Business Development Manager - Key client, private label (FMCG)

Location Peterborough
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Salary: £50,000 plus benefits
Job ref: 209
Company snapshot:
  • Multi-award winning private-label and contract manufacturer, producing high-quality products for some of the top UK retailers is looking for a Business Development Manager due to growth.
  • Ethical, cruelty-free approach using the latest modern production technology.
  • Highly successful company experiencing a rapid growth period
The role:
  • As Business Development Manager you will be assembling and executing a strong strategic sales plan to help maximise the growth of the business working with one key retailer.
  • There is the potential to lead a small team and be the strategic lead for the account. 
  • Managing the preparation and delivery of customer presentations.
  • Monitoring budgets related to all sales activity, including producing full profit and loss statements for each key account.
  • Working closely with customers and internal Product Managers to oversee the NPD process and maximise on growth opportunities.
  • Solving any customer quality issues efficiently, communicating with both the internal team and customer to ensure all expectations are met. 
About you:
  • Demonstrated track record of producing strong sales growth among multiple retail accounts within the FMCG sector.
  • Previous business development experience within private-label consumer goods.
  • Team management skills are a huge advantage.
  • Commercially astute and able to identify new growth opportunities
Package: 
  • Up to £50,000 on basic salary
  • bonus scheme
  • Good benefits 
This Business Development Manager role based in Cambridgeshire would suit candidates with previous experience in a Sales Manager/Business Development role within the FMCG/consumer goods sector. You could be partly home-based so candidates from areas including Peterborough, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Northampton, Nottingham, Milton Keynes, Bedford, Ipswich, Coventry would be considered. 

If this isn't quite right, we are recruiting for plenty of other sales, account management and customer success opportunities across the East of England. If you are looking for a new role in this field, please get in touch! Zetter Recruitment are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy and can only assist candidates with previous business to business sales or account management experience