Business Development Manager - Boots, Holland & Barrett, Tesco
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, East Sussex
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 11 Feb 2019
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Working with Boots, Tesco, Holland & Barrett
An opportunity for a hungry Business Development Manager to support expansion plans
Client Details
My client is a multimillion turnover business within the health and well being industry providing a range of high quality core and specialised products.
The company is looking for a strong Business Development Manager to grow organically with the business and help them make a market and continue to become industry leaders.
This is a very exciting opportunity to joun a recently re-energised team which will be driving the growth of both the company and the brand.
Description
- Define and agree with management a clear National Account strategy and an annual budget with priorities
- Define and agree commercial terms
- Gain new listings in new accounts
- Define and oversee effective promotional calendars with new customers
- Set and monitor KPIs
- Conduct quarterly business reviews and define any remedial actions
- Liaise internally and externally to ensure successful listings and new product introductions
- Develop sales forecasts for business planning and budgeting purposes
- Work closely with account buyers to develop close relationships
- Identify new opportunities for product and business development
Profile
- Experience in opening new accounts, and specifically national accounts
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Experience of setting up and managing Joint Business Plans
- Ideally a qualification in Nutrition, or alternatively, demonstrable knowledge of vitamins, minerals and health food supplements and the sector in general
- Microsoft Office - e.g. presentation skills to develop the argument
- Commercially minded and analytical
- Minimum 3 years demonstrable successful selling
- Minimum of 1-2 years National Account selling
- Degree level preferred but not essential
- Ideally have a qualification in nutrition
- Full clean UK driving licence
Job Offer
A competitive basic salary + bonus + benefits
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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