Business Development Manager
4 days ago
Manchester
New Business & Partnership Sales Manager Field-based ¦ UK-wide travel Drive growth. Build partnerships. Make a real impact. Oakhouse Foods is on an exciting growth journey across the care, health, and community sectors. Part of Pilgrim's Europe, we're a trusted provider of high-quality, single-serve frozen meals, helping older adults and people with specific dietary needs live well and independently. We're looking for a New Business & Partnership Sales Manager to open new routes to market, build long-term partnerships, and turn opportunity into sustainable growth. The Role You'll build and convert a national pipeline of new partnerships across care homes, NHS organisations, community networks, and commercial partners (including vending). A key focus of the role is securing NHS and public-sector access, including tenders, frameworks, and approved supplier status, and converting this access into active, ordering partners. Working cross-functionally with internal teams and our franchise network, you'll help turn strategic conversations into long-term, high-value relationships. What You'll Do • Build and manage a national new business pipeline, • Win and activate new partnerships that deliver sustainable customer volume, • Develop and negotiate commercial proposals and contracts, • Lead or support NHS and public-sector bids and renewals, • Onboard, train, and engage partners to drive repeat ordering, • Track pipeline, forecast accurately, and report performance, • Proven success in B2B or partnership-led new business sales, • Experience securing £500k+ annual new business revenue, • Experience with NHS or public-sector procurement and tenders, • Strong commercial, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, • Experience in care, healthcare, foodservice, or community sectors, • Be part of a growing, purpose-led business, • Backed by Pilgrim's Europe — scale, stability, and career opportunity, • Competitive salary, • Pension, life assurance, and wellbeing support If you're a commercially driven sales professional who thrives on building relationships, navigating complex environments, and turning opportunity into long-term impact, we'd love to hear from you. Join Oakhouse Foods and Pilgrim's Europe and play a key role in shaping how we grow across care, health, and community sectors — delivering food that truly makes a difference, every day. Apply now and help us take Oakhouse Foods to the next level. ?? JBRP1_UKTJ