Business Development Manager
Ref: 533037
WA7 1HZ
£55,000
- Permanent
- Strategic Market Expansion
- High-Value Project Management
- Immediately Available
About the candidate
A highly professional and driven Business Development Manager with extensive experience in account and industrial sector development, alongside securing new business and developing profitable new income streams. The candidate possesses a strong background in managing and retaining existing clients within diverse sectors such as food processing, pharmaceuticals, defence, aerospace, agro-chem, industrial lubricants, and automotive.
This individual has a proven track record of supplying high-value, highly regulated technical packaging, and turnkey capital equipment across the UK, Europe, and the US. They excel in margin improvement, cost benefit analysis, complex client tenders, negotiations, and the management of high-value, time-critical projects. With a strategic approach to growth, this candidate ensures diversity, profitability, and future-proofing of business operations.
What makes them great?
- Significantly increased turnover, transforming a previously unstable, loss-making sector into a profitable, future-proof segment with strategic market expansion.
- Consistently exceeded performance targets over the past three years, with notable achievements in sales and project delivery. Currently hit £29million annual target in 4 months.
- Resourceful market expansion: Successfully diversified the industry sectors supplied, improving margins and minimising future turnover fluctuations.
Areas of expertise
- Multiple industry experience: Strong relationship-building skills across SMEs to major blue-chip organisations in the food processing, pharmaceutical, defence, and more.
- Technical packaging and equipment supply: Expertise in the supply of highly regulated technical packaging and turnkey capital equipment at an international level.
- Margin improvement and cost analysis: Demonstrated skill in margin enhancement and conducting intricate cost benefit analyses for diverse projects.
- Client tender management: Proficient in handling complex client tenders, negotiations, and managing high-value projects.