Business Development Manager

Luton
2 weeks ago
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We are recruiting a Business Development Manager to grow an established filtration portfolio, increase product use and market share across medical device, life sciences, cleanroom, and regulated manufacturing environments in the UK through consultative, technical sales activities.

  • Develop new business opportunities for custom OEM inline filtration solutions, supported where appropriate by standard, off-the-shelf filter products used in regulated applications.

  • A consultative, application-led sales process, engaging with engineering, product, and technical stakeholders to support specification, sampling, validation, and design-in activity across equipment such as autoclaves, CO₂ incubators, gas analysers, pipette controllers, and vacuum pumps.

  • Build long-term customer relationships, converting approved filtration solutions into repeat production and ongoing supply, moving beyond traditional lab sales into longer-term OEM-style partnerships.

  • Primarily office-based to work closely with internal sales and an in-house production and design team, with flexibility to meet new and existing customers as required.

    COMPANY

  • Our client is a long-established UK manufacturer and distributor of custom and standard filtration devices and cleanroom consumables, supplying medical device OEMs, life sciences and laboratory equipment manufacturers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and cleanroom environments. This business is recognised for quality, reliability, and technical expertise.

    REQUIREMENTS

  • Experience in scientific sales or lab sales, technical B2B sales, or OEM sales within life science, laboratory, cleanroom, or regulated manufacturing environments.

  • Backgrounds may include Business Development Manager, Technical Sales Manager, Sales Engineer, or Scientific Sales Manager, Account Manager, or Territory Lab Sales roles gained within the environments listed above.

  • Able to sell through a consultative, application-led approach, engaging with technical, engineering, or product-focused stakeholders, with experience selling filtration products, pipettes, laboratory equipment, or related scientific consumables where scientific sales or lab sales activity involved application support, problem-solving, or specification discussion.

  • A Life Sciences degree e.g. Biomedical Science, Biology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, or similar, is preferred.

    PACKAGE

  • Salary guide: £45,000 – £50,000 plus a bonus and commission plan, company car or cash allowance, and benefits including pension, health plan, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

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