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An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Business Development Manager to drive growth in the fresh produce sector. This role involves managing key customer relationships and developing commercial strategies to ensure profitability. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in sales account management, particularly within the baby leaf or fresh produce sectors, and will thrive in a fast-paced environment. With a focus on innovation and sustainability, this forward-thinking company offers an exciting opportunity to shape the future of farming while enjoying a competitive salary and generous benefits.
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Business Development Manager Required for one of the UK’s Leading Vertical Farming Businesses.
Our client is revolutionising the future of farming, providing a more resilient and sustainable way to feed the world. Having grown at significant pace over the past five years, today they operate one of the largest vertical farms in the UK. Following a multi-million-pound investment, they are now poised for significant growth. Their goal is to grow some of the world’s least sustainable foods at scale, in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way. With a proven track record in green energy and vertical farming, our client is set to achieve its goal of transforming the future of farming.
They believe that they are creating a revolution in farming with scalable, next generation, ‘Vertical Farms’. These are closed systems using an energy-efficient, LED-based lighting system to produce crops of the highest quality: baby leaf salads are grown in trays racked over many levels high and harvested via a highly-automated process. Their purpose built ground breaking environment is powered by 100% green energy and will operate 365 days a year using only sustainable energy sources and providing yields 250 times greater than conventional farming.
Due to their planned growth, they are now looking to source a key individual to join them as Business Development Manager. You will partner with the businesses Sales Director and collectively have full control of their customer relationships and ensure all of their product sales achieve maximum profitability for the business.
You will major on the attraction and onboarding of key clients be that retail or foodservice and be responsible for the overall success, growth and profitability of the sales elements of the business. You will represent the ‘voice of the client’ whilst being able to understand and communicate with what the customer needs. You will challenge the status quo and see possibility in unexpected places. You need to thrive in an agile, fast-paced and collaborative environment driven by constantly redefining the gold standard of services and products that assist their customers.
A key element of success is close attention to detail and having a clear understanding of their products cost drivers. The right candidate must ensure the business is making great commercial decisions and remain agile and responsive to sudden market movements. The best candidate for the role will have a track record for leveraging strong customer relationships but still be able to challenge both customers and internal stakeholders intelligently to achieve successful commercial and technical outcomes. As a strong communicator this candidate will be able to take the lead on developing and executing the businesses commercial strategy but do it in a way where all internal and external stakeholders feel involved.
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There is an excellent base salary available for the right individual with various other benefits including 30 days holiday per year (Bank Holidays in addition). The role is to be home or office based (depending on our location) with travel in the UK.