Business Development Specialist

A new challenge?
Are you a motivated and forward-thinking individual looking to make a significant impact? Join our dynamic Fibres team as a Business Development Specialist! Your mission will be to enhance our market position and achieve financial growth. You will play a crucial role in driving the company's growth by identifying and quantifying new business opportunities, understanding market needs, and developing long-term organisational strategic goals. 

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with a passion for customer relationships and an extensive knowledge of current market conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• Be fully involved in the innovation process, helping to define and implement strategies for sustainable business development.
• Write business plans for new opportunities, gathering inputs from various function domains.
• Develop deep market insights and document them to create solutions that address industry needs.
• Build and maintain an internal and external network to anticipate industry trends and emerging needs.
• You actively scouts and raises new opportunities to the Corporate Development team from in depth market understanding.
• Act as a Project Manager for multidisciplinary strategic projects.
• Increase sales opportunities and maximize revenue for the Fibres organization.
• In this role, you will work closely together with the Sales, Innovation team and Marketing team.
• Daily and frequent contacts with prospects and customers, suppliers, other companies with which partnerships can be built
• You will build up and maintain relationships trough a broad network of partners: machine manufacturers, test institutes, trade associations, norms and standardization committees, end customers, seminars, tradeshows,… 

Qualifications and Skills

• Master’s degree - business engineering / master in commercial sciences or a related field
• At least 3 years of experience
• Demonstrated business acumen incl. knowledge of manufacturing, finance and/or marketing. 
• Fluent in English
• You are committed team player but you also love to work independently 
• You have strong communication/negotation and reporting skills  
• Ability to build and maintain a relevant network in the industry
• Willing to travel on a regular basis (<20%, mostly within Europe)
• Strong curiosity for new business models, innovations, technology 

 
Our Offer

• An exclusive opportunity to contribute to a dynamic and ambitious company culture, emphasizing employee well-being, product excellence, and continuous innovation.
• A competitive compensation package based on experience and potential, including perks such as a bicycle leasing, company car, hospitalization insurance, meal vouchers and home office options.
• Abundant avenues for career advancement thanks to our BIG University and internal mobility.

Contact

Gillis Beun (+32496151989)
Gillis.Beun@bintg.com