Business Development Manager
Optimum TA Ltd is looking for a Business Development Manager
Job description
Business Development Manager - Packaging - previous experience required
UK | Field Based
£65,000 + 20% bonus + car allowance
12-month maternity cover (strong potential to turn perm)
Are you a proven Business Development Manager who enjoys winning new business, growing accounts and building proper long-term partnerships?
We’re recruiting for a national, field-based BDM role within a well-established manufacturing business operating in the packaging and labelling space. Will need to touch visit Northants and Cardiff once a month.
This is a high-impact role with real autonomy and strong earning potential.
What you’ll be doing
- Driving new business and developing key accounts
- Managing the full sales cycle end to end
- Building long-term customer relationships
- Identifying cross-sell and margin opportunities
- Working closely with production and customer service teams
- Managing pipeline and forecasts through Salesforce
- Travelling nationally across the UK & Ireland
What we’re looking for
- Packaging or labelling industry experience required
- Proven BDM or Sales experience
- Strong commercial and negotiation skills
- Confident relationship builder
- Self-motivated and organised
- CRM experience, ideally Salesforce
- Manufacturing, packaging or FMCG experience a bonus
What’s on offer
- £65,000 basic
- 20% bonus
- Car allowance
- Autonomy, support and real career potential
If you like owning your patch and making things happen, this one’s well worth a applying for.
Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- England
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 09-02-2026
- Profession type
- Manufacturing / Industrial
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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