In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, “courage” and “mutual respect” define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

At VELUX we give you the chance to grow. To shape your own career. To work in an international environment. To be part of a company that leads the market in sustainable indoor living and give back to society. We offer you a world of opportunities - if you have the ability and the desire to take them.

Your challenges

We are looking for an ambitious, driven and committed Business Development Manager to join our External Housing Sales Team in the UK. This role will cover the whole of the South East, including East Anglia and the Home Counties , and therefore, the ideal candidate will be based in a central location, accessible to these areas.

Reporting to the National Housing Manager and working within the Housing Account Management Team, the BDM (Housing) will be responsible for all relevant Business Development opportunities from the newbuild residential sector (both private and social housing) for their geographical area. They will also be responsible for the development, management, and relationship of all the relevant stakeholders and contacts of all our housebuilder customers, both national & regional.

In addition :

• Identifying and winning new customers and business gets you out of bed in the morning, and you relish the opportunity to manage all aspects of the customer journey

• You can cultivate relationships throughout a wide customer base, from top-to-bottom within an organisation

• You like to take full ownership and accountability for your own geographical area in both planning and performance

• You are confident in communicating the housebuilding value proposition to key stakeholders and are experienced in handling objections

• You have grit, with an outlook that sees opportunities and solutions where others may see problems

• You are change oriented and see the benefit in doing things differently to achieve goals

• You understand that a focus on data driven decision making is critical – and see the importance of embracing a CRM, data led sales culture

• You are committed to self-improvement and development through interactions with managers and colleagues

• You can use data provided to develop an area strategy to deliver on business objectives

• You have the ability to work on your own initiative and understand how this forms part of the wider strategic sales framework

• You can demonstrate a track record of selling via a variety of different channels with your relationship building both internally and externally being a factor in your success

Your qualifications

• Educated to degree level or with relevant business experience

• At least 2 years’ experience in a construction related sales (preferably housing market) or account management role

• Knowledge of the house building industry, including regulatory requirements

• Experience in development of account management strategy

• Willingness to share knowledge across functions and the Matrix organisation

• Continuous Improvement Mindset

• Ability to work with predefined objectives and measures ensuring accountability and meeting goals

• Understanding of house builder procurement and supply chain process

• Project Management skills

• Ability to understand working drawings in the context of building regulatory environment and provide workable solutions.

• Strong negotiation skill and ability

• Familiarity with Microsoft office suite

• Experience of using CRM systems

• Ability to work at heights on site if required

Your opportunities

You will work alongside experienced and committed colleagues - in a setting where knowledge is shared, and responsibility is given to those who can and will. Our team is characterised by an informal tone, high feedback culture and respect for each other both as collaborators and as individuals.

We are a solid value-based company where commitment, Customer centricity and mutual respect are among the core values and teamwork and professionalism is essential to the way we work.

What you get in return :

• Attractive salary

• Performance related bonus

• Company car + fuel car

• 35 days annual leave

• Additional annual leave for life’s big milestones

• Market leading pension

• Private Healthcare with AXA PPP

• Medical Cashback Scheme through Simply Health

• Company laptop and iPhone

• Perkbox subscription

Application and contact

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at www.velux.com where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect of our recruitment process.

We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible. We are conducting interviews on an ongoing basis until we have the right match.

All inquiries will be treated confidentially.

Our company

For more than 80 years, The VELUX Group has created better living environments for people around the world; making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof. Our product programme includes roof windows and modular skylights, decorative blinds, sun screening products and roller shutters, as well as installation and smart home solutions. These products help to ensure a healthy and sustainable indoor climate, for work and learning, for play and pleasure. We work globally – with sales and manufacturing operations in more than 38 countries and around 12,500 employees worldwide. The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited company wholly owned by non-profit, charitable foundations (THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS) and family. In 2021, VKR Holding had total revenue of EUR 3.5 billion and THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS donated EUR 244 million in charitable grants.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

VELUX Residential is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, it is the policy of VELUX Residential to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity and only job-related qualifications will be required.