Business Development Manager Derby BDM Salon

ghd hair; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical

Exclusive product discounts

Job summary

ghd is seeking a commercially driven, field-based Business Development Manager to unlock growth across salon channels in the Derbyshire region. This high-potential territory offers untapped opportunities as you expand our salon footprint, drive revenue growth, and elevate brand presence through strategic partnerships, education, and retail excellence.

This role targets a commercially astute professional who thrives on hitting targets and building lasting relationships in the professional beauty

Qualifications

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in field sales, business development, or regional management.
• Experience in the spa, hair, beauty, or wellness sector would be desirable.
• Full clean UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly business reviews with salon accounts, using performance data to drive improvements.
• Drive sell-in and sell-out performance across styling tools, products, and services.
• Collaborate with education and marketing teams to activate campaigns and boost retail conversion.
• Identify, prospect, and secure new salon partnerships aligned with brand standards.
• Present compelling commercial proposals and product demonstrations.
• Maintain and nurture relationships with existing salon accounts, understanding their business goals, challenges, and growth potential.
• Represent the brand at trade shows, regional events, and salon activations.

Skills

Field sales experience

Business development

Regional management

Driving licence

Tools

UK driving licence

Job description

Iconic British brand ghd is a global leader in high end professional hair styling tools and the UK’s number one recommended styling brand. Loved by stylists and consumers, loved by press, and loved by the people that work for the brand!

Merging science and innovation, with luxury beauty and style; ghd combines cutting edge technologies and beautiful designs to create the most technically advanced hair tools in the world. ghd tools deliver “safer for hair” heat styling that have become an essential part of the daily lives of professional hair stylists and consumers globally. Renowned for game changing innovation and superior performance, at ghd we are on a mission to transform lives with the power of a good hair day!

ABOUT THIS ROLE

We’re looking for a commercially driven, field-based Business Development Manager to unlock growth across our salon channels in the Derbyshire region.

This is a high-potential territory with untapped opportunities.

As Business Development Manager for the Salon Channel, you’ll be responsible for driving commercial success across north east region and expanding our salon footprint, delivering revenue growth, and elevating brand presence through strategic partnerships, education, and retail excellence.

This is a high-impact role for a commercially astute professional who thrives on hitting targets and building lasting relationships in the professional beauty space.

WHAT WE OFFER

• PrivateMedical.
• Exclusiveproductdiscounts.

JOB ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Commercial&BusinessDevelopment:
• Leadmonthlybusinessreviewswithsalonaccounts,usingperformancedatatodriveimprovements.
• Drivesell-inandsell-outperformanceacrossstylingtools,products,andservices.
• Collaboratewitheducationandmarketingteamstoactivatecampaignsandboostretailconversion.

NewBusinessDevelopment&TerritoryExpansion:

• Identify,prospect,andsecurenewsalonpartnershipsalignedwithbrandstandards.
• Presentcompellingcommercialproposalsandproductdemonstrations.

RelationshipManagement&BrandAdvocacy:

• Maintainandnurturerelationshipswithexistingsalonaccounts,focusingonunderstandingtheirbusinessgoals,challenges,andgrowthpotential.
• Buildtrustedrelationshipswithsalonowners,stylists,andeducators.
• Representthebrandattradeshows,regionalevents,andsalonactivations.

Revenue&CommercialGrowth:

Performance&Reporting:

REQUIRMENTS

• Minimum 2 -3 years of experience in field sales, business development, or regional management. Experience in the spa, hair, beauty, or wellness sector would be desirable.
• Comfortablewithfrequenttravelandfield-basedwork.
• Confidentcommunicatorandrelationshipbuilderwithapassionforpremiumbeautyandstyling.
• FullcleanUKdrivinglicense.

VALUES

We at ghd are proudly committed to our Company Values and aim to attract and retain employees who live our Values.

Collaborative – We work together to create the extraordinary

Creative – We foster creativity & excellence to create value for our brands and business.

Courageous – We are agile, entrepreneurial & we own our future.

Connected – We stay connected and ensure we are always consumer first.

Committed–Weareresponsibleforourimpactonothers&theplanet.

We’re a young company that’s achieved great things by creating a best in class range of products that are loved by stylists and consumers alike. We remain fiercely ambitious, with big growth plans, exciting new innovation in the pipeline and geographic expansion.

We pride ourselves on remaining true to our founding ethos - the spirit of transformation - and have established a position at the forefront of the competitive fashion styling sector, where we are renowned as one of the leading hair styling brands around the world and synonymous with style and sophistication.