Retail Business Development Manager UK & Nordics

Your Core Responsibilities Include:
Development and Execution of the Operational Sales Plan:

• Conducting in-depth analysis of needs, requirements, and trends in the retail market.
• Crafting detailed sales plans with specific action points per market and focus account.
• Acquisition of new clients directly and/or through trade partners based on sales plans.
• Ensuring the implementation of approved plans.
• Continuous analysis of sales results and timely adjustments as necessary.

Account Management and Relationship Building:

• Identifying new opportunities in the market, with a focus on customer/product combinations.
• Actively maintaining and expanding a relevant network, nurturing contacts at all stakeholder levels.
• Proactively nurturing relationships with clients at various levels.
• Category Management:
• Thorough analysis of opportunities and threats for various product groups with clients.
• Optimization of product assortments to ensure a win-win situation.
• Creating opportunities for Private Label concepts aligning with company's capabilities.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree or higher with at least 5 years of Sales experience (Key Account Management).
• Knowledge of the UK retail market and experience in the food industry. THIS IS A MUST!!!
• Lived & worked in the UK.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously (with varying priorities) to deliver results promptly.
• Strong communication skills and excellent command of the English language.
• Ability to strategically collaborate with your accounts, seamlessly navigating multiple levels.
• Intrinsic drive, goal-oriented, analytical, and above all, commercially savvy.
• A self-starter/proactive individual who readily takes on responsibilities.
• A healthy dose of ambition and work ethic.

You have to be in the office 1-2 a week. You can live in the whole Netherlands but it must be possible to be there 2 days a week.

Salary Benefits:

What has the company to offer you?

• An opportunity to unleash your commercial talents in an informal, open, growing, and entrepreneurial organization.
• A full-time position with a pension scheme.
• A competitive salary commensurate with your experience and knowledge.
• Car, laptop, and mobile phone.
• Opportunities for training and further education.
• And every Friday afternoon, the chance to unwind with colleagues over drinks.

Dare to Make a Difference and work for a sustainable food company?
Our client is on the lookout for a dynamic professional with a passion for sales within the retail food sector. As a Business Development Manager responsible for the UK and Scandinavian regions, you will be the driving force behind the development and execution of the operational sales plan. You'll helm the identification of opportunities, maintenance of relationships, and optimization of product lines to foster a win-win situation for the company and its clients.