National Sales Manager

Senior Business Development Manager – Security, Traffic & Events Services 📍 National Role (Hubs: Northwest, Midlands & Southeast) 💷 £65,000 Basic + 🚗 £5,000 Car Allowance + 💰 Bonus (OTE £100,000) Palmer McCarthy is partnering with a national provider of event security, traffic management, stewarding, and car parking services to appoint a Senior Business Development Manager to lead and grow sales activity on a national basis. This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced Senior Business Development Manager to shape and own a national business development function, working with iconic venues, stadiums, major events, and high-profile clients. The role suits a commercially astute, solution-led sales professional from security, facilities management, cleaning, or another outsourced services environment. As Senior Business Development Manager, you will take ownership of the full sales lifecycle — building and converting a high-quality national pipeline, leading tenders and presentations, and managing solution workshops through to contract award and mobilisation. You will act as a trusted advisor to clients while working closely with operations to ensure all solutions are profitable, compliant, and operationally deliverable. 🧭 Key Responsibilities • 🚀 Lead national sales and business development across event security, traffic management, stewarding, and car parking • 📈 Build and convert a strategic national pipeline, with focus on the Northwest, Midlands, and Southeast • 📝 Manage complex tenders, multi-stakeholder sales processes, and high-value contracts • 🤝 Represent the business at senior client meetings, presentations, and industry forums • 👥 Support and line manage team members as the BD function grows • 🧠 Partner with senior leadership to influence sales strategy and market direction 👤 About You You are an experienced Senior Business Development Manager with a strong track record of winning new business in outsourced services such as security, facilities management, cleaning, traffic management, or events. You are commercially aware, relationship-driven, and resilient, with the credibility to operate at senior decision-maker level and manage long, complex sales cycles. 🎁 Package & Benefits • 💷 £65,000 basic salary • 🚗 £5,000 car allowance • 💰 Performance-related bonus (OTE £100,000) • 🌴 25 days holiday + bank holidays • 🏥 Pension and healthcare ✨ This is a rare opportunity for a Senior Business Development Manager to take ownership, influence strategy, and drive national growth while building a long-term career in a business with clear momentum and ambition