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Director of Business Development – Bakery Processing, Packaging

ks • Posted 1 weeks ago
Onsite Full Time Business Development & Strategy

  • Drive commercial focus, market development, and revenue growth in the Bakery segment by shaping our go-to-market strategy, sharpening competitive positioning, enabling the field sales organization, and partnering with product business unit leaders to expand market share and accelerate adoption of our technology.
  • This position will travel more than 50% with the remainder of the time spent in the office to ensure proper preparation and follow-up.
  • Own the go-to-market strategy for the Bakery segment by defining priorities, target applications, and growth plans aligned with commercial objectives.
  • Build evidence-based value propositions for each product family pertaining to Bakery, clearly connecting technical solutions to productivity, quality, labor savings, uptime, and total cost of ownership.
  • Develop sales tools such as ROI models, objection-handling guides, case studies, and talk tracks that improve consistency and effectiveness in the field.
  • Lead win/loss analysis and translate findings into practical battlecards, comparison tools, and guidance for sales, marketing, and business units.
  • Partner with sales leadership to strengthen pipeline quality, improve forecast accuracy, and increase conversion rates by identifying bottlenecks and driving corrective actions.
  • Create and maintain go-to-market playbooks, training programs, and enablement resources that help sales and technical teams execute with greater consistency and confidence.
  • Serve as the voice of the customer by capturing market feedback, unmet needs, trial results, and competitive insights and translating them into product requirements and business cases.
  • Drive cross-functional execution with sales, engineering, marketing, and business product leaders while establishing business review rhythms, tracking KPIs, and ensuring CRM discipline.
  • Coach and develop Application Specialists to improve their application knowledge, trial planning capabilities, customer workshop delivery, and ability to independently communicate value.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in sales, marketing, business, or related field and ten years industry related experience with progressive measured success.
  • Highly effective verbal and written communication skills to motivate, develop, and encourage department staff and communicate with Multivac customers.
  • Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
  • Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
  • Must have strong presentation skills.
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and Power Point, and working knowledge of CRM applications required.
  • Current valid driver’s license and the ability to obtain a passport for travel as required by position.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in go-to-market strategy development, market analysis, and sales enablement within the Bakery segment. Proven ability to drive revenue growth through effective communication, cross-functional collaboration, and customer insights.

Highest-signal resume keywords

  • Go-To-Market Strategy Development
  • Sales Enablement Tools Creation
  • Market Analysis and Competitive Positioning
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Strong Presentation Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

  • Market Development
  • Revenue Growth
  • Value Proposition Development
  • Win/Loss Analysis
  • Data Analysis
  • Technical Instruction Interpretation

Soft Skills

  • Effective Communication
  • Coaching and Development
  • Problem Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Sales, Marketing, Business, or Related Field

Industry Keywords

  • Bakery Segment
  • Sales Leadership
  • Customer Insights
  • KPI Tracking
  • Field Sales Organization

Tools & Technologies

  • Microsoft Office
  • CRM Applications

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