We’re currently looking for a Business Development Team Leader, where you’ll be leading a team of high calibre sales professionals to achieve and exceed sales targets for the division, ensuring the team are supported and encouraging high performance.

As part of the dedicated ProService Sales Team, you’ll be honing in on your natural coaching skills to encourage long-lasting relationships between HSS and customers; identifying opportunities for new business and increasing overall growth.

This role offers plenty of opportunity for growth and development, giving you a chance to gain invaluable insight into multiple facets of HSS, and allowing you to reach your full potential.

What you’ll be doing:

• Achieving set targets and promoting overall profitable growth for the department
• Leading, training, and guiding the team to reach a high professional standard, while monitoring and improving key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Offer encouragement to team members by communicating team goals and identifying areas for training and skill checks
• Demonstrate knowledge of the territory/market to identify new business opportunities and monitor competition
• Make business improvements, maintain lines of communication with branch networks and customers
• Recruit, interview, train, and onboard new team members, and manage underperformance or conduct issue

What do you bring?

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of outbound telesales / telemarketing
• Experience of both account management and new business
• Experience of using coaching models to improve and drive performance
• Excellent all-round communication and telephone skills to build relationships with customers and key members of the HSS team.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Assertive and confident personality with natural leadership qualities

What do you get back?

In line with our culture and values we Make it safe, Make it happen, Make it better and Make it together. So we promise that your career with us will be rewarding. Here are just some of the benefits you have access to when you join:

• Competitive salary with bonus potential and access to our group pension plan
• Holiday allowance of 25 days per annum
• Holiday Buy scheme giving you the option to purchase up to 5 days (FTE) of annual leave
• FREE Hire from our core range, with 50% off for friends and family
• Wellbeing and Healthcare support– you are the heart of our business, and we are committed to making sure you stay happy and healthy at work and at home.
• Training and development – on our Learning Lab you will get the opportunity to continuously further your career and complete courses suited to your role
• Inclusive and innovative culture and great recognition including Long Service Awards and an Annual Survey where you can have your say and contribute to how we continue to improve
• Discounts and cashback on our perks site with a huge range of purchases including days out, restaurants, gym memberships, shopping and lots more
• Life assurance is provided at twice your basic annual salary
• You will get the choice of other flexible benefits that work for you through our Benefits portal – you pick the benefits you want such as Critical Illness Cover, Cycle To Work and more
• We offer Financial Wellbeing support through Salary Finance
• Full work wear and PPE provided with a full induction on entry to your new position, covering everything from Health and Safety to the ins and outs of your role

Who are HSS?

We are a market leading provider of tools, equipment and support services working with a huge range of industries across the UK and Ireland. In our business we can supply over 9,000 bits of equipment; we go above and beyond to meet our customer’s needs.

We’re innovative and pioneering. We’re curious and driven to support our customers by driving change in our industry – all powered by the latest technology. Over the last few years, we have invested heavily in new systems and tech, revolutionising the future. We were the first hire company to let our customers order online, and each year we’re adding in new tools and functionality that sets us apart.

We’re so proud of how far we have come, and we are not done yet!

At HSS, we celebrate diversity and inclusivity. We understand that, statistically, people of colour and women are less likely to apply unless they reach all the requirements stated in the job description. Therefore, we would like to encourage you to apply regardless if you feel your experience is not an exact match. We believe you could be the perfect fit for this role or a future position!

We’re also incredibly proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and believe that everyone should have the opportunity to contribute and thrive within our workforce – please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process that will allow you to perform to the best of your ability.