Main Responsibilities:
- Identifying new business opportunities, including new markets, new clients, new partnerships or new products and services
- Possess a strong understanding of the company’s products, the competition in the industry and positioning
- Building relationships with new clients, gauging their needs and developing proposals to address these needs
- Managing customer enquiries from initial receipt of project brief, in liaison with the Internal customer service Team and/or Customers
- Associated duties to give total internal support and service to designated, high-profile brands/customers.
- Maintaining and developing relationships with current clients
- Identifying new business opportunities, including new markets, new clients, new partnerships or new products and services
- Building relationships with new clients, gauging their needs and developing proposals to address these needs
- Pitching sales and products to new and existing clients
- Attending conferences and events to build relationships with industry partners and staying up to date with new trends
- Creating sales forecasts and actively working towards reaching them
Skills and Attributes:
- Minimum 3 years previous sales experience essential
- Minimum of 3-5 years working within packaging industry essential
- Full UK driving licence required (Travelling to external customer meetings may be occasionally required via car or public transport)
- Proactive prospecting
- Relationship building and customer oriented
- Result orientated
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills
Benefits for the Business Development Manager include:
- Competitive Salary DOE
- 25 days holiday entitlement + 8 Statutory Bank Holiday allowance
- Company Workplace Pension
- Long Service Award
- Death in Service
- Salary Benefits Program including :- Car Salary Sacrifice/ Cycle to Work/ Employee Discounts
- Recruitment Referral Program
- Annual Health Assessment
Working hours:
- Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm
