Senior Business Development Manager

• Jun 2023 - Present

Business Development Manager

• Sep 2022 - Jun 2023

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Business Development Consultant

• May 2021 - Sep 2022

I work within the UK Sales Team to support SMBs and startups on their digitalisation journey through our various startup programmes. Siemens has a number of startup programmes, which have been uniquely designed to support startups during their critical development stages by offering them the latest product development software and business support services. If you are a small business looking to grow with the support of Siemens, or an incubator/accelerator who works with startups, please drop me a DM to find out how we can help. Show less

Online Contingent Mentor

• Nov 2020 - Apr 2021

Mentoring students and recent graduates throughout training courses provided by Pearson, which are designed to prepare them for careers and everyday work situations in Sales & Marketing. The courses will help them to develop specific capabilities through contextual practice and interactions with industry mentors, such as myself. The subjects I mentor include: - Understanding Customers - Making Decisions with Data - Managing Stakeholders - Managing and Growing Accounts Mentoring students and recent graduates throughout training courses provided by Pearson, which are designed to prepare them for careers and everyday work situations in Sales & Marketing. The courses will help them to develop specific capabilities through contextual practice and interactions with industry mentors, such as myself. The subjects I mentor include: - Understanding Customers - Making Decisions with Data - Managing Stakeholders - Managing and Growing Accounts

Business Development Executive

• Jan 2020 - Jul 2020

Carbon Architecture specialises in energy, water and product waste efficiency solutions for industry. • Responsible for growing the Green Mark brand into the leading environmental sustainability accreditation in the UK through formalising partnerships in a 1:many approach • Maintained a pipeline of new and existing leads using a CRM tool (Pipedrive) to track progress and monitor my monthly sales quota for energy consulting services • Established long-term relationships and pitched to Senior Execs of prospective clients within the FMCG, Brewery, NHS and wider industries Show less

Business Development / Project Manager

• May 2017 - Nov 2019

Transreport is the technology company behind the new Passenger Assist system, which is revolutionising rail travel for disabled passengers in the UK. • Managed a national SaaS project that involved capturing requirements from 30+ stakeholders across the UK rail industry and local government, for a better customer experience • Used PM tools such as Jira, Trello and Monday to capture requirements and feed back to development team • Represented the company on multiple occasions: Guest Speaker at NAIDEX 2019 Expo; interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Breakfast; presented to MPs and Ministers at Houses of Parliament • Responsible for forming partnerships between Transreport and disability charities, as well as organising feedback sessions and events with pilot groups Show less

Business Development Intern

• Jun 2015 - Oct 2015

Hire Space is the UK’s favourite venue-finding resource. • Responsible for the UK expansion of this technology start-up outside of London, whilst consistently exceeding my weekly quota for venue sign-ups • Optimised a targeting strategy towards hotel chains and large venues, with whom I built and maintained long-term relationships with • Researched prospective clients, tailored my sales pitch and organised meetings, where I presented to Senior Execs of well-known venues across the UK Show less