Business Development Manager - Midlands

Company Description

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specialising in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonisation, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy.

Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Purite as a business is dedicated to the sustainable management of water, our most vital resource. As part of the Veolia group, we are committed to innovation, quality, and ecological transformation in water treatment solutions. Our foundation in providing purified water systems spans laboratories, a wide range of industries from food & beverage through to microelectronics and the healthcare market including CSSD, Endoscopy, and Renal departments, with expertise in boxed products through to designing and installing turnkey projects.

Business Development Manager – Midlands, UK

To £45,000 DOE plus company car and Sales Incentive Bonus

We are recruiting for a Business Development Manager to extend our reach in the Midlands territory. We design, develop, and manufacture advanced water purification solutions for laboratory, healthcare, and industrial applications worldwide. The successful candidate will identify new business opportunities, build strategic partnerships, and promote our cutting‑edge water purification solutions to laboratory, healthcare, and industrial clients.

The role comes with a company car and Sales Incentive Bonus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive sales and business growth by identifying and securing new business opportunities
• Build relationships with clients across various sectors, offering standard products and bespoke water purification solutions
• Collaborate closely with our design and proposals teams to meet client needs effectively
• Engage in product demonstrations, attend exhibitions, and provide market feedback to support our innovation efforts
• Embrace our ethos of sustainability, working towards our collective mission of ecological transformation
• Contribute to continuous improvement through interpreting customer feedback and proactively suggesting product improvements or gaps in the market

Travel Requirements: Regular travel throughout the Midlands territory with occasional national travel/overnight stays for company events.

• Strong sales experience
• A valid driver’s licence and willingness to travel (company car provided)
• Self‑motivated with the ability to work independently

If you have a background in water purification, medical equipment or laboratory equipment, industrial process equipment, or have previously sold to hospitals and laboratories, we consider these skills very transferable.

What are the benefits?

At Veolia, we know that at certain crucial moments in life, we all need a little help, protection and support. That’s why we are proud to offer our innovative Veolia Cares program, which demonstrates our commitment to our employees. From the very first day of employment, this commitment is reflected in an array of benefits that is generous and relevant.

Health & Welfare:

• Holiday allowance 26 days plus Bank Holidays with the option to buy or sell additional days off
• Private Healthcare – currently BUPA, with an option to add your family members
• Dental Plan providing cover or monetary cash back on appointments and treatments
• Enhanced Maternity / Primary Care pay of 13 weeks full pay from Day 1
• Enhanced Paternity / Secondary Care pay of 2 weeks full pay from Day 1
• Adoption Leave of 13 weeks full pay for Parental, and 2 weeks full Co‑parental pay from day 1 of employment
• Support for Carers offering flexibility for longer term caring needs such as considering options of remote work, flexible work hours, adjusted schedules, and paid or unpaid leave
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