Business Development Manager

Job Title: Business Development Manager
Location: Field-based, Scotland and the North of England region
Salary: £50,000 per year (inc 10% bonus after 12 months)
Job type: Permanent, Full-time
Start date: Immediate.
The Role:
Christeyns Professional Hygiene is seeking a Business Development Manager to join our national sales team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to drive business growth while supporting national account activity across the Christeyns Professional Hygiene Group - a family-owned business operating across multiple sectors worldwide.
As a key member of the team, you will play a crucial role in expanding our customer base, developing strategic partnerships, and promoting our industry-leading hygiene solutions across your designated territory.
Main Duties:
* Generate new business opportunities and secure contracts across the UK.
* Identify sales opportunities and achieve targets aligned with Christeyns Professional Hygiene's strategic objectives.
* Effectively manage the prospect pipeline, ensuring consistent and timely follow-up.
* Prepare bespoke, sustainable, and commercially profitable business proposals tailored to customer requirements.
* Lead large-scale Professional Hygiene Group tender projects.
* Deliver compelling company presentations to prospective clients at all levels, including senior management and directors.
* Demonstrate a strong understanding of the marketplace, with a focus on efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and customer care.
* Contribute to the company's continued success through effective leadership and collaboration.
* Communicate effectively at all levels, both nationally and internationally when required.
* Deliver consistent year-on-year sales growth.
* Work closely with colleagues to retain and develop existing business relationships.
Essential Criteria:
* Ability to travel throughout the UK, with occasional European travel and overnight stays.
* Proven track record in business development, sales, or account management within the Professional Hygiene industry or a related sector, with a good understanding of OPL.
* Experience identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities and contracts.
* Demonstrated ability to achieve and exceed sales targets.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with confidence presenting to senior management and directors.
* Sound understanding of market trends, customer requirements, and commercially effective solutions.
* Ability to work independently while contributing to the wider sales and business development strategy.
* Proven experience building and maintaining strong client relationships.
* Strong IT proficiency, including CRM systems, Microsoft Office, and digital reporting and presentation tools.
* Excellent attention to detail.
* Self-motivated, proactive, and a flexible team player.
* Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to changing business needs.
Desirable Criteria:
* Knowledge of UK professional hygiene distributor market is desirable.
If you're a results-driven professional with a passion for sales, business development, and building long-term customer relationships, we'd love to hear from you.
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Candidates with experience in, or job titles including, Lead Generation Executive, SDR, B2B Sales Executive, Account Manager, Senior Sales Executive, Business Development Executive, Senior Business Development Manager, Sales Account Manager, Sales Development Representative, Sales Manager, or Sales Coordinator will also be considered for this role