Business Development Manager.

The Company:

This consultancy business are currently looking for a Business Development Manager to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively across sales and marketing. As a business they focus in the food and drinks industry giving insights and data. Who are also part of global media group.

The Role:

As the Business Development Manager you will lead & grow the new business function through developing a new business pipeline, nurturing leads through networking, digital marketing and face to face engagement. Day to Day:

• Generate, nurture and close sales leads across the product portfolio
• Develop and maintain a new sales pipeline, adjusting as necessary to create sustainable growth
• Understand prospects strategy, insight and data needs and business strategy.
• Write detailed commercial proposals, from client brief, with cost and timings.
• Source and engage prospective companies
• Attends conferences & networking events to develop sales leads
• Understand our products, subscriptions, reports and solutions in detail

The Candidate:

Due to the importance of this role the ideal candidate needs to have:

• Proven results in a similar or relevant sales/new business role.
• Proven track record of networking with senior contacts.
• Adept at gleaning information from prospects and converting to detailed proposals.
• Confident in pitch and sales negotiation.
• Working knowledge of insight and data analysis and an understanding of market research.
• Experience in either hospitality/food service and retail sector is preferential, but sector knowledge is not essential.

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