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Business Development Manager
Business Development Manager
Location: Woking, Camberley, Southampton and surrounding areas
Contract: Full time, Permanent
Salary: £28,000 to £30,500 per annum + up to 20% bonus opportunity
Hours: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
About the Role
Excited by the challenge of building something new and making it thrive? Have the drive to identify opportunities, open doors, and grow relationships that last? Are you a dynamic, entrepreneurial individual ready to lead the charge in growing our presence in the wholesale channel?
Powerforce, a leading FMCG industry agency, is offering you the chance to step into a Business Development Manager role representing Nestlé, a world-renowned FMCG brand. This isn’t just about maintaining a territory—you’ll take total ownership of the wholesale channel and join a top-performing team from day one.
Your 2026 Roadmap: What You’ll Be Achieving
As the full-time Business Development Manager for the key areas of Woking, Camberley, Southampton, and surrounding regions, you’ll be the face of Nestlé in the wholesale environment. Your mission is clear:
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Enhance Brand Visibility: Ensure Nestlé brands are front, centre, and impossible to miss when a customer walks into a depot.
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Build Strategic Partnerships: Become a trusted advisor to depot managers and stakeholders. Go beyond being a vendor—position yourself as their go-to expert for category growth and promotional planning.
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Drive Data-Informed Growth: Utilise sophisticated market insights and sales data to identify untapped opportunities. Pitch, negotiate, and close high-quality agreements that guarantee product availability and strained placement in depots.
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Lead High-Impact Activation: Champion high-energy activation days and trade events. Head the New Product Development (NPD) launches, securing eye-catching secondary displays that capture customer attention.
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Set the Gold Standard for Compliance: Audit compliance rigorously and set up best-in-class displays. Use before-and-after reporting to highlight your impact to the wider leadership team.
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Manage Diverse Retail Channels: Navigate an extensive territory encompassing depots, cash & carries, multi-site retailers, and virtual warehouses.
What We Offer
- Leave: 21 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Employee Support: Medicash
- Retirement: Enhanced pension scheme
- Life Security: Life insurance cover
- Travel Incentives: Cycle to Work scheme
- Work-Life Balance: Perkbox and a Taste Card for rewarded meal breaks
What We’re Looking For
You’re ready to hit the ground running in January. Are you:
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A Master Communicator? Can command attention in any setting – whether walking through a depot or engaging high-level stakeholders – with confidence and professional charm?
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Sales-Savvy with a Closer Mindset? Ideally with experience in FMCG, wholesale, or retail, but more importantly – a results-driven mindset where closing deals is second nature.
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Resilient & Target-Driven? If you never back down from a challenge or create solutions to overcome obstacles, this role is for you.
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Mobility Certifiable? Need a full UK driving license (held for at least 12 months) to manage your territory effectively?
Powerforce is anticipating an overwhelming number of applicants. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, so if you're thrilled by the prospect of leaving a routine job behind for a fast-paced sales management career with Nestlé in the wholesale channel, act fast!
Why Join Us?
Join the Award-Winning Team at Powerforce! At Powerforce, our people and customers are at the core of everything we do. We’re recognised globally for fostering a fantastic workplace culture, allowing ambitious individuals to thrive.
- Great Place to Work: #9 in the UK for Large Organisations (8 years ranked consecutively).
- Award-Winning Excellence: Consistently a top FMBE lauded agency, securing Agency of the Year and Team of the Year in the last two years.
- Values-Driven Culture:
- Make it yours
- Build relationships that last
- Strive for growth
- Inclusion & Belonging: A welcome, safe, and empowering environment where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential.
Apply now and become an integral part of a culture where individuality is celebrated, and every contribution makes a real difference. Start your journey today!
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