Sampl

Senior Business Development Manager

Sampl

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Brighton • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Build and develop relationships with prospective clients
  • Identify, manage and close new business opportunities
  • Engage multiple stakeholders across brand, marketing and insights teams
  • Develop strong understanding of client objectives, audiences and challenges
  • Create and present compelling proposals and commercial cases
  • Manage opportunities from discovery through to commitment
  • Lead negotiations and secure long-term partnerships
  • Introduce new ideas and solutions, confidently handling objections
  • Support client onboarding alongside the Campaign Management team
  • Stay informed on industry trends and market dynamics
  • Maintain accurate pipeline management and forecasting

Requirements

  • Proven experience in B2B new business or business development
  • Strong consultative sales approach with multi-stakeholder deals
  • Experience selling into CPG/FMCG or marketing-related environments
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Strong negotiation skills and commercial awareness
  • Ability to work independently and manage time effectively
  • Experience in sampling, retail media, MarTech or digital marketing (Desirable)
  • Understanding of CPG brand structures and marketing strategies (Desirable)
  • French or German language skills (Desirable)
Benefits
  • - Competitive base salary + uncapped performance bonus tied to growth targets
  • - EMI share options
  • - Flexible hybrid working (2+ days/week in Brighton)
  • - Pension scheme
  • - Private healthcare & wellbeing package
  • - Generous holiday allowance, including year-end shutdown
  • - Regular team socials and supportive, high-energy culture
  • - Opportunities for international exposure as we expand

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
B2B business developmentconsultative salespipeline managementforecastingsamplingretail mediaMarTechdigital marketingCPG brand structuresmarketing strategies
Soft skills
relationship buildingnegotiationcommunicationpresentationtime managementindependencestakeholder engagementobjection handlingcommercial awarenessproblem solving