The Company:
- A printed folding Carton Manufacturer serving primarily the food and branded goods industries, with sites in the UK and worldwide. They are looking for a Business Development Manager who is tenacious, positive by nature, pedantic with the detail and not afraid of being results driven.
Job Title:
- Business Development Manager
Territory:
- Location middle of country (Leicester similar)
Job Responsibilities:
- Work with a team to agree target clients, budgets and plans
- Develop client specific strategies to win new business
- Travel within the UK for meetings with clients and internal stakeholders
- Preparation of presentation material and pitch to clients
- Build strong relationships.
- Oversee the post business award period with internal teams
- Provide detailed and accurate sales forecasting & activity reports to the Leadership team
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
- Monitor customer, market and competitor activity and provide feedback to the Leadership team and other company functions
Previous Experience:
- Strong team culture (sales team works across the partnership, Co-Packaging, KAM, Marketing, technical)
- New business focus
- Will require project & some account management.
- Existing carton salesperson preferred but will consider from other product types if has similar client contact database.
- Driven, independent.
Key Skills:
- A drive for new business development.
- A great positive attitude.
- Project management skills.
- Good IT and organisational skills.
- A sound commercial understanding.
- A creative and innovative approach to problem solving.
- Ability to prioritise workload and are self-driven.
- Ability to work under own initiative.
- Proven success, knowledge and at least 6+ years of successful experience in a Business Development role
- A history of building relationships with clients and internal stakeholders
- Good project management skills
Salary:
- Salary £65,000pa depending on experience + good commission structure, OTE £70k
If you feel you have the right skill set and attributes for this role and that it's the challenge you are looking for then please contact us on a confidential basis