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Business Development Manager
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Business Development Manager – Professional Hair & Beauty
Established Territory | Account Growth & New Business
Are you a commercially driven sales professional who knows the professional hair or beauty industry and loves building strong, long-term customer relationships?
We’re working confidentially with an established professional hair brand to recruit a Business Development Manager for a key territory covering Liverpool, Chester, the Wirral and Blackpool.
The Opportunity
This is a true territory management role combining account development, relationship building and new business acquisition.
- You’ll inherit a portfolio of existing salon accounts and be responsible for strengthening those relationships, identifying opportunities to increase sales and ensuring customers are getting maximum value from the brand and its product portfolio.
- Alongside developing existing business, you’ll have the freedom and responsibility to identify, approach and win new salon partners across the territory.
- You’ll be visible in your area, building genuine relationships with salon owners, decision-makers and industry professionals while representing a respected name within the professional hair market.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Managing and developing an established portfolio of salon accounts across the territory.
- Building strong, commercially focused relationships with existing customers.
- Identifying opportunities to increase product penetration, customer spend and account value.
- Proactively prospecting, approaching and winning new salon business.
- Developing a strong pipeline of opportunities and managing the full sales journey from initial contact through to account opening.
- Planning your territory effectively to maximise customer contact, sales opportunities and growth.
- Delivering product presentations and confidently communicating the value of the brand and its portfolio.
- Working closely with education, marketing and internal teams to support customers and drive territory performance.
- Keeping up to date with market trends, competitor activity and opportunities within the professional hair and beauty sector.
- Taking genuine ownership of your territory and consistently working towards ambitious sales targets.
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About You
We’re looking for someone who is confident, commercially minded and comfortable taking ownership of a territory.
Ideally, you’ll already have experience within the professional hair, beauty, salon or related industry, whether that’s in field sales, business development, account management or a commercially focused role within the sector.
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You’ll be someone who enjoys being out in the field, meeting customers, opening doors and developing relationships.
You should be:
- A confident relationship builder who can communicate effectively with salon owners and decision-makers.
- Commercially focused, with the ability to spot opportunities and turn them into sales.
- Comfortable managing existing accounts while maintaining a strong focus on winning new business.
- Proactive, resilient and motivated by achieving results.
- Highly organised and capable of planning and managing a geographically varied territory.
- Credible and professional when representing a premium brand.
- Passionate about the professional hair and beauty industry.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
You’ll be joining an established business with a recognised presence in the professional hair market and taking responsibility for a territory that already has a solid customer base.
The opportunity is to build on those foundations, develop stronger partnerships, win new customers and make the territory your own.
For someone who enjoys autonomy, relationship-led selling and the challenge of growing a successful sales area, this is a role where you can have a genuine commercial impact.
To find out more, apply in confidence or get in touch for a confidential conversation.
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