Graduate Business Development Executive

Are you looking for your first move into Field Sales/Account Management?

Do you want to work with fun, high quality branded greetings cards and gifts such as Me To You, Tatty Teddy & his Blue Nosed Friends and Violent Veg?

This a great opportunity for outgoing and enthusiastic graduates to join us at Carte Blanche in your first field based Business Development Executive sales role. Working with our array of fantastic brands, this presents an excellent chance to begin your career in commercial FMCG sales, backed and supported by the UK's leading independent greetings card business.

There are 4 Territories available:

Yorkshire - ref:9880/29

Notts/Lincs/Humberside - ref:9880/30

Derby/Staffs/Leics - ref:9880/31

East Sussex/Kent/Surrey - ref:9880/32

You will manage a defined territory with an existing account base of c.80 Independent and Convenience stores plus some specialist retailers, along with an element of new business development opportunities. Working for Carte Blanche, our Business Development Executives are totally sales and customer focused, and consequently we want people who can work with accounts and develop customer relationships, effectively acting as a mini-Business Manager and supporting them via a mutual growth plan. We don’t just employ “reps” to cover an area and stock shelves, we look for passionate, enthusiastic individuals who can grow rapport with store owners and managers, advise on the right product and brand mix and ultimately deliver sales growth for both parties. 

The role draws on a whole host of your skills and abilities in working with the retailer – sales, account management, new business, creative merchandising. So you’re going to need to be well prepared and organised, and confident in the fact that you will be operating remotely to targets and KPI’s.

You’ll need to be a livewire who really enjoys person to person contact, is looking to sell and achieve sales targets, and someone thrives in this type of fast paced environment. You can be a fresh graduate, or maybe you did a sandwich course with a year in business and looking to use that experience. Alternatively you will be working in a retail store position, or a more general commercial environment such as recruitment. In any case, you will be looking for a fresh opportunity to make your mark, be capable and pragmatic and action orientated, and ultimately have a fun, outgoing and articulate character.

Over the last decade, Carte Blanche has expanded beyond its core greeting card and gifts business to embrace new sectors such as toy and digital. Our brands have been licensed worldwide with phenomenal success – over 75 million Me to You plush bears have been sold since 2000 – and now we operate across many new and exciting product categories including apparel, confectionery and homeware. With the unique and instantly recognisable Tatty Teddy & His Blue Nosed Friends, our most recognised and much loved brand, as well as Moshi Monsters, Violent Veg, we are enjoying an excellent period of growth and development and now looking to step change our focus with Independent retailers.

Interested? If you wish to apply for this role please click on the apply button with a copy of your up to date CV quoting the relevant reference or if you prefer an initial discussion please ring Matt Piper on 0118 903 4914.