Growth-Driven BDM: Food Ingredients & Nutrition

Merritt Recruitment; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Merritt Recruitment is recruiting a Business Development Manager for the Food Ingredients & Nutrition sector. You will drive growth across bakery and meat replacement markets, manage key accounts, and build strategic partnerships with global supply partners.

This role rewards proactive, relationship-led BDM performance with market-facing product strategy. You will collaborate with principals and internal teams to launch new products, expand portfolios and raise brand visibility while delivering

Qualifications

• Strong communication, selling and negotiation skills are essential.
• Solid technical and market understanding of food or nutrition ingredients.
• Full UK driving licence and right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Sales & Account Growth: deliver targets across sector and personal accounts.
• Identify, win and develop new Key Accounts and expand existing relationships.
• Build account plans and ensure market coverage through segmentation.
• Provide monthly performance updates and recommend actions.
• Follow up on quotations, visits and sales actions.
• Drive profit optimisation in line with market conditions.

Skills

Strong communication

Selling

Negotiation

Relationship building

Job description

Merritt Recruitment is recruiting a Business Development Manager for the Food Ingredients & Nutrition sector. You will drive growth across bakery and meat replacement markets, manage key accounts, and build strategic partnerships with global supply partners.

This role rewards proactive, relationship-led BDM performance with market-facing product strategy. You will collaborate with principals and internal teams to launch new products, expand portfolios and raise brand visibility while delivering