Business Development Manager

Job Description

Business Development ManagerWho We Are: A sports, leisure and fitness operator and registered charity, Fusion Lifestyle is on a mission to bring health and wellbeing to communities across the UK.We are recruiting for a Business Development Managerto enhance our business through; winning new contracts, developing continued growth in the current business and establishing strong relationships across a wide ranging client portfolio.About You:You are the future!You are a Social Entrepreneur who will help build on our vision of health and wellbeing within communities across the UK. You are solutions-focused, energetic and passionate about health. You have drive and ambition and always seek to put the clients andcustomer first - accepting only the best while you help drive sustainable growth. You understand our mission and values and are the link between our new and potential clients.The Role:This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced leisure professional who can demonstrate excellent commercial, operational and project management skills. As part of the role, you will work closely with the Fusion Executive Management Team, Business DevelopmentTeam and Senior Team to deliver successful tenders and continued positive client relationships on behalf of the Company.You will establish and maintain a clear understanding of future business development opportunities, manage new business development opportunities, support all relevant new business mobilisations, lead on ongoing client liaison processes and new businessdevelopment opportunities with existing clients, and you will also lead on the retention of our current clients.This is an exciting role that will involve travel across the UK to develop new business partnerships with clients whilst maintaining the highest level of availability for our current clients. All reasonable travel costs will be covered from a UK base.Other Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Maintenance of the local authority information database
• Ongoing research into non-local authority new business opportunities
• Management of the new opportunity pipeline
• Creation and management of tender project plans
• Establishment and coordination of tender project teams
• Coordination of all tender project activities
• Completion of all tender stage submissions
• Undertaking project management duties with relevant colleagues
• Leading on client liaison activities
• Briefing of Divisional Business Managers and other relevant colleagues of key client issues
• Establishment and management of the client calendar, ensuring timely delivery of all contractual obligations
• Coordination of production of all client reports and other submissions
• Management of all client meetings, including coordination of responses to all actions arising
• Coordination of creation, management, review and reporting of annual service plan
• Coordination of input from relevant colleagues
• Production and implementation of contract retention plan

Employee Benefits: Some of the employee benefits we offer that you may be eligible to receive include:

• Up to 25 days holiday,plus 8 bank holidays(Pro rata, contractual)
• Employer Contribution Auto-enrolmentPension Scheme (Contractual)
• Management Pension Scheme
• Gym & Swim membership at Fusion centres
• Free eye tests
• Employee Referral Scheme

If you would like to further your career within a leisure business at the heart of the communities in which we operate, then we want to hear from you.Click on the link to ap**************************************************************************Please note that non-contractual employee benefits may be frozen, revised or subject to change. Fusion reserve the right to amend or remove non-contractual employee benefits at any time.This job advertisement is not intended to serve as a full job description, and is therefore non-exhaustive. Upon securing an offer of employment, a copy of the job description will be made available to you. This may be amended from time to time, in-linewith business requirements. You may also be required to carry out other duties as reasonably requested by the Company.Applicants who gain a conditional job offer will be required to undertake appropriate checks and referencing before commencing employment. If the role you have been offered requires you to work with children or vulnerable adults or in an environmentthat deems necessary, the hiring manager will inform you if a DBS is applicable. If a DBS is undertaken your offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory DBS check.In line with the Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act, all applicants will be expected to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK if invited to interview. Fusion Lifestyle recognises the benefits of a diverse workforce and we therefore welcomeapplications from all backgrounds and all sections of the community.