Business Growth Consultant

Business Consultant
£44500
Manchester
Monday to Friday (office hours)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a specialist, government funded, business growth team as a Business Consultant in Manchester City Centre.
Business Consultants develop and maintain relationships with strategically important businesses of all sizes across Greater Manchester
This role is key to Greater Manchester’s ambitions and strategic priorities around employment, environment and growth.
The successful candidate will have a broad understanding of multiple sectors and will be able to identify opportunities for growth within large organisations.
A community of specialists with a passion to help businesses across Greater Manchester to realise their ambitions. This large social enterprise has supported more than 15,000 businesses including start-ups, scale-ups, and established businesses, providing finance guidance, creating international links, and paving the way for innovation and people development across the region.
Working with public and private partners, offering expert one-to-one and peer-to-peer business support, events, specialist programmes, funding and much more.
Key Responsibilities:

• Build trust and establish a strong, on-going relationship with decision makers in targeted companies to have influence, and to enable identification of issues/opportunities to achieve greater economic impact. 
• Be confident to influence a decision maker in areas such as productivity, EDI, and the transition to carbon neutrality
• Gain in depth knowledge and understanding of the company’s market position, strategy, goals, and challenges to identify potential and agree a plan of action unique to each client and continue to engage quarterly
• Target a specific list of businesses and develop business engagement strategies specific to sector and or location
• Achieve KPIs in relation to business support and contribute to team target
• will ensure that the company receives the most appropriate and holistic support available
• Undertake a business diagnosis, challenge the business where appropriate and produce an action plan. This process will help develop the most effective sequence of support and service delivery to maximize economic impact and will be documented and agreed in partnership with the business
• Participate and contribute to cross organisational activity to ensure the continual improvement of the business.

About You:

• Strong account management and interpersonal skills with the ability to demonstrate credibility with others including understanding of issues customers face in growing their business
• Leadership skills and ability to credibly influence at a senior level
• Understand and analyse data
• Be focused and achieve results through the development of strategic consultative relationships at a senior level
• Ability to conduct sensitive and complex negotiations to have influence and ensure the best service is delivered
• Ability to deliver quality outcomes in a fast paced, target driven operational environment

Requirements:

• Experienced in strategic relationship management and proven business development ability
• Undertaking 360 business diagnostic reviews and knowledge of appropriate business analytical tools
• Experience in managing multiple stakeholders from both private and public sector
• Good knowledge of one or more of Greater Manchester’s frontier sectors
• A sound understanding of current social, economic, and political priorities
• Credible, personable, and approachable style to build enduring relationships and rapport with clients

Send your CV to Annalee Wood at Aspire Recruitment today

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