A bit about us...

Please allow us to celebrate our own success for a moment... We've built a customer-centric product that is market-leading, and we are smashing it!

We're a multi-award-winning digital payments and insight platform within the automotive industry. We work with over 5,000 automotive retailers, helping drivers to pay for motoring costs, accessories, and other services through a variety of different payment options. Our purpose is to build a solution that gives drivers peace of mind while enhancing customer experience and assisting with dealer profitability.

Bumper is a fast-growing payment scale-up and we’re excited to continue building on our growth having completed a successful Series B funding round in 2024. We’re looking to hire a dynamic and passionate Business Development Consultant, based in the East of England - Peterborough, Nottingham or Milton Keynes ideally.

Our Head Office is in Sheffield City Centre, with offices also based in London and Turkey. We've also expanded further, bringing retailers in Ireland, Germany and Spain on board, with the vision of being the leading automotive payment and insights platform!

A bit about the role...

As our new Business Development Consultant, you’ll play a key role in driving growth through customer acquisition and nurturing existing relationships. You’ll be expanding our portfolio of automotive retailers, leveraging our strong relationships with OEMs and prestigious dealerships across the East of England.

Reporting directly to the Sales Manager – PayLater, this role will be remote, with an average of 2 days per week visiting customer sites and 1 day per month in the office for the monthly sales meeting.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining relationships with our existing automotive customers.

• Identifying and acquiring new customers, boosting Bumper advocacy and referrals

• Conducting account reviews to drive engagement and performance

• Delivering on-site training and support to ensure successful onboarding

• Communicating Bumper’s value proposition clearly and effectively

• Generating leads and supporting account activation

• Driving growth of our PayLater product by identifying opportunities and showcasing its advanced insights and performance-enhancing features

Now a bit about you…

Our Sales team are passionate, professional and enthusiastic, and we are looking to welcome a Business Development Consultant with a shared interest in Bumper's scale-up journey - aiming to embed Bumper as the leading payments and insights platform!

If you’re an experienced Business Development Consultant with a full, clean driving licence, and you thrive on building strong relationships, delivering insights, and driving product adoption, we’d love to hear from you!

Our ideal candidate has experience with...

• Experience in consultative selling and managing full sales lifecycles

• Confidence in presenting and educating customers on new products

• Strong negotiation skills and commercial acumen

• Familiarity with CRM systems and data-driven decision-making

• Automotive experience within franchised dealerships

What you'll get from us...

• Competitive Salary

• Company bonus scheme

• Private Healthcare and Medicash plan

• We give 26 days holiday + bank holidays, plus volunteer days throughout the year (prorated)

• Tax-saving Salary Sacrifice Pension with Aviva

• Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work, Octopus Electric Vehicle, and Nursery fee schemes available!

• For all your well-being and development needs, we give each colleague access to a benefits platform, with an allowance of £250 per year for wellbeing, and £150 per year for development

• Our Bumper Flex policy for better work/life balance

• Annual company-wide Bumper Retreat - a few days of fun, collaboration, and mingling (make sure your passport is in date!)

• If and when the time comes, we will give 4 months paid leave to primary carers, and 1 month of paid leave to secondary carers

Perks are nice, but we know perks don’t make up the whole package of a great job. By joining our Bumper team, you'll have the opportunity to be an ambassador for our product & brand, and help us to continue on our winning streak!

Important: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. We can only consider candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.