Business Development Manager

Our client is a market leading large format specialist who supply blue chip organisations throughout the UK. Their proposition is significantly different to that of their competitors and their approach to the market is gaining substantial momentum. To ensure their continued success they are seeking people who would like to join their business who can work with and develop the business development strategy.

This role reports to the Business Development Director however it is extremely important that the candidate understands that this role works very closely with the BDD to the extent that they are the team that will develop, lead and implement the agreed strategy.

This is a Senior Role in the business and success in the role will lead to expanded responsibilities as the success of the role develops.

The ideal candidate will be a senior figure within the print industry, preferably with experience in the print management, point of sale, large format or marketing communications areas. You will have an understanding about the direction that retail and brand owners are taking and be able to form a strategic plan that ensures our client is able and capable of providing a competitive advantage.

Measurement of success in the role;
Ability to network throughout the industry and to ensure our client becomes an acceptable benchmark for the sector.
Ability to generate sales opportunities and then manage these opportunities into the business.
The ability to learn and use process and systems.
Development and communication of a forward plan for the market by client.
Clear and concise communication skills both in written and oral form.
Clear capability working remotely and voluntarily reporting activity to the business to an agreed format.

This is an exceptional opportunity.

This position has now been filled, but has been left on our website as we have other similar vacancies to this on an ongoing basis that might interest you. More importantly, we have vacancies that are not advertised due to their confidential nature therefore it would certainly be in your interest to email your CV, as a word document, depending on which sector you are in, to :-

Head of Packaging recruitment – Greg Nelson – greg@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head of Print recruitment–Neil Pearson – neil@harrison-scott.co.uk

Head Paper recruitment – Gary Young – gary@harrison-scott.co.uk

Board level, account management and all levels of sales vacancies –

George Thompson – george@harrison-scott.co.uk

Our divisional heads will then email your CV internally to the consultant who specialises in your exact sector, for example a category of packaging is cartons, a category of print is print management, in fact we have over 30 specialist categories. Our specialist consultant will contact you if we have a live vacancy that matches, or contact you in the near future as soon a good match to skill set and experience becomes available.

Key words Harrison Scott Associates Print Recruitment Packaging Recruitment Paper Recruitment