Business Development Manager

We are a leading UK based, flexible volume contract manufacturer working in many industries such as beauty, home care, nutrition, and pet food. Due to ongoing growth and backed by a recently obtained 100,000sqft site giving us a huge bump in capacity, we now need another proactive, autonomous sales specialist to fill the capacity we have.

BASIC SALARY: £45,000 - £55,000

BENEFITS:

1. Bonus / Commission (Circa £10-£20k tbd)
2. Car Allowance
3. Pension
4. 25 Days Holiday & Stats

LOCATION: Home based - anywhere in England or potentially Wales

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Birmingham, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Watford, Luton, Bedford, Northampton, High Wycombe, Hemel Hempstead, Croydon.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Business Development Manager, Area Sales Manager, Sales Specialist - Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Beauty, Home care, Supplements

As our Area Sales Manager, your key responsibility is to grow our Personal Care portfolio across the UK.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will form a crucial part of our current sales team of 2 external sales specialists and 1 internal sales executive.

As well as this, you will also:

1. Maintain relationships with our current key clients through effective account management
2. Develop and implement a sales strategy for your product focus and territory
3. Oversee and manage any new business opportunities in your area
4. Stay updated on industry trends and competitor activities, sales performance & market trends

PERSON SPECIFICATION: Business Development Manager, Area Sales Manager, Sales Specialist - Contract Manufacturing, Packing, Beauty, Home care, Supplements

Ultimately, you will have already been a successful salesperson with a desire and drive to do more. You may have come from a personal care background or had some exposure to health and beauty and be looking for your next step and to join a business that is really looking to grow!

Ideally, you will have:

1. Some exposure to contract manufacturing and understand the types of contacts you need to generate business in this arena.
2. Prolonged experience of managing your own diary and prospecting a territory with little or no supervision.
3. The drive and desire to always be looking for the next sale; this role really will suit someone who is always looking for the next deal.
4. Experience of generating your own business; we will get inquiries and leads generated for you, but you will need to prospect and generate your own business too.

It would be ideal if you have worked in a contract manufacturing environment and have knowledge of how this service fits into the supply chain of health and beauty products, but ultimately the right person with the right attitude and drive is the most important thing.

THE COMPANY:

As a family-run flexible manufacturing business, we are able to offer our clients a personalized, dedicated service ensuring your brand vision is brought to life. We embrace and enable start-ups as well as supporting established brands.

The breadth of experience of our team, across all aspects of development, procurement, and manufacture gives our clients confidence that they will meet their ambitions for their products with us by their side.

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgment of your application.

Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

REF: MT17958, Wallace Hind Selection