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Business Development Manager
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General Details
Description
Industry Focus
- B2B sales within food manufacturing environments
- Clients include procurement, production, quality control, hygiene, and facility managers
- Product focus: specialised industrial cleaning chemicals (sanitizers, degreasers, disinfectants, detergents, CIP chemicals)
- Sales cycles are long and complex, involving trials, approvals, and multi-stakeholder decision-making
Key Responsibilities
Financial & Business Management
- Manage overall sales and commercial performance of the division
- Monitor budgets and provide insights on profitability and growth
- Oversee SLA agreements to ensure and improve profitability
- Review project costings, investigate variances, and implement corrective actions
- Control branch-level expenses and operational costs
- Prepare regional sales and expense budgets
Operations Management
- Ensure adherence to technical and logistical SOPs
- Resolve escalated operational queries
- Collaborate with service providers for cost-effective support
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the branch
- Provide specialist product and application recommendations
- Ensure compliance with Labour, Health & Safety, and client regulations
Client Management, Sales & Business Development
- Drive new business development through a consultative, solution-based approach
- Manage and retain key accounts, ensuring long-term partnerships
- Build relationships with multiple stakeholders across client operations
- Lead complex sales processes, including product trials, approvals, and contract negotiations
- Prepare and present proposals, RFQs, and SLA agreements
- Monitor market trends and identify opportunities for new products/services
- Deliver technical support, training, and on-site guidance to clients
Technical & Solution Selling
- Provide expert knowledge of industrial cleaning chemicals, including formulations and applications
- Ensure solutions meet food safety standards (e.g., HACCP) and regulatory compliance requirements
- Diagnose client challenges and offer tailored, cost-effective cleaning solutions
- Support implementation, troubleshooting, and continuous optimisation of cleaning processes
- Demonstrate ROI, efficiency improvements, and cost savings to clients
Systems Development & Risk Management
- Implement systems to monitor client performance and SLA compliance
- Optimize operations for efficiency and cost savi
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