UK Market Development Manager – Packaging

UK Market Development Manager – Packaging
Homebased

A global plastics injection moulding company who deliver innovative and bespoke packaging solutions.
The business create components, products, processes and solutions and support some of the world’s leading producers within the packaging and medical sectors.
Today the group has production facilities across the world.

The Role:

• Develop company customer base, with a focus on customised injection moulded packaging products.
• Target new customers, concentrating on international premium branded businesses, with multi-site development responsibilities.
• Actively search for new leads, analyse customer potential, and secure commercial success.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of bespoke product development processes.
• Commercially responsible for delivery of projects – to manufacture on cost and on time, achieving forecast profitability & payback targets.
• Present technical solutions to the customers technical specialists, as well as marketing, procurement and product development functions.
• Support with the development and implementation of strategy to drive business growth across custom packaging sector.
• Define, agree and deliver a business plan to target customers.
• Identify emerging customer needs; mapping of the market and its opportunities.
• Ensure the seamless and professional introduction of new business into the company through robust communication of customer requirements internally and to technical and manufacturing.
• Liaising with other commercial teams ensuring optimum CRM.
• Deliver a commercially credible new business opportunities pipeline to pre agreed targets.
• Work from your home-office in conjunction with our techncial centre.

The Person:

• Commercially astute salesperson with strong experience within a similar role & ideally educated to degree level.
• Must have extensive knowledge of customised packaging & injection moulding.
• Good technical understanding –able to support product development and present technically complex products.
• In depth knowledge & experience dealing with premium branded packaging manufacturers.
• Work experience within B2B (preferred in production environment).
• Excellent knowledge of negotiation, presentation and sales techniques.
• Successful track record of building strong customer relationships.
• Very good organizational, analytical and planning skills.
• Basic skills of understanding the profit and loss (P&L).
• Comprehensive computer literacy (Microsoft Office).

For EU roles, candidates must be eligible to work and live in the European Union.
Proof of eligibility will be required with your application.

Office Locations: Stratford-upon-Avon, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Düsseldorf, Göteborg,
Lyon, Milan, Shanghai, and Washington.

PLASTICS – PETROCHEMICALS – PACKAGING – CHEMICALS – ENERGY – RECYCLING

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