Export Business Development Manager

Brand new Export sales opportunity for a leading supplier of gate & door automationGrowth position showing our client's commitment to developing the businessAutonomous role - strategic new business approach50%+ international travel Consultative approach - adding value to customer journey throughoutNew bonus scheme for 2024 to boost earning potentialCareer to be had for those that want it Export Business Development ManagerThe Role: Our client is recruiting for a brand new Export Business Development Manager. You will be selling a range of motors & controls which are used to ensure industrial doors, gates & barriers operate safely and securely - either sold direct to OEMs & Fabricators of gates & barriers or into end users using them as retrofit or repair parts. These automation products provide solutions within domestic, commercial, and some agricultural settings making no two customers the same. In addition, there is huge growth potential within the interior blinds market which provides an exciting new business element to this position.The Export Business Development Manager will have full autonomy on the new business approach here. Your role will be to strategically map the markets across different global regions, put together a plan of attack, and execute that plan through face to face visits (50%+ travel) and activity from the UK. Our client have customers in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa right now but this role is for you to come in, understand where the opportunity is to target, and effectively go after it. A very exciting, and autonomous position.The Company: Part of a larger group, our client are a British manufacturer & supplier of motion & control automation systems who are long-established and well regarded in the sector. They have a brilliant philosophy and are an organisation who genuinely live & breath their core values. They invest in to their people with training, have excellent retention across the board, and have plans to keep expanding.We are looking for individuals who meet the following criteria:Have an Export &/or International sales backgroundA strategic new business approach, understanding of global marketsUnderstand solution selling conceptsAble to travel internationally 50%+ of the timeA working knowledge of different cultures & ways of sellingWorking in a Team environment before is keySalary: Competitive Basic Salary + Bonus & Commission scheme (uncapped), Negotiable car allowance, Pension, Laptop, Mobile, 25 days' holiday + stats, all expenses covered.Candidate Location: ManchesterDesired Skills and Experience We are looking for individuals who meet the following criteria:* Have an Export &/or International sales background* A strategic new business approach, understanding of global markets* Understand solution selling concepts* Able to travel internationally 50%+ of the time* A working knowledge of different cultures & ways of selling* Working in a Team environment before is key