Business Development Manager

Location: Remote working with regular travel to Littlehampton, West Sussex, and across UK and Europe as required.

Holiday: 23 days per year plus bank holidays.

OTE/Bonus: Up to £120,000+ (Uncapped Commission so be above)

Are you a commercially driven sales professional with experience in either Automotive, Aerospace, Defence sector? Are you motivated by the opportunity to shape the growth of a dynamic, ambitious, and fast-evolving engineering business. Join Finecast Foundry and play a pivotal role in expanding our customer base, building strategic partnerships, and securing new business across the UK and Europe.

Finecast Foundry is a leading UK design to manufacturer of complex, high-integrity castings and fully machined assembled components for high performance and safety critical applications. As an award-winning aerospace approved Company, we support as a Tier 1 to major customers across aerospace, automotive, motor sport, defence, and high regulated engineering sectors, delivering innovative and pioneering solutions that meet the highest technical and quality requirements.

As Business Development Manager, you will drive Finecast Foundry’s commercial growth by identifying new opportunities, developing strategic relationships, and securing long-term partnerships with existing and new customers. Working closely with the Managing Director and wider leadership team, you will secure new business and shape the long-term Commercial strategy of the Company.

• Developing, implementing and evolving business development strategies to achieve set targets.
• Monitoring industry sectors, technology and metallic product requirements to identify supply opportunities.
• Building and maintaining a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities.
• Nurturing and growing relationships with customers, engineering teams, procurement and senior stakeholders.
• Identifying and introducing our Company full capabilities not only relating to supply of castings, but wider engineering competences including CNC machining from solid, Mechanical Assembly, Non-Destructive Testing and Metallurgical Analysis and Testing Services.
• Managing negotiations, securing contracts and ensuring a smooth handover into engineering and operations.
• Supporting bid development and commercial proposals in collaboration with technical and quality teams.
• Working closely with our marketing team to establish and communicate a clear strategy, aligned to our manufacturing capabilities, technical expertise, and core competencies, to drive awareness and sales within targeted industry sectors.
• Providing leadership, guidance, and instruction to the wider commercial and business teams, resulting in securing contracts and onboarding customer accounts.
• Working closely with engineering, operations, finance and quality to ensure a coordinated approach to onboarding and account retention.

You are an experienced business development or technical sales professional who understands complex engineered components and the needs of high-specification, regulated industries. You’ll be motivated by the opportunity to deliver ambitious business growth, product and market diversification.

• Proven experience in business development, sales position within Automotive, Aerospace, Defence, Motorsport, or similar precision-engineered sectors preferably working as a Tier 1 or 2 supplier.
• A track record of securing high-value contracts and developing accounts to build significant growth.
• Strong negotiation, communication and account management skills.
• The ability to understand customer technical requirements and translate them into commercially viable solutions.
• Familiarity with CRM tools and data-driven reporting.
• Flexibility to travel across the UK and Europe and to be regularly present on-site at the Company.