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Role Type
Permanent
What you'll be doing:
At Avon, we're looking for a commercially driven Business Development Manager to help accelerate the growth of our Contract Manufacturing business. In this role, you'll be responsible for identifying and winning new co-manufacturing clients, guiding them through onboarding, and supporting the successful ramp-up of production programs. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you'll transform strategic opportunities into long-term commercial partnerships, ensuring a seamless client experience while delivering sustainable revenue and volume growth. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, driving business development, and bringing complex projects to life in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Key responsibilities:
Identifying, prospecting, and engaging potential co-manufacturing clients aligned with Avon’s Contract Manufacturing strategy and value proposition.
Building and managing a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities to support continuous business growth.
Converting prospects into signed contracts and delivering against client acquisition, revenue, and production volume targets.
Managing the end-to-end onboarding process for new clients, from contract signature through to stable production.
Coordinating onboarding activities across multiple functions, including Marketing, R&D, Sourcing, Planning, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, and Finance.
Driving production ramp-up and supporting clients in achieving agreed volume milestones.
Identifying opportunities to expand product portfolios, categories, and production volumes within existing manufacturing partnerships.
Acting as the primary point of contact for clients during onboarding and the early stages of production.
Building trusted client relationships and ensuring a high standard of customer experience and satisfaction.
Supporting the negotiation and execution of commercial agreements in partnership with the Business Development Lead.
Ensuring commercial commitments are translated into operationally viable and financially sustainable implementation plans.
Monitoring and reporting on key performance metrics, including client acquisition, revenue growth, production volumes, margins, and retention.
Providing insights into pipeline performance, conversion rates, forecasting, and capacity requirements.
Staying informed about industry trends, emerging brands, competitor activity, and market opportunities to support future growth.
Identifying, prospecting, and engaging potential co-manufacturing clients aligned with Avon’s Contract Manufacturing strategy and value proposition.
Building and managing a strong pipeline of qualified opportunities to support continuous business growth.
Converting prospects into signed contracts and delivering against client acquisition, revenue, and production volume targets.
Managing the end-to-end onboarding process for new clients, from contract signature through to stable production.
Coordinating onboarding activities across multiple functions, including Marketing, R&D, Sourcing, Planning, Manufacturing, Regulatory Affairs, and Finance.
Driving production ramp-up and supporting clients in achieving agreed volume milestones.
Identifying opportunities to expand product portfolios, categories, and production volumes within existing manufacturing partnerships.
Acting as the primary point of contact for clients during onboarding and the early stages of production.
Building trusted client relationships and ensuring a high standard of customer experience and…