Head of Business Development (Hybrid)

Fastmarkets is an industry-leading price-reporting agency (PRA) and information provider for global commodities, providing price data, news, analytics and events for the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and new-generation energy markets.

Fastmarkets' data is critical for customers seeking to understand and predict dynamic, sometimes opaque markets, enabling trading and risk management. Fastmarkets is a global business with a history dating back to 1865 and is built on trust and deep market knowledge. It has more than 600 employees spread across global locations in the UK, US, China, India, Singapore, Brazil, Belgium, Finland and beyond. 

We’re seeking a dynamic Head of Business Development to head up our BDR Team, focusing on achieving outbound and inbound sales targets. This role involves managing a team of 6, driving sales activities, and ensuring pipeline growth in designated territories. 

You’ll be responsible for hiring, coaching, and performance management, working closely with sales and marketing to enhance sales outreach activities. Ideal candidates will have a strong sales background, excellent leadership skills, and a proven track record in developing successful sales teams. Join us to play a pivotal role in our rapid growth journey. 

Responsibilities 

• Deliver on outbound and inbound growth initiative goals and objectives 
• Lead a team of Business Development Representatives from our London office 
• Participate in the BDR recruitment process and hiring decisions 
• Consistently meet or exceed team goals for activity, hiring, and pipeline creation 
• Track and drive BDR activity metrics and grow pipeline in specific territories 
• Coach, manage performance, and develop the career paths of team members 
• Partner with business development and sales operations to enhance sales outreach performance and process 
• Assess team needs and recommend training plans and programs 

We recruit talented, dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, all united by a belief in our mission to provide the world’s leading and most trusted price reporting, events, and intelligence service for the markets we serve. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace, where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.

If you are open-minded, curious, resilient, solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality, then read on...

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.

• 3-5 years of experience as a Sales Development Manager with a background as an Account Executive or in a similar closing position 
• Previous experience leading a BDR function preferred 
• Ability to coach and hold team members accountable for results 
• Solid understanding of reporting, forecasting, and B2B sales processes 
• Outstanding communication, organizational, and leadership skills 
• Proficiency in CRM software 
• Experience in SaaS or Commodity Markets  
• Project management skills and knowledge of sales KPIs evaluation 
• Previous experience in high-growth B2B business environment or Private Equity business 
• Previous experience in a PRA helpful 

If you're excited about the role but your experience, skills or qualifications don't perfectly align, we encourage you to apply anyway.

Our Values

Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. It’s this mix of brilliant personalities, experiences and insights that gives us that warm, open, and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are, there are six things we all have in common – and they form our Fastmarkets values.

Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have, our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and they're embedded in everything we do. Our values are:

• METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers’ experience and our business performance
   
• ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
   
• GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
   
• INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful, celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
   
• CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
   
• COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative, able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect, perspectives, and experiences.

You’ve read a little about us – now it’s over to you!

If you like what you’ve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person, it’s time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: it’s used to determine whether or not you’ll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions we’ll ask you on the day.

It’s vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why you’re great.