Join an established engineering and packaging machinery business where you'll drive growth through technical sales expertise.

FindCore are thrilled to be assisting an established engineering and packaging machinery business with the recruitment of a Business Development Manager.

Permanent, full-time position based from Peebles, with travel to customer sites.

Salary

From £45,000, depending on experience + excellent benefits

This is a highly autonomous technical sales role focused on developing new business and growing capital equipment sales across the food, beverage, home and personal care sectors.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop new business opportunities across target manufacturing sectors
• Sell capital equipment and packaging machinery solutions to new and existing customers
• Build strong relationships with manufacturers across the UK and Ireland
• Manage the full sales process from initial enquiry through to proposal, negotiation and close
• Understand customer production requirements and recommend suitable technical solutions
• Attend customer sites to develop opportunities and support the sales process
• Prepare quotations, proposals and commercial presentations
• Maintain a strong sales pipeline and provide regular forecasts
• Work closely with technical and engineering teams to ensure customers receive the right solution
• Represent the business professionally at customer meetings and industry events

Skills & Experience Requirements

• Previous experience within technical sales, machinery sales or capital equipment sales
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to understand engineering-based products
• Proven ability to develop new business and manage complex sales opportunities
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills
• Excellent communication and customer relationship skills
• Experience selling into food, beverage, home care, personal care or packaging environments would be highly advantageous
• Comfortable travelling extensively throughout the UK and Ireland
• Proactive, ambitious and commercially driven

Benefits

• Salary from £45,000 depending on experience
• Permanent, full-time position
• Highly autonomous field-based sales role
• Exposure to major manufacturing customers across the UK and Ireland
• Life assurance
• Generous pension contribution
• Healthcare benefits
• Opportunity to join an established, forward-thinking engineering business
• Excellent long-term career development opportunities

Please apply.