Business Development Manager

Experience level: mid senior level.

This is a new business role first and foremost. You'll spend your time:

• Opening new accounts across distribution, manufacturing and merchant businesses

• Building and driving a pipeline of qualified new business opportunities

• Winning new supply agreements and specification opportunities for our decorative and melamine faced ranges

• Building senior relationships with buyers and decision-makers

• Representing KronoDesign at industry events and exhibitions

• Keeping a finger on the pulse of the decorative panels market and feeding insight back into the business

• A proven new business hunter with a track record of opening accounts and hitting growth targets

• Experience selling into distribution, manufacturing and/or merchant channels

• Background in panel products, decorative surfaces, timber, building materials or a related trade sector (melamine/panel experience is a big plus)

• Confident negotiator, comfortable at senior buyer level

• Self-starter who is organised, resilient and energised by the chase of new business

• Full, clean driving licence and willingness to travel

• Competitive base salary with a performance-related bonus tied to new business growth

• Car allowance

• The backing of a market-leading manufacturer and an extensive decorative range

• Genuine autonomy to build and own your territory

• A supportive team and clear route for career progression within KronoDesign

Apply today via the application link or email your CV to [email protected]

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Do you love the thrill of opening a new account and turning a cold introduction into a long-term customer? Kronospan is looking for a driven, relationship-building Business Development Manager to grow our KronoDesign portfolio across distribution, manufacturing and merchant customers.

Kronospan is one of the world's largest manufacturers of wood-based panels and decorative surfaces. Our melamine faced boards, HPL, compact and lacquered panels are used every day in furniture, interiors and construction projects around the globe. This is your chance to represent a genuinely market-leading product range, with the backing and resource of a global manufacturer, while having real ownership of your own new business pipeline.