Business Development Manager

Business Development Manager

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

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to 'Make tomorrow safer than today'.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

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.