Export Business Development Manager - Non-Food

Our client:

• A leading supplier of non-food products across multiple categories including home, gift, licensed products and home decor
• Have a diverse portfolio of design-led products, a number of key licenses in the market and well renowned by consumers both in the UK and globally
• Operate as a family run business with a close-knit, autonomous culture. Allows for entrepreneurialism
• Deal with major UK and international retailers across multiple channels including online retail, high street, garden centre groups and independents
• Culture is open, friendly and hardworking
• Opportunity to join the team as Export Business Development Manager within the international sales part of the business

The role:

• Export Business Development Manager driving and developing new business across multiple countries
• Work within the international sales team, reporting into Head of Export Sales
• This is a great opportunity to help drive and develop sales across Europe & Rest of World
• Done predominantly on a direct to retail basis with vast opportunity globally
• This is a new business led role, must have tenacity and ability to develop new relationships
• Working on strategies and presentations to target and win new accounts.
• Maximise sales through educating customers on the brand and company history
• Use company showroom, all catalogues to showcase products and licenses. Attend all industry trade shows

Ideal candidate:

• Experience of driving and developing new business from scratch, ability to build new customer relationships
• You may have experience in export sales’ but this is not essential, we are open to UK sales experience with transferable skills
• Worked in a product driven business, ideally within a non-food category but other closely aligned industry experience will be considered
• Enjoy new business development and a challenge
• Be personable, likeable, tenacious and a great relationship builder
• Self-motivated, have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Be North-West based and able to commute to a Lancashire based office

Benefits & details:

• Up to £40,000 basic salary
• Bonus and wider company benefits
• Lancashire based head office

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