Job Title: Business Development Manager – Export Sales – FMCG
Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire
Salary: £22,000 – £30,000 per annum + Commission (Uncapped) + Pension
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Are you a multilingual Sales professional looking for that next step in your Sales and Business Development Career, particularly one who is Fluent in French, German, Mandarin or Arabic?
Due to massive growth in business, the company are taking on board further industry professionals to continue our progressive success and offer an exciting opportunity to grow with us!
The team are currently seeking a well-experienced business development individual who is tenacious and confident in their abilities to drive sales forward and build their own client base while maintaining meaningful relationships.
What’s in it for you?
- Up to £30k Basic Salary
- Uncapped commission (potentially earning OTE £50k in commissions in your 1st year)
- 28 days Holiday
- Pension Scheme
- Opportunities for progression
- Managing your own workload and business from your own desk
- Full training and induction
- Casual Fridays and Later Start
- Employee Referral Scheme
- As much tea and coffee as you want!
About the company
Head-quartered in Bradford, Multibrands is a leading manufacturer and supplier of FMCG products to wholesalers and independent buying groups worldwide. Our wide range of premium quality and own-brand everyday essentials include personal care and hygiene products, as well as PPE Kits and smart LED’s to name a few.
As a multinational with over 25 years in the industry, we have dedicated administration and production facilities in India and China to support a growing global operation. Our commitment to trade partners and consumers is to manufacture and supply a diverse range of healthcare and fast-moving consumer goods that continually exceed expectations in quality, price and performance for the global market place.
Key duties:
- Researching and identifying new business opportunities across new markets, growth areas, partnerships and any other ways of reaching new and existing markets
- Establishing and maintaining progressive customer relationships with key clients
- Must be able to identify current trends and build a successful pitch to drive sales for the relevant products and brands
- You’ll need fantastic communication and interpersonal skills with the confidence to speak to people at different seniority levels
- You should understand demand and be able to pitch their FMCG, LED & PPE brands to meet customer demands
- Develop an understanding of how other organisations work in order to determine who the buying decision makers are and have the ability to build a successful sales pitch based on their requirements
- Making contact and forming productive and profitable relationships with importers, distributors, large wholesalers, multiple retail chain operators and dealers across the globe
- Selling all products from the company’s stable of brands
- Supporting business development through cross-selling, up-selling, offers and campaign promotions to target new and lapsed clients
- Delivering across the entire sales journey, from the initial conversation, right through to the dispatch of goods
About you:
- 3+ years product sales experience (Essential)
- Fluent in French, Spanish, German, Mandarin or Arabic (Essential for Export Sales)
- Previous FMCG sales experience (Preferred)
- Qualified through experience or have an industry related qualification
- Highly driven, tenacious, and be a confident go-getter who doesn’t take no for an answer
- Extensive business development experience and must be a confident, outgoing and committed individual with a high passion for sales
- Fantastic communication skills and confident in speaking to people at different seniority
- Must be able to identify current trends and build a successful pitch to drive sales across all brands
- Proven track record of winning new business and maintaining key accounts.
- Self-starter, self-motivated and a team player
- Have an understanding of how other organisations work, and ability to identify who the buying decision makers are and how to build a successful sales pitch based on their requirements
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with previous experience and job titles of; Business Development Executive, Key Account Manager, Sales Account Manager, Senior Sales Executive, Sales Manager, New Business Manager, New Business Executive, External Sales, Sales Consultant, Business Development, B2B, B2B Sales Executive, BDM, Lead Development Executive will also be considered.
