Business Development Manager

What will you do? Make an impact!

Take your career to the next level with Tradebe as a Business Development Manager, owning major customer growth and travelling across the UK to build high-value partnerships that drive sustainable success.

Drive transformational, profitable growth with some of the UK’s largest industrial businesses. You’ll build strategic partnerships, lead high-value sales projects end-to-end, and deliver innovative hazardous waste solutions using Tradebe’s market-leading infrastructure and technology.

With proven success securing £1m+ contracts across sectors like petrochemical, pharmaceutical, chemical and metals, you’ll bring the commercial drive, environmental expertise and C-suite gravitas needed to influence major decisions. Your impact will go beyond revenue—you’ll help shape Tradebe’s strategic direction while delivering sustainable growth and exceptional customer experience.

As our Business Development Manager, you will:

• Drive and exceed sales targets across key industrial markets

• Develop high-value hazardous waste solutions that deliver environmental and commercial impact

• Lead sales projects end-to-end, from prospecting to proposal to contract award

• Stay ahead of sustainability trends, using your expertise to influence customers and internal stakeholders

• Build strong customer relationships, ensuring exceptional satisfaction and advocacy

• Create and convert new sales opportunities, unlocking growth across Tradebe’s infrastructure

• Develop strategic sales plans that deliver committed revenue and volume

• Identify and nurture industrial producers, building a strong, qualified pipeline

• Maintain accurate forecasting and CRM pipeline management

Do you have what it takes?

You’ll have a proven track record in major account business development and strong expertise in the environmental sector, especially hazardous waste. Commercially sharp and results-driven, you’re a confident communicator who can influence and negotiate at C-suite level. Ambitious, proactive and passionate about sustainability, you’re ready to grow and progress into future leadership roles.

Key skills

• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Creative and innovative thinking
• Problem-solving skills
• Relationship-building and influencing skills
• An interest in the waste management sector
• A passion for the environment
• Commercial thinking
• Teamworking skills
• Attention to detail

We expect you to BE ACCOUNTABLE, DRIVE RESULTS, EMBRACE CHANGE, and possess high levels of COLLABORATION! 

What’s in for you?

• Competitive Salary up to £75,000 plus commison, Car allowance, Contributory pension, Personal healthcare.
• Home-based role with regular UK travel (50–75%)
• Flexible benefits (access to our benefits platform for discounts and cash back on shopping purchases, gyms and leisure activities, cycle to work scheme and dedicated wellbeing centre).