Business Development Associate

Business Development Associate

Location: Hemel Hempstead

Working Hours: Monday – Friday, 9am – 5:30pm; 1 hour for lunch. Total working hours: 37.5 hours

Company operates Flexible Working Times; Arrive anytime from 8:00hrs – 10:00hrs and finish any time after 16:00hrs

Salary: Dependent on experience

Start Date: As soon as possible

The Role

This is a truly unique opportunity for a highly professional smart candidate who is willing to learn & develop. You will work alongside senior management in a supportive environment where you become an integral part of our success story. You will be working at international level and be responsible for 4 or 5 existing accounts, and developing new markets.

Responsibilities will include:

• Developing professional working partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to positively influence sales potential and positioning of products.
• Maintaining strong positive relationships with existing & new business accounts.
• Developing a good commercial understanding of your international markets.
• Driving account satisfaction by fully understanding customer requirements and needs in the relevant territories, and addressing and resolving any issues that arise.
• Developing a good understanding of Cyclogest & the female health therapeutic area.
• Proactively identifying leads and obtaining new business on a global level.
• Work closely with Commercial manager to negotiate, develop & execute contracts with existing and new accounts as they arise.
• Maintaining business plans for each of your accounts.
• Accountable for hitting sales and profit targets to drive the business forward.
• Reviewing monthly sales & profitability by account.
• Staying abreast of competitor activities and look out for new opportunities.
• Developing and maintaining action plans for how accounts will achieve targets, and identifying specific actions to increase revenue.
• Developing annual business plans and forecasts with customers, which align with company targets.
• Willingness and ability to assist with ad hoc business projects as defined and directed by the management team.
• Working closely with regulatory, marketing, and logistics teams to ensure your accounts needs are met.

Requirements:

• Ideally you will be a graduate with either a science or business degree. However, this is not critical providing you are highly self-motivated, smart & willing to develop and learn at a fast pace.
• You will be account focused with the ability to develop outstanding professional relationships with all the key stake holders.
• Strong team player with the ability to work as part of a team or individually, commercially minded with the ambition to win new business and contribute to business growth.
• Demonstrable commercial and customer focused experience.
• Problem solving, and action orientated.
• Strong analytical and financial skills.
• Proven track record in negotiating & influencing to deliver agreed and measurable objectives.
• Able to adapt and manage change.
• Self-starter with a ‘positive go get’ attitude.
• Effective and persuasive communicator with excellent presentation skills.
• Account management skills that demonstrate business acumen and an innovative approach to projects & solutions that bring added value to LD Collins and other stakeholders.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Strong IT skills, with high level of proficiency in Office applications.
• Able and willing to travel internationally.
• Above all, you must be a fun loving highly driven person.

Benefits:

• 31 days’ holiday including statutory holidays, plus birthday
• Health insurance
• Company mobile and laptop
• Contributory pension scheme
• Opportunity to take ownership for your work and to make an invaluable contribution
• Opportunity to develop and excel your career within a company which is rapidly expanding.
• Support and cooperation from a close-knit team in brand new modern offices
• Opportunity to attend major international conferences
• International travel
• Be part of a dynamic fun-loving team