reading RG1 8LL; you will need to live within a reasonable daily commute to attend product training and meetings on an as and when basis.
Full UK driving license.
We offer you
Excellent Salary commensurate with experience
Company car or car allowance
Bonus Potential
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Annual Cycle to work scheme
Life assurance
Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
Barrett Steel pension
Career progression
Product training where you’ll get to know the team, learn the business, products, and customers.
REF-(Apply online only)
Salary: Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Hours: Monday to Friday 08:30am to 17:00pm
Benefits: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, Cycle to work scheme, Life assurance, Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure, Access to health and wellbeing services, Barrett Steel pension, Company car or car allowance
All About Us
Goodman Steel Services, Reading are part of the wider Barrett Steel Group, we pride ourselves on our quality of service; we offer next day cutting and same day delivery on stock items. Friendly, knowledgeable, and highly experienced, our team of experts works in close partnership with our customers; Due to growth we require a dynamic individual to join our respected sales team as a Business Development Manager.
All About the Role
We currently have an excellent career opportunity available for an experienced Business Development Manager to support the development of our existing customer portfolio, continuing to strengthen long-term client relationships whilst actively seeing out new market opportunities, onboarding new clients and building long term mutually beneficial relationships.
Specific tasks include:
Develop robust sales plans, within the constraints of operational capacity, that seek to secure profitable new market share and gross margin growth.
Build on existing customer relationships ensuring full potential are received.
Generate a pipeline of new customers and business leads by face-to-face visits, targeted phone calls and other marketing strategies, ensuring potential clients are aware of what our business has to offer
Personally, lead negotiations with potential & current customers and through regular meetings, build relationships to maximise commercial opportunities with them and to fully understand customer needs and requirements.
Delivering product presentations to customers on a range of items effectively illustrating use and USP.
Work closely with marketing to produce relevant company and product portfolios
Attend relevant trade shows.
Ensuring a high level of customer service
All About You
You will have the passion, drive and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way.
Essential Skills for the role:
Previous B2B field sales experience within a progressive sales environment and have a proven record of building accounts and delivering results, ideally within the steel industry.
Excellent communication skills and strong analytical ability. Be able to work to tight timescales.
Builds strong relationships quickly, a proactive attitude and approach & thrives off working to targets.
The office is based in Reading RG1 8LL; you will need to live within a reasonable daily commute to attend product training and meetings on an as and when basis.
Full UK driving license.
We offer you
Excellent Salary commensurate with experience
Company car or car allowance
Bonus Potential
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Annual Cycle to work scheme
Life assurance
Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
Barrett Steel pension
Career progression
Product training where you’ll get to know the team, learn the business, products, and customers.
REF-(Apply online only)