Business Development Manager

Location: Parkgate Farm, Nether Handley, Sheffield

Employment Type: Full-Time

Reports To: Company Directors

At Premier Pitches Ltd, we pride ourselves on delivering world-class sports surfaces and infrastructure across the UK. From elite level sports stadia and training grounds to grassroots clubs, our work speaks for itself – precision, passion, and professional customer service in every project. As we continue to grow, we’re looking for a driven and versatile Business Development Manager to help our controlled expansion.

About the role

This is for someone who thrives on variety, challenge, and impact. You’ll be at the forefront of identifying new business opportunities, nurturing client relationships, and driving strategic growth into new and growing business areas. If you’re commercially savvy and ready to make a big impact for our business and our customers, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

Business Development

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, partners, and suppliers
• Identify new business opportunities in sports infrastructure, events, and related sectors
• Lead pitches, proposals, pricing, and contract negotiations with professionalism and passion
• Liaise with suppliers and contractors to maintain timelines and quality standards
• Collaborate with our senior leadership team to align messaging and outreach
• Monitor market trends and competitor activity to inform strategy

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience in business development—ideally in construction, sports turf, or events
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Excellent organisational and management abilities
• A proactive mindset and ability to work under pressure
• A full UK driving licence and willingness to travel

What We Offer

• Competitive salary, based on level of experience and performance-based incentives
• Opportunities for career progression in a growing company
• A supportive, close-knit team that values hard work and camaraderie
• The chance to be part of some of the UK’s most exciting sports projects

About us:

Premier Pitches are specialist sports turf contractors who offer our expertise to many sports clubs and leading sporting organisations throughout the UK and Europe. Our client list includes many of the biggest names in professional sport and our team have the experience and knowledge to ensure that our customers receive the best possible project results. Our passion to create the perfect playing surface means that we aim to constantly surpass the ever-increasing expectations of groundsmen, players and spectators.

Premier Pitches is based on the southern outskirts of Sheffield between junction 29 and junction 30 of the M1. The company was started over 20 years ago by Carl Pass (Director), and Premier Pitches has grown steadily to its current position as one of the UK and Europe’s leading sports turf contractors.

Alongside standard pitch reconstruction and renovation, we specialise in the renovation and construction of reinforced sports pitches and have an extensive range of modern machinery and equipment associated with the management of these pitches.

Our key personnel are highly experienced and all come from a grounds-management or green keeping background and as such we are well informed and able to understand the needs of modern sports turf managers.

We pride ourselves on our quality, efficiency, flexibility and customer service.