Business Development Manager

Companypladis Global

LocationChiswick, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/26/2026

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Occupation Type

Sales accounts and business development managers

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

Sponsorship Salary Threshold

£55,200 (£28.31 per hour)

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Description

Our story

Family and ideas have always been our ingredients. Our founding families believed biscuits and chocolates could bring moments of happiness to the world. Their ideas have stood the test of time. Their spirit continues to inspire our future. It’s in the care and the craft we bake into biscuits and chocolates that have been loved for generations. And it’s in the fresh ideas, the new twists, flavours and textures we add to old and new favourites.

Our 16,000 colleagues across our global network of bakers, distribution sites and offices each with their own unique, diverse experience. To bring happiness with every bite.

If you’re a part of the pladis team, you know what it means to bring it. Whether it’s or resilience, team spirit or go-getting attitude. Our courage and compassion. Our ownership. Our whole selves. We Bring it. Day in, day out.

Inspired by you

Our founders didn’t follow rules and recipes, they created them. We’re looking for fresh thinkers to help us create the next chapter for pladis.

pladis succeeds because of people like you. People who wake up in the morning excited to get to work. Who believe in themselves and their potential. Who want to grow as part of a global community of like-minded colleagues! Because growth is our oxygen and our fuel. And it’s our deep and abiding belief that growth comes from working together, helping each other out, always passionate about our purpose to bring happiness with every bite.

Our Purpose

Bring happiness with every bite!

It’s a purpose that every one of our colleagues, all around the world believes in. And while we’re all unique, we also share the same values.

Each of our values is important on its own. In combination they’re incredibly powerful.

Our values have deep personal meaning to us. They’re part of who we are and what we stand for as an employer.

Living our pladis values is a key part of success, look out for questions in your interview that link to these key pladis values.

Role Title: Business Development Manager

What will this role achieve?

At pladis, you get the chance to fast-track your career, to do things bigger, better and faster and be a member of a leading sales team where challenging the norm is good…...…and yes you may have heard we even broke a World Record!

pladis is the top tier Biscuit manufacturer with three nationally loved brands; McVities, Jacobs and Go Ahead; and annual revenue of £667m. We are the 9th biggest FMCG company and 3rd fastest growing (source Kantar) in the UK

The hard-working UK Sales Team at pladis employs approximately 150 people across functions including account management, category management and customer marketing. The Team coordinates the delivery of the commercial budgets across the UK, split into three channels: Grocery; Convenience & Impulse; and Discounters.

The Business Development Manager will have full ownership of directly managing a portfolio of customers within the Convenience Channel

What will be your key deliverables?

Management of Customer Relationships - you will be the main point of contact for buyers across a number of managed convenience customers. This will provide excellent experience across a wide number of Buying styles.
Financial Rigor - You will have full P&L responsibility for your accounts. We need you to be on top of your game liaising with Supply Chain, Care, CDS and Customers to forecast and hit your call.
Team Working – The role provides great opportunity to work cross functionally. We will need you to work with key partnering functions, including Finance, NRM, Supply Chain, Category, Shopper and Marketing to deliver the business KPI’s.

Business Building – We need you to develop and deliver annual strategic account plans for your customers to deliver customer, category and brand objectives. You will need to work with your customers to build and implement promotional plans and be able to respond proactively to a changing environment

Bring your experience.

Essential

Extensive experience in a customer facing role
Working autonomously and as part of a team towards business set targets
Strong problem solving and solution orientated
Commercial ability
Excellent Excel, PowerPoint & presentation skills
A colleague who has a collaborative nature, an inquisitive mind and shows passion and drive.

Desirable

FMCG experience
Good understanding of joint business planning
Category Management experience

Our Values

Purpose led – We’re energised and guided by our purpose to bring happiness with every bite

Agile – We’re ever evolving, we never stand still, always improving for our customers and our consumers.

Positive – We’re highly motivated optimistic, courageous, and we inspire each other to be better

Resilient - We’re persistent in the face of setbacks, quick to adapt, learn and move forward

Collaborative – We gain strength from operating as one pladis, winning and succeeding together

Best mix of ingredients

pladis is an equal opportunities employer, like every great recipe we’re a thoughtful mix. A happy and inclusive place to work that’s as diverse as our consumers and the communities we support, live and work in, all around the world. Where every voice is heard, and difference.

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.

We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.