Business Development Manager - Vape

Location: Bournemouth, Portsmouth & Southampton - Working from home with F2F meetings

Salary: £35000 + £5,000 car allowance + excellent performance related bonus'

Contract Type: Full-Time | Permanent

The Opportunity:

If you are a motivated sales professional with a passion for developing customer relationships and uncovering new business opportunities then this is the right opportunity for you! This is your chance to join a brand new distributor within the vaping & smoking alternative category, where you will be instrumental in growing market share, maintaining leadership in your assigned territory and shaping the future of the company.

As a Business Development Manager, you'll be responsible for leveraging key existing relationships that you already have with independent retailers, while keeping a keen eye on any new prospects that you can target.

The company are a distributor of some of the best, most popular brands in the market, and have a diverse portfolio which will give you more opportunity to open up new doors.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute a structured sales plan and call cycle focused on new business acquisition in the beginning, moving more to an equal split between business development and account management as you will retain any new customers you bring on board.
• Build strong, consultative relationships with customers to understand their business needs and offer tailored solutions.
• Provide retailer partners with market insight, data and knowledge to embed yourself as an irreplaceable partner.

About You:

• You must currently be working in a field sales role, within the vaping and smoking alternative's sector.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - both written and verbal.
• Demonstrable track record in new business wins from within the independent retail channel.
• Strong commercial awareness and customer-focused mindset.
• Organised, IT literate, and confident working with data and systems.
• Based in the designated territory.

What's on Offer:

• £35,000 basic salary
• £5,000 car allowance
• Uncapped commission
• 21 days holiday + bank holidays (this can be flexible if needed)
• Opportunity to join a company at the beginning of it's journey opening you up to huge career progression potential