- Exciting New Business Leadership Role
- Exciting Opportunity with Major Retail and Wholesale Business
About Our Client
My client is a Leading Retail and Wholesale Business offering a differentiated partnership proposition combining national scale, strong buying power, and proven retail expertise.
Job Description The Role
As a senior leader within the Business Development function, you will:
- Own and deliver a robust pipeline of strategically aligned, multi-site corporate acquisition opportunities.
- Lead high-value negotiations with major corporate customers, acting as a credible and influential senior ambassador for the business.
- Design and implement acquisition strategies that deliver significant commercial value and brand expansion.
- Coordinate activity across the new business team to ensure effective market coverage, segmentation, and prioritisation.
- Work cross-functionally to ensure operational readiness and seamless onboarding of new customers.
- Continuously improve pitch quality and win rates through market insight, customer feedback, and best practice.
- Contribute to the evolution of the wider new business strategy and organisational capability.
You will also have line management responsibility for a senior new business manager and will operate with a high degree of autonomy within agreed strategic frameworks.
The Successful Applicant
You will be a strategic, commercially astute business development professional with a strong track record of winning complex, high-value corporate contracts. You will bring:
- Proven experience in senior-level corporate acquisition and stakeholder management.
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to prioritise opportunities for maximum impact.
- Exceptional communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
- The ability to lead, coordinate, and inspire others, even in matrix or individual contributor settings.
- A collaborative mindset, with a focus on shared success and inclusive leadership.
- High levels of personal accountability, adaptability, and resilience.
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary
- Car allowance
- Career growth opportunities.
- Work within a large organisation in the retail industry.
- Supportive and professional company culture.