New Business Development Manager - Retail/Discounters - Consumer Products

Role

New Business Development Manager | Consumer Goods
Extremely competitive and flexible package, dependent on experience and demonstrable track record | UK
Can you open doors that aren't already open?

We are partnering with a leading consumer goods business looking to appoint a New Business Development Manager to play a key role in the next phase of its UK growth.
This is a well-established international business with significant scale, high-quality products and ambitious plans to strengthen its position in the UK market.
The initial focus will be on unlocking opportunities across the UK discount and value retail sector, identifying the right customers, developing relationships with buyers and creating compelling propositions that convert into profitable, long-term partnerships.
But this is more than a traditional new business sales role.
The successful person will also work closely with the leadership team to help influence the company's Go-To-Market strategy, identifying where the business should play, how it can win and where the next growth opportunities should come from.
The opportunity
You'll be responsible for:

• Identifying and winning strategically important new customers
• Opening relationships with buyers and senior commercial decision-makers
• Developing customer-specific propositions and commercial plans
• Leading negotiations and converting opportunities into profitable business
• Building and managing a high-quality new-business pipeline
• Contributing market insight to the wider UK Go-To-Market strategy
• Identifying future opportunities across new customers, channels and potentially Ireland

About you

Who are we looking for?

You will be an ambitious, high-potential National Account Manager or Business Development Manager ready for greater ownership and the opportunity to build something.
Alternatively, you could be a more experienced new-business operator who can demonstrate exactly how you've opened strategically important retail relationships and subsequently developed them into profitable, sustainable accounts.
Experience within FMCG, consumer goods, branded products, household goods, DIY, electrical or related consumer sectors would be highly relevant. Exposure to discount retail, grocery or other high-volume retail channels would be particularly attractive.
Above all, we're looking for someone with a genuine new-business mentality, strong commercial instincts, resilience and the ability to create opportunities rather than simply inherit them.
 

Package

Package

The package is extremely competitive and deliberately flexible, reflecting the fact that the successful candidate could come from different levels of experience. It has been benchmarked against leading industry salaries across New Business positions in the Consumer product space.

Ultimately, the package will reflect the background, capability and demonstrable new-business track record of the successful individual, alongside a performance-related bonus and comprehensive benefits.

For someone who wants to build rather than simply manage, this is an opportunity to make a visible impact on the future growth of a leading international consumer goods business!