New Business Development Manager

Salary: £66,000 per year

Our client is a well established food manufacturer who are looking to recruit a New Business Development Manager to develop and win new customers in the UK food manufacturing sector to help drive sales growth and profitability. This is a hybrid working role with the expectancy of one day a month in the office. This will be achieved by having a thorough knowledge of the UK food manufacturing industry and the ability to target and covert new and non-trading accounts, with face to face presentations at our development centre or at the customer sites.

Principle Responsibilities

• To achieve New Business Targets agreed for the year.
• Attend training and to develop relevant knowledge and skills.
• Create, maintain and enhance effective working relationships with customers.
• Develop new business relationships with new customers by presenting the company’s product range in a suitable manner.
• Utilise internal teams effectively to deliver new customers.
• Ability to spot gaps in the market to develop the customer base.
• Develop profitable new customer sales to help deliver sales target.
• Attend and contribute to various regular meetings
• Maintenance of effective working relationships is essential.
• Manage reports where applicable
• Create, maintain and enhance effective working relationships with peers and work colleagues, both within the department and throughout the company.
• Operate to high moral and personal standards.

Experience

• Numerate, literate, with intermediate or above IT skills (Word, Excel).
• At least 5 years’ commercial experience in the food manufacturing sector.
• Proven track record of opening new accounts and new business generation
• Superb presentation skills
• Extensive knowledge and contact book of UK food manufacturers.

For more information on this role please get in touch or apply with your CV today.