Sales & Business Development Manager

Vacancy No 5353

Job Title SALES & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Location NATIONAL UK

PLEASE NOTE : THIS IS A FIELD-BASED TECHNICAL SALES ROLE, AND WHILE THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WOULD BE BASED IN THE MIDLANDS REGION, MY CLIENT IS OPEN TO CONSIDERING STRONG TECHNICALLY MINDED SALES PROFESSIONALS FROM OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UK, PROVIDED THEY ARE WILLING TO TRAVEL NATIONALLY AS REQUIRED.

Job Description

Are you a strategic, technically capable sales professional with experience in defence, energetic materials, or high specification engineered solutions?

We’re exclusively representing a forward-thinking, fast-scaling UK manufacturer of energetic materials and pyrotechnic defence systems solutions as they look to strengthen their UK and international market presence with a new, high-impact commercial hire.

This is a rare opportunity to join a globally backed specialist where your voice will shape strategy, your expertise will unlock new revenue, and your success will directly influence critical national and international programmes.

This isn’t just another sales role, it’s a pivotal commercial appointment at a business making tangible impact in defence, national security and life-critical safety systems.

If you’re driven by purpose, confident navigating technical complexity and ready to step into a role that blends autonomy with influence, we want to hear from you.

The Company

My clients operate from a secure facility in the Midlands and engineers and manufactures advanced energetic systems that support MOD, defence contractors, law enforcement, and public safety bodies. Backed by an international group, they offer the agility of a specialist SME with the infrastructure of a global brand.

Product Portfolio Includes :

• Military-grade initiators, rocket motors, and gas generators
• Advanced pyrotechnic actuators and cable cutters
• Custom-formulated energetic materials for specialist applications
• Blast-mitigation and explosive containment solutions

As part of a larger group, they benefit from a global reputation, world-class R&D, and access to Tier 1 international defence contracts.

The Role

As Sales & Business Development Manager, you’ll drive commercial growth through strategic targeting, solution-led selling, and deep stakeholder engagement. This role sits at the intersection of technical expertise and commercial leadership, and will see you :

Key Responsibilities

As a Sales and Business Development Manager, your core responsibilities will include :

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required – ESSENTIAL

Desirable : Background in M&E construction products, specialist defence equipment or safety-critical industrial solutions

Desirable : Hold a qualification in an engineering-based subject or BSC / Degree in Engineering

Person Specification | Candidate Profile

Energetic and self-starting, with a consultative, problem-solving mindset

Comfortable owning both sales strategy and hands-on client delivery

Natural relationship builder with excellent written and verbal communication

Capable of working cross-functionally with technical teams

Commercially aware with a solid grasp of margins, value creation, and growth levers

Positive, professional, and persistent trusted by clients and respected by colleagues

In the event of further security cleared contracts, my client we require the candidate to be a UK National to be able to obtain UK Security Check clearance.

SALARY & BENEFITS

HIGH BASIC SALARY (UP TO £70,000) + CAR ALLOWANCE (TBD) + 20% BONUS PACKAGE + PENSION + MOBILE + LAPTOP + 25 DAYS HOLIDAY + FULL PRODUCT TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES