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Aerospace & Defence Flexible Location – site based or hybrid with travel to site in south Wales as required Attractive Base, Uncapped Bonus & Benefits Our client, part of a highly successful international parent has been at the forefront of design, manufacturing and technology for an innovative and diverse range of products to worldwide customers within the demanding Aerospace and Defence sector. As a result of rapid growth, they are seeking an ambitious business development professional who will assume responsibility for delivering sales growth within their portfolio which includes aerial delivery, personal parachute and naval protection systems. It is anticipated that the appointee will assigned to a specific business unit. Reporting to a Business Unit Manager, you will develop commercial strategies that support the company’s planned growth by developing new strategies and routes to market that will enhance margin and profitability whilst still proving exceptional value to the user community and the customer base. This will require the undertaking of wide ranging “pro-active” business development activities with a core emphasis on establishing, developing, promoting and positioning the activities of the business in order to achieve new international sales for the business unit. The Role: • Develop a “winning strategy” for achieving new international sales by identifying, developing, negotiating and closing new business opportunities in order to generate profitable new business, • Play a leading “outward facing” role in developing new routes to market, including the collaborative opportunities that could be available with intermediaries, aerospace & defence primes and relevant users of military platforms, • Manage existing and new business relationships with customers, users and partners; in order to secure growth opportunities, • Travel regularly across core international markets, assist customers to shape their requirements in order to develop a strong position for winning new and lasting business, • Be involved in all steps of new business capture including identification of user needs, opportunity assessment, product positioning and closing negotiation, • Drive added value to the customer offering, including the identification of all opportunities for the provision of a wide range of services and through life support, • Work closely with an established network of agents to increase visibility, “grass roots” market intelligence, support commercial activities and validated opportunities, • Build on the company’s competencies, brand and expertise in the Defence Aerospace market to continue to seek new opportunities that generate profitable new business, • Review the market and competition, gather intelligence to facilitate the development of new products, services and solutions, • Keep updated with customer procurement and replenishment cycles; liaise with the user community, draw upon the vast technical expertise and resources available within the business to evolve the product offering, but without losing sight of the need to win new business, • Support the engineering team with the development of new ideas and concepts to meet current and future customer needs, • Produce and maintain an accurate list of prospects and opportunities; regularly contributing to the updating of sales forecasts and booking plans, • Provide support to the Business Unit Manager, take pro-active ownership of the sales business development of the portfolio including identifying key milestones and capture plans to involve, drive and communicate with the supporting team, • Attend at military trials, defence trade shows, conferences & PR events as required The Person: • Strong ethical and moral compass: able to work across functions within a non-political, open and honest business culture that has an overarching commitment towards “value creation”, • A strong track record of success in International Business Development gained from within a Military Aerospace & Defence related environment, • An exceptional current / ex-military (PJI/JADTEU), well networked user with a strong understanding of troop parachutes would also be considered, although it would be advantageous if some success in a commercial/ business development role has already been obtained., • Able to identify, develop, negotiate, capture and close opportunities in order to generate profitable new business, • Degree qualified in a business, marketing or engineering discipline, you may also now be an ambitious business development professional with a “hunter/go-getting” approach who is now ready for a new challenge and the “next step up”, • An understanding of the complex procurement process that nations adopt within a defence environment, • Able to work pro-actively within in a fun, close knit, agile, highly responsive team based environment that specialises in low volume, highly complex products with long lead times, • Be self-sufficient and able to quickly grasp technical knowledge of the company’s products – “in house” expertise which can be drawn upon as required, • Experience of managing of overseas agents/ representatives: - display cultural sensitivity, • Strong presentation, financial & commercial skills and have a natural flair for developing strong customer relationships, combined with the intellect to understand their current and future needs, • Able to understand wider market opportunities, competitors, technologies and trends, • Strong commercial understanding of customer budget plans, procurement process, bid management, contractual terms, pricing and gross margin analysis, • Able to generate the respect of others whilst remaining focused on “winning business”, • Familiar with a formal sales operating process which also captures and develops emerging opportunities into defined and qualified prospects, • A strong influencer who can demonstrate attention to detail and display a logical and disciplined determination to capture new business, • Able to prioritise information:- ensure internal colleagues and the customer is always up to date, • Key personal attributes sought include, drive, determination, team work, creativity, good communication skills and a winning mentality, • An accomplished negotiator, who is responsive to the needs of customers, can close business and adhere to high ethics and codes of conduct, • Proficient in the use of MS Office tools, • A willingness and ability to travel within the UK and overseas (Europe, Asia Pacific, MENA), sometimes at short notice, • Hold or be able to hold UK Security Clearance

About Wealthify Wealthify is an ambitious, multi-award-winning online investment company located in Cardiff, Wales. We’re here to inspire anyone to build their future wealth, and we do this by making investing easy, affordable, and accessible. We want to inspire as many people to invest as possible. We’re rapidly growing, and so we’re hiring talented people who are purpose driven and want to use and develop their skills to deliver an awesome experience to our customers. Our team is engaging, inquisitive, and inclusive, reflecting many different beliefs and backgrounds. We welcome people who can bring diversity to our team, and work towards a shared goal to deliver an exceptional investment experience. Your Role: As part of Wealthify’s award-winning Product Team, reporting to the Head of Product & Platform, you’ll play a key role in delivering the development of Wealthify’s core platform. Collaborating with Customer Service, Cash and Investment Operations, Investment Management and Software Engineering professionals, you’ll take ownership of delivering some of the most critical projects at Wealthify – new integrations, new microservices, automations and improvements to the investments service we offer customers. This role is an opportunity to grow a highly efficient high scale platform, innovating investment management for hundreds of thousands of Customers. Your responsibilities include: • Identifying opportunities to improve the service-led architecture of our core platform, improving scalability and resilience., • Owning and prioritising the platform product roadmap, developing and refining backlogs, and ensuring alignment with customer and business value., • Evaluating and managing all platform change requests and developing business cases for platform initiatives to support prioritisation decisions and demonstrate ROI., • Defining KPIs and success metrics for these roadmap items to measure impact and value delivery., • Acting as the key point of contact for platform stakeholders, managing stakeholder expectations and updates, and facilitating monthly roadmap review meetings with senior leadership teams., • Managing stakeholder relationships across the business and collaborating with teams in Customer Service, Investments and Operations to develop innovative automations to improve customer experience and reduce operational toil., • Creating technical specifications, as-is and to-be process maps, and UML diagrams to define solutions for complex platform challenges., • Breaking down large-scale platform changes into small, testable increments, balancing scope and trade-offs to maintain delivery momentum., • Incorporating AI tools into processes to improve efficiency, decision-making, and overall product outcomes., • Managing JIRA administration including epic & story creation, task breakdown, sprint planning, and backlog refinement, and JIRA timeline., • Leading 3 amigos, refinement, estimation and planning sessions to ensure the team has tasks to work on that are well-defined, estimated, and ready for development, aiming to refine 3 sprints ahead., • Organizing and facilitating quarterly in-person planning days with the squad to align on priorities and objectives., • Leveraging data to assess platform performance and identify areas for improvement. You’ll oversee a critical portfolio, supporting our Stocks and Shares (SIPP, GIA, ISA, JISA) and Cash products, focusing on integrations, automations and efficiency. This involves working together to develop elegant solutions to tough problems, having a vision for efficiency, and a plan to deliver. In a small but ambitious team, a passion for delivering simple solutions to complex problems is essential. Skills We’re Looking For: We value simplicity, communication, teamwork, trust, and confidence. To thrive in this role, you’ll need: • Proven experience in a similar platform development role as a product or platform owner or as a senior technical business analyst., • An organised and detail-oriented mindset, with experience of managing the delivery of complex workstreams and identifying and managing dependencies across multiple teams and systems., • Experience with microservices architecture, API design, and system-to-system integrations including API specifications and testing., • Experience creating technical specifications, as-is and to-be process maps, and UML diagrams., • Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to document and explain complex requirements at varying levels of technical detail - from high-level business context for non-technical stakeholders to detailed technical specifications for development teams., • Proficiency with SQL and database design principles., • Experience managing user stories, epics, and tasks in an Agile/Scrum environment using JIRA., • Ability to break down complex technical requirements into detailed, testable increments., • Strong stakeholder management skills with experience presenting to senior leadership and ability to produce visual materials such as slide decks, diagrams and timelines for stakeholder meetings., • Experience developing business cases and defining KPIs to measure success., • Detailed understanding of how financial products and the systems that support them work., • Experience in regulated industries, ideally financial services., • Strong facilitation skills for refinement sessions, planning meetings, and workshops, • Experience with third-party integrations and vendor collaboration., • Proficiency with modern product tools (e.g., JIRA, Miro, Confluence, Visio). What Else We Value: • Enthusiasm for running workshops to solve problems, map process flows, or optimise processes., • Knowledge of investment operations processes including managing payment flows for deposits and withdrawals, maintaining ledgers, trading, settlement, asset custody, reconciliations and CASS compliance., • Ability to identify and leverage AI-driven tools to optimise workflows and enhance decision-making., • Understanding of lifecycle events for stocks and shares products (ISA, JISA, SIPP, GIA), • Analytical skills to identify improvement opportunities through data., • Experience using pseudo-code to support solution definition and refinement. What you’ll get from us: • Up to £70,000 per year, • 24 days holiday a year and an extra day holiday for each full year with us (up to 28 days), • Half day off on your birthday, • Flexible working in line with business needs, • Discretionary annual bonus based on company and individual performance We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, as well as the value of true hybrid working – you’ll be expected to organise high-value in person collaboration sessions from time to time to get the most from squads and teams. And we have plenty of perks too! • Private Medical Insurance, • Death in Service Cover (X3 your annual salary), • Income Protection Insurance, • Company Pension Plan, • Healthify - a team to support the health and wellbeing of all staff at Wealthify, • Ministry of Fun – providing plenty of social activities and events throughout the year, • Brand new offices in the picturesque Penarth Marina, • Free office gym, • Free parking nearby, • A collaboration space and games room, • We’re a responsible company and are constantly working to improve our culture, ethics, impact on the environment, and our contribution to charitable causes This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to join a dynamic, fun, and friendly company. If this job sounds perfect for you and you’d like to apply, then please send your CV to .

Petite Perfumes is one of the UK’s fastest-growing perfume brands, offering luxury pocket-sized fragrances imported directly from Dubai. With over 1,500 branded stands installed across Premier, Nisa, Best-One, petrol stations, convenience stores, barbers, and beauty salons, the brand is already recognised nationwide for its consistent repeat sales and strong retail performance. We are now expanding into new UK territories and are seeking professional, independent sales agents to join our network. Our product is a fully branded acrylic display stand pre-loaded with thirty-six luxury miniature perfumes and six complimentary testers. Each unit is ready to trade and designed for impulse sales at retail counters, providing shop owners with a high-margin add-on that sells quickly in convenience environments. Every stand is supported with professional marketing materials and in-store display assets. We are targeting the retail sector including corner shops, post offices, petrol forecourts, barbershops, beauty salons, vape retailers, and small supermarkets—anywhere with a counter space that benefits from quick-moving, high-margin products. This opportunity suits experienced B2B field sales professionals who are self-motivated, confident, and skilled at building relationships with small business owners. Exclusive territories are available to ensure full geographical protection and repeat business potential. Agents earn £25 per stand installed, with current representatives averaging £100 plus per day. There is no cap on earnings, and reorders generate recurring commission. With a proven concept and over 1,500 active stands across the UK, Petite Perfumes provides Agents with both credibility and strong demand. If you are a motivated Agent seeking a simple, scalable opportunity with reliable earnings and long-term potential, we would love to hear from you. This is a commission-only position and Field Sales Agents must have a driving licence and a vehicle