Business Development Manager / Executive - Export Sales - Language Speaker

Multibrands International; Bradford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Bradford seeks a confident sales manager with over 3 years of product sales experience. The candidate should be fluent in a foreign language and possess strong communication skills. The role involves identifying new business opportunities, maintaining customer relations, and pitching various products. A driven and tenacious approach is necessary, with perks including free product samples and central location benefits.

Benefits

Free samples of all our exciting products

Massage chairs

Opportunity to progress

Free on-street parking

Central Bradford location

28 days holidays

Full training and induction

Casual Fridays and an early finish

As much tea and coffee as you can drink!

Company pension

Qualifications

• 3+ years of product sales experience required.
• Fluent in French, Spanish, German, Mandarin or Arabic essential.
• Extensive experience in business development and sales.

Responsibilities

• Research and identify new business opportunities.
• Establish and maintain relationships with key clients.
• Pitch FMCG, LED & PPE brands effectively.

Skills

Business development

Communication skills

Sales pitching

Trend identification

Confidence in speaking

Education

Industry-related qualification

Job description

About us

Based in central Bradford, we are a leading manufacturer of innovative own brand, products designed to challenge the market. With over 25 years in the business, we now have four dedicated office spaces including a production office in China and support in India.

Now, we are gearing up to shake both the electronic and health & beauty industries to their core with the introduction of two new brands and a multitude of different, exciting products, and that is just the beginning.

We are innovative, driven, and fearless. If you are a confident, ambitious sales manager / executive who is not afraid to bend the rules, this could be the next step in your career.

Responsibilities

• Researching and identifying new business opportunities across new markets, growth areas, partnerships, and any other ways of reaching new and existing markets
• Establishing and maintaining progressive customer relationships with key clients
• Must be able to identify current trends and build a successful pitch to drive sales for the relevant products and brands
• You will need fantastic communication and interpersonal skills with the confidence to speak to people at different seniority levels
• You should understand demand and be able to pitch our FMCG, LED & PPE brands to meet customer demands
• Develop an understanding of how other organisations work in order to determine who the buying decision-makers are and have the ability to build a successful sales pitch based on their requirements
• Making contact and forming productive and profitable relationships with importers, distributors, large wholesalers, multiple retail chain operators, and dealers across the globe
• Selling all products from the company’s stable of brands
• Supporting business development through cross-selling, up-selling, offers, and campaign promotions to target new and lapsed clients
• Delivering across the entire sales journey, from the initial conversation, right through to the dispatch of goods

About you

• 3+ years product sales experience (Essential)
• Fluent in French, Spanish, German, Mandarin or Arabic (Essential)
• Previous FMCG sales experience (Preferred)
• Qualified through experience or have an industry-related qualification
• Highly driven, tenacious, and be a confident go-getter who does not take no for an answer
• Extensive business development experience and must be a confident, outgoing, and committed individual with a high passion for sales
• Fantastic communication skills and confident in speaking to people at different seniority
• Must be able to identify current trends and build a successful pitch to drive sales across all brands
• Proven track record of winning new business and maintaining key accounts
• Self-starter, self-motivated, and a team player
• Understand how other organisations work, and ability to identify who the buying decision-makers are and how to build successful sales pitches based on their requirements

The Perks

• Free samples of all our exciting products
• Massage chairs
• Opportunity to progress
• Free on-street parking
• Central Bradford location
• 28 days holidays
• Full training and induction
• Casual Fridays and an early finish
• As much tea and coffee as you can drink!
• Company pension