Business Development Manager

Location: UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE, Work From Your Own Home, Cheshire-Warrington, UNAVAILABLE, UK

Employment Type: OTHER

Overview

Warringtonfire (part of Element), is seeking a Business Development Manager to manage and grow strategic accounts within the Firestopping sector.

 

This role is ideal for someone who understands firestopping systems, construction products, and compliance-led sales, and enjoys building long-term customer relationships while identifying growth opportunities across testing, certification, and technical services. This role can be based at our Warrington facility or remotely working from home anywhere in the United Kingdom...

 

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

 

• Manage and grow a portfolio of key firestopping accounts, acting as the trusted commercial contact
• Identify opportunities to expand services across testing, certification, and compliance
• Re-engage dormant customers and strengthen existing relationships
• Work closely with technical teams to translate firestopping requirements into clear commercial solutions
• Lead account reviews, manage quotations, and close incremental opportunities
• Maintain accurate pipeline and activity records through CRM

Skills / Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

 

• Proven key account management or technical sales experience
• Strong knowledge of firestopping systems, passive fire protection, or construction products (highly desirable)
• Comfortable discussing test standards, certification, and compliance with technical and commercial stakeholders
• Confident relationship builder with a commercial mindset
• Organised, professional, and credible at all levels of a customer organisation

The Details

 

• Field-based role with regular travel
• Competitive salary, bonus 20% of salary OTE, car allowance of £450 pm, private healthcare, generous company pension scheme contributions up to 12% (6% personal + 6% company)
• Opportunity to work with a market-leading fire testing and certification brand

For more information on Elements BUILT division, please take a look at our e-brochure: https://indd.adobe.com/view/7032c5bd-3645-4c48-86d4-b568d53de400

 

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To apply please email derek.grist@element.com

 

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

 

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.