Business Development Executive

Business Development Executive (Food & Drink Sector)

Up to £35,000 + Bonus + Benefits (Dependent upon experience)

Yorkshire

Our client is an established and growing engineering business, supplying specialist fabricated and engineered solutions into demanding industrial environments. The company supports customers operating within production and processing sectors, delivering engineered solutions for complex and technically challenging applications. Continued growth has created the requirement to strengthen front-end business development activity within the food and drink sector.

The Business Development Executive will support the generation of new business within the food manufacturing and processing sector, undertaking proactive outbound activity to identify, engage and qualify prospective customers. This will include researching target organisations, making initial contact via phone, email and Linked In (including the use of Sales Navigator), and securing introductory meetings for the Business Development Manager to attend.

Working closely with the Business Development Manager, the Business Development Executive will play an important role in supporting a consistent flow of early-stage opportunities into the sales pipeline. The role will involve gathering initial commercial and contextual information, maintaining accurate records of activity and contacts, and supporting structured follow-up and handover of qualified leads through internal systems.

The ideal candidate will bring experience in a business development, internal sales or lead generation role and be comfortable undertaking proactive, phone-based outbound activity. They will be an organised and resilient individual, capable of building relationships and trust with prospective customers, managing activity levels, maintaining accurate records and working collaboratively within a structured sales environment. Experience with in an engineering, manufacturing or food and drink-related sector would be advantageous.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop a career in business development within a structured and supportive engineering environment. Interested candidates are invited to apply accordingly. All submissions will be reviewed, and suitable candidates will be contacted directly.

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