Business Development Director
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- Tenbury Wells
- Salary
- Excellent Package to attract the best
- Closing date
- 7 Jul 2018
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Business Development Director
Tenbury Wells
- High growth successful company
- Fantastic working environment
About Our Client
Orchard Valley Foods Group (OVFG) are specialised in Confectionery, Ingredients and Decorations. The business is primarily B2B but with a growing share of retail and food service customers. The business was acquired by the Orkla Group, a Norwegian conglomerate, in March 2017.
The mainstream confectionery product categories are fudge, sugar strands, non pareils, caramel pieces and marshmallows. The supply chain is based on own production in Sweden, as well as own packaging and mixing production in Tenbury Wells.
The companies value proposition is to be the one-stop-shop speciality ingredient supplier to large industrial businesses within confectionery, bakery, ice cream and snacking.
Job Description
The Business Development Director will be accountable for the following:
- The delivery of profitable growth
- Continue to develop current strategic accounts and develop new global accounts
- Identify new product supply opportunities and establish new and improve existing strategic supplier partnerships
- Develop and improve existing distributors and enter new export markets either through own sales organisation or distributors
- Sales team performance and management
- Integration of acquired companies
- Full sales and budget responsibility
The Successful Applicant
The Business Development Director will have the following characteristics / experience:
- Highly entrepreneurial
- Ability to spot business opportunities and develop strong networks
- Creative mind in terms of product development
- Highly driven and motivated
- Excellent People influencing skills
- Track record and experience of managing an international sales team
- Comfortable with a large amount of international travel
- Food ingredient / FMCG or Food Service experience and contacts would be useful
- Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
What's on Offer
An excellent package.
Whilst we would prefer the Business Development Director to be within a commuting distance of the office, we would be prepared to look at a "Home Based" contract for the right individual.
Ref Code: MPGC13924850Z
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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