Business Development Executive

Colliers is a global leader in commercial real estate services, providing strategic solutions to occupiers, developers, and investors at local, national, and international levels. Our services include brokerage sales and leasing, real estate management, valuation, consulting, project management, project marketing, and research. We operate across core sectors such as office, industrial, retail, and hotel, as well as a range of specialised property types.

Colliers UK is headquartered in London, with over 1,400 professionals across 16 offices in the UK and Ireland.

Role Overview

The business rates team is a very successful division within Colliers with a business development team focussed on outreach to prospects across the country. The Strategic Partnership Director leads on client relationship management and formal business development activities for the department and requires functional support beyond that of a more traditional administrative role.

The Business Development Executive will play a pivotal role in supporting the Director with business development and bid activities, including supporting work required for client meetings and presentations, collating and creating content for tender submissions, working with the CRM platform, supporting research tasks for new opportunities and working with the Director to evolve marketing and communications content and refresh the library for bids, pitches, and tenders. This is a hands-on role and we are looking for a collaborative approach, creative design and AI platform skills and strong ability to work with “virtual” teams and independently.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Drafting Proposals and Presentations Material (PPT, HTML, Other)
   • Supporting the business teams in their formal and informal pitching activities, and presentations and providing guidance on best practice.
   • Collate draft content for Director(s) to further shape based on client and market insights. Create visually appealing and impactful presentations for both client proposals and internal meetings.
   • Collaborate with the Director to ensure content aligns with client needs and strategic objectives, is on-brand and is relevant/bespoke to each client.
   • Be part of core support team for major proposals or presentations, joining meetings with colleagues to understand and translate potential content, review material and response requirements and update as needed.
   • Continuously improve presentation templates and materials to maintain high standards of quality and professionalism.
   • Work with the Director to evolve the content library for bids, pitches and tenders, ensuring materials are well-organised, accessible, and regularly updated.
2. Collating Content for Tender Submissions
   • Review tender submission requirements and manage the deadlines/process for response.
   • Gather and organise existing information to create baseline tender submissions which can then be further shaped by respective Director(s).
   • Collaborate with the Senior Director to ensure content aligns with client needs and strategic objectives, remains on-brand for Colliers and is relevant/ bespoke to each client.
   • Ensure content is accurate, up-to-date, and tailored to meet the specific requirements of each tender.
   • Work closely with any other required departments to obtain necessary information, certificates and insights.
3. Supporting Research and Administrative Tasks
   • Conduct market research required by Director into specific clients or sectors, from existing sources or data within Colliers platforms, or web-based research.
   • Assist in the preparation of reports and summaries to support business development strategies and decision-making.
   • Provide some administrative support, including updating Salesforce CRM platform and organising documentation.
   • Assist in the coordination of some partnership activities and initiatives – small events or attendance by Colliers at hosted events.

Qualifications:

• At least 3-5 years’ experience in executive support, marketing or a related field.
• Proven experience in supporting business development or sales, or a similar role.
• Intermediate/advanced proficiency in MS PowerPoint and/or other presentation tools.
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time and project management skills: ability to work well under pressure and able to manage a number of projects to a high standard.
• Intermediate/advanced proficiency in AI platforms to support presentation structure/design.
• Ability to analyze data and present insights effectively.
• Detail-oriented with strong organisational skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• High level of attention to detail including excellent proof-reading skills

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to contribute to strategic initiatives and develop business development skills and understanding.
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Professional development and growth opportunities within wider Colliers business.
• Colliers International Values:
  • At Colliers, we empower our people to...
  • Be enterprising to exceed expectations
  • Collaborate to drive exceptional results
  • Invest in relationships to deliver enduring value
  • Be experts to lead our industry into the future
  • Do what’s right for our clients, people and communities

At Colliers we actively promote a culture of inclusivity, collaboration, and mutual respect. Join us and be part of a team where diversity is embraced, and every voice is heard.

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