Job Title: Business Development Manager
Location: Field-based, Scotland and the North of England region
Salary: £50,000 per year (inc 10% bonus after 12 months)
Job type: Permanent, Full-time
Start date: Immediate.
Role
Christeyns Professional Hygiene is seeking a Business Development Manager to join our national sales team. This role offers an exciting opportunity to drive business growth while supporting national account activity across the Christeyns Professional Hygiene Group – a family-owned business operating across multiple sectors worldwide.
As a key member of the team, you will play a crucial role in expanding our customer base, developing strategic partnerships, and promoting our industry-leading hygiene solutions across your designated territory.
Main Duties
- Generate new business opportunities and secure contracts across the UK.
- Identify sales opportunities and achieve targets aligned with Christeyns Professional Hygiene's strategic objectives.
- Effectively manage the prospect pipeline, ensuring consistent and timely follow‑up.
- Prepare bespoke, sustainable, and commercially profitable business proposals tailored to customer requirements.
- Lead large‑scale Professional Hygiene Group tender projects.
- Deliver compelling company presentations to prospective clients at all levels, including senior management and directors.
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of the marketplace, with a focus on efficiency, cost‑effectiveness, and customer care.
- Contribute to the company's continued success through effective leadership and collaboration.
- Communicate effectively at all levels, both nationally and internationally when required.
- Deliver consistent year‑on‑year sales growth.
- Work closely with colleagues to retain and develop existing business relationships.
Essential Criteria
- Ability to travel throughout the UK, with occasional European travel and overnight stays.
- Proven track record in business development, sales, or account management within the Professional Hygiene industry or a related sector, with a good understanding of OPL.
- Experience identifying, developing, and securing new business opportunities and contracts.
- Demonstrated ability to achieve and exceed sales targets.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with confidence presenting to senior management and directors.
- Sound understanding of market trends, customer requirements, and commercially effective solutions.
- Ability to work independently while contributing to the wider sales and business development strategy.
- Proven experience building and maintaining strong client relationships.
- Strong IT proficiency, including CRM systems, Microsoft Office, and digital reporting and presentation tools.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Self‑motivated, proactive, and a flexible team player.
- Willingness and ability to learn new skills and adapt to changing business needs.
Desirable Criteria
- Knowledge of UK professional hygiene distributor market is desirable.
