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Business Development Manager at MCS Group

Position Business Development Manager
Posted 16 Jul 2026
Expired 15 Aug 2026
Company MCS Group
Location United Kingdom | GB
Job Type Full Time

Job Description:

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MCS Group are delighted to be partnering with a leading and highly successful food manufacturing business to recruit a Business Development & Account Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established organisation with a strong reputation across retail, food manufacturing, and food service sectors, supplying a diverse range of fresh and prepared food products throughout the UK and Ireland.

The business continues to invest in growth, innovation, and product development. This role will play a key part in driving that growth, particularly within the ready meal manufacturing and cooked food sectors.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Drive new business growth within the food manufacturing sector, with a particular focus on ready meal producers and bulk ingredient customers
  • Identify, develop, and secure new customer opportunities while expanding revenue streams within existing accounts
  • Manage and develop relationships with two key strategic accounts, ensuring exceptional service and long-term partnership growth
  • Work closely with internal teams including NPD, Procurement and Production to deliver innovative solutions and customer-focused outcomes
  • Attend customer meetings, industry events, and benchmarking visits to identify emerging market opportunities and industry trends
  • Collaborate across departments through regular operational meetings to align customer demand, production capacity, and new product opportunities
  • Develop a strong understanding of customer requirements and market dynamics within fast-paced food manufacturing environments
  • Contribute directly to the company's ambitious growth strategy through a combination of proactive business development and effective account management
  • Occasionally travel throughout the UK as required to support customer relationships and business development activity

Essential Criteria

  • Minimum of 5 years' experience within a sales, business development, account management, or commercial role
  • Proven track record of winning new business and delivering sustainable revenue growth
  • Experience within the foodservice industry
  • Strong understanding of short shelf-life products and the commercial and operational challenges associated with them
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively with multiple internal stakeholders and departments
  • Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify and convert growth opportunities
  • Full driving licence and willingness to travel as required

Desirable Criteria

  • Experience selling into food manufacturing, ready meal production, prepared foods, or food service sectors
  • Knowledge of chilled, fresh, or short shelf-life food categories
  • Experience managing key customer accounts alongside new business development responsibilities
  • Established network within the UK and Irish food manufacturing market

What's On Offer

  • Base salary of up to £55,000
  • Annual performance-related bonus of up to £5,000
  • Company car or car allowance
  • Opportunity to join a growing business with significant investment and ambitious expansion plans
  • Exposure to some of the largest food manufacturing and food service customers across the UK and Ireland
  • Collaborative, team-oriented culture with excellent staff retention
  • Long-term career development opportunities

How To Apply

  • To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up to date CV via the link provided or contact Charlie Plant, Associate Specialist Consultant at MCS Group on .
  • Even if this position is not right for you, we may have others that are. Please visit MCS Group to view a wide selection of our current jobs
  • MCS Group is committed to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion for all, being the first recruitment agency in NI to achieve Bronze Diversity Mark accreditation, if you have a disability which means you require a reasonable adjustment to be considered at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us and we will endeavour to facilitate the request.
  • Not all agencies are the sameMCS Group are passionate about providing a first-class service to all our customers and have an independent review rating of 4.9 stars on Google.


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Job Info:

  • Company: MCS Group
  • Position: Business Development Manager
  • Work Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: GB

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