Business Development Manager

Bowmay Consulting Ltd; Lancashire; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Hybrid working

Enhanced pension

Life assurance

Salary sacrifice benefits

Competitive salary

Job summary

Bowmay Consulting Ltd is assisting a well-established textile manufacturer in Greater Manchester to recruit a driven Business Development Manager. You will drive new business growth across UK and international markets and build strong relationships with customers.

Reporting to the Sales Director, you will identify opportunities, collaborate with R&D to bring innovative products to market, and represent the company at industry events while shaping growth strategies and negotiating partnerships.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in winning new business.
• Experience in textiles or related technical manufacturing.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive new business growth across UK and international markets.
• Identify and develop opportunities within their industrial sectors.
• Build strong, lasting relationships with new and existing customers.
• Research emerging markets, spot commercial opportunities and develop strategies to capitalise on them.
• Work closely with R&D to bring innovative products and solutions to market.
• Represent the business at industry exhibitions, trade shows and customer meetings.
• Report directly to the Sales Director, playing a key role in the company's continued growth.

Skills

New business development

Relationship building

Negotiation

Strategic planning

Market research

Communication

Job description

We're working with a fantastic, established textile manufacturer in Greater Manchester, looking to strengthen their commercial team with an ambitious and driven Business Development Manager.

We've partnered with this business for over 10 years and know their team incredibly well. They're a talented, high-performing bunch of sales professionals who are commercially sharp, ambitious and genuinely down to earth. We're looking for someone who shares that same energy!

About the Job

• Drive new business growth across UK and international markets.

• Identify and develop opportunities within their industrial sectors.

• Build strong, lasting relationships with new and existing customers.

• Research emerging markets, spot commercial opportunities and develop strategies to capitalise on them.

• Work closely with R&D to bring innovative products and solutions to market.

• Represent the business at industry exhibitions, trade shows and customer meetings.

• Report directly to the Sales Director, playing a key role in the company's continued growth.

About You

• A proven Business Development Manager with a genuine passion for winning new business.

• Ideally experienced within textiles, technical fabrics or a related technical manufacturing sector.

• Commercially astute, proactive and confident opening doors and developing opportunities.

• A natural relationship builder who can engage with customers at all levels.

• A real go-getter! Ambitious, focussed and motivated by results.

• Equally important, you're grounded, personable, collaborative and a genuine team player.

• Someone who enjoys being part of a successful team but can also make things happen independently.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary, depending on experience.

• Annual bonus

• Enhanced pension contribution.

• Hybrid working.

• Life assurance.

• Additional salary sacrifice benefits.