Vanden Recycling

Business Development Rep

• Identify, develop, and execute long-term purchase and sales agreements for post-consumer plastics
• Build strategic relationships with large key clients and industry partners
• Conduct research, outreach, networking, and market engagement across industry channels
• Enhance existing supplier and customer relationships to increase volumes and margins
• Carry out site visits to assess material suitability and quality requirements
• Actively manage commercial and operational risk in collaboration with internal teams
• Use effective negotiation strategies to overcome objections and secure deals
• Stay up-to-date on market activity, competitor movements, and pricing trends
• Share customer feedback and market insights with internal stakeholders
• Contribute to process improvements that strengthen sales operations
• Maintain accurate CRM records of all customer and supplier activity
• Produce regular market and activity reports for leadership
• Support development of standard operating procedures to improve workflow

Business Development Manager – Post-Consumer Recyclable Plastics

• Participate in putting plastic back into the circular economy, your role will be to secure diverse, stable supplies of scrap plastic commodities generated from the Waste Management and Recycling industry.
• Collaborating internally and externally in a sophisticated commodity trading role.
• Ownership of a market territory, focusing on building mutually beneficial relationships with all possible suppliers, controlling material quality by visiting and inspecting suppliers’ goods, and closing deals constantly.
• Communicating with teams across the world in the deal-making process, needing to be flexible, hungry, and collaborative.
• Issuing multiple material offers to global sales teams.
• Quality checking materials in person and assessing commercial viability prior to offering to market.