£28,000 to £32,000 per year, plus Bonus/OTE & Benefits
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Location: Heywood Distribution Park
Sector: Packaging Distribution & Solutions
Disability Confident: No
Closing Date: 15/06/2026
About this job
Business Development Coordinator – Support a high-growth new business sales team within a market-leading packaging business. Our commitment to customer satisfaction, sustainability and continual improvement creates a highly collaborative, supportive and friendly workplace where you can build a career that grows.
With over 75 years of industry expertise, we combine the stability of an established market leader with the pace and ambition of a company focused on continual growth. Our environment is fast-moving, commercially driven and highly customer-focused, offering genuine opportunities for development and progression.
If you enjoy working proactively, thrive in a sales-led environment, and want to be part of a team focused on winning and growing business, this could be an excellent opportunity for you.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the Business Development Managers with day‑to‑day sales activity, pipeline management and territory planning.
* Proactively contact prospective, dormant and under‑utilised accounts to identify sales opportunities and generate customer engagement.
* Follow up quotations, enquiries, marketing leads and sales campaigns to maximise conversion opportunities.
* Utilise CRM (Microsoft Dynamics) to accurately manage customer records, opportunities, pipeline activity and reporting.
* Process customer orders and enquiries accurately and efficiently whilst maintaining excellent levels of customer service.
* Work collaboratively with procurement and logistics teams to ensure smooth order fulfilment and customer satisfaction.
* Support account development activity through proactive communication and relationship management.
* Assist in identifying opportunities for up‑selling and cross‑selling across the wider product portfolio.
* Maintain strong administrative accuracy across all aspects of the sales process.
What You Will Bring – Essential
* Minimum of 12 months’ experience within a sales/business development coordination, internal sales, customer account management or sales support role.
* Experience working within a proactive sales environment involving outbound customer contact and opportunity generation.
* Confident telephone manner with experience handling both inbound enquiries and outbound customer calls.
* Strong communication and relationship‑building skills with a professional and engaging approach.
* Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
* Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and CRM systems.
* Positive, team‑oriented approach with strong attention to detail and commercial awareness.
Desirable
* Previous experience supporting field‑based Business Development Managers or external sales teams.
* Experience working within packaging, distribution, wholesale or other fast‑paced consumable product sectorsli>Familiarity with Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
* Experience supporting new business activity, account reactivation campaigns or lead generation initiatives.
What You Will Get
* Competitive salary alongside a rewarding bonus structure and flexible benefits package, which can include 25 days annual leave (rising to 27 with service) plus all public/bank holidays.
* Contributory pension scheme.
* Employee assistance programme to support wellbeing.
* Extensive training and development opportunities.
* Simply Health/Dental or BUPA options (role dependent).
* Enhanced HR policies and long‑service awards.
* Charitable giving options.
* Financial support with eye tests and glasses (DSE users).
* EE mobile discount scheme.
Your Future With Us
This role offers excellent long‑term development opportunities within sales, account management and commercial operations. You’ll benefit from structured training, ongoing mentoring and access to both internal and external development programmes designed to help you grow your career within a successful national business.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, gender expression, religion or Should you require any support or adjustments during the recruitment process, please email our recruitment team directly.
No recruitment agencies please.
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