Business Development Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England
- Salary
- £30000 - £40000 per annum + + bonus + benefits
- Closing date
- 6 Jun 2022
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- Business Sector
- Non Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
Business Development Manager with a leading business in the footwear sector.
Client Details
As a leading brand within their sector, our client have a fantastic heritage with an ever growing portfolio of products.
They supply high street retail, independent shoe stores and a vast range of online customers, with exciting growth plans to build on their success.
The business are now looking to recruit a Business Development Manager.
Description
As Business Development Manager, you will be responsible for developing and implementing key account objectives for achieving sales budgets for direct account portfolio and targeted new major accounts.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Plan, negotiate and control annual portfolio sales budgets in order to achieve company objectives.
- Manage and control account base sales promotions and campaigns.
- Grow the business in all areas year on year by increasing sales and overall profits:
- Build and develop retail and e-tail channels through successful account management at all levels.
- Retain and develop existing business through effective account management.
- Establish joint business plans with all key accounts.
- Explore opportunities to grow the business through targeting new major accounts
- Analyse accounts using all available internal and external data to identify deviations in performance with a view to implementing remedial plans.
- Likewise, to identify areas of growth that can be exploited in other areas of the business.
- To ensure that new and existing products are promoted effectively:
- Introduce new product lines to new and existing customers by working closely with Design and Marketing Departments.
- Ensure that all channels are provided with an appropriate range of products.
- Identify and report new product opportunities to the Design and Marketing teams for further research.
- Identify and report new business opportunities.
- Manage and develop educational programmes within relevant accounts.
- Manage account base professionally, ensuring high levels of customer service and efficient support through effective internal and external communication, together with strong attention to detail.
Profile
We are looking to speak to candidates that have FMCG experience selling into multiple routes to market. This is a home based role with national travel, and whilst you will have a portfolio of accounts to manage, this is a new business focused role so it is essential you have a proven track record of winning new customers and growing existing business.
Job Offer
Up to £40,000 + £10K 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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