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Your Business Development Manager opening is about new business in a defined technical market or application, not a familiar title on a resume. No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire.
No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire. We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.
- No upfront fee
- Pay only if you hire
- Manufacturing only
- We reach people who aren't on job boards
- Replacement guarantee on standard searches
The hiring decision
What matters for this job
Your Business Development Manager opening is about new business in a defined technical market or application, not a familiar title on a resume. Start with a new application pursued through technical qualification rather than cold volume. The distinction matters because new-market development versus routine management of an existing account book decides whether the person can carry the responsibility you actually need covered.
Write down who is accountable for new business in a defined technical market or application today. If responsibility for new business in a defined technical market or application is divided between several people, tell us where this hire's work begins and ends. That explanation helps separate their capability from a team's success at new business in a defined technical market or application.
A clear explanation exposes new-market development versus routine management of an existing account book much better than asking whether the candidate has held the title before.
Before an introduction
What we discuss with candidates
We talk with candidates about jobs they have done, why they are interested and whether the location and shift work for them. We tell you what they have shared and what still needs checking in your interviews.
An interview based on the work
Build the interview around new business in a defined technical market or application.
The authority you are offering
Settle new-market development versus routine management of an existing account book before outreach begins. We put the difference around new-market development versus routine management of an existing account book in front of you so the interview tests missing experience rather than assuming it is already there.
A move that can hold up
Someone working in business development managers selling manufactured technical products needs a clear reason to leave. Explain how your opening changes their responsibility for new business in a defined technical market or application.
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Direct search
Where we find people
We map business development managers selling manufactured technical products, then approach people who are doing the work now. The starting point is the responsibility for new business in a defined technical market or application, not whether a profile happens to contain a matching keyword. We check who owns the decisions about new business in a defined technical market or application and what is approved by a supervisor, specialist or central team. Comparable equipment helps, but it does not settle new-market development versus routine management of an existing account book.
For this hire, a move from business development managers selling manufactured technical products has to make sense in the person's working life. We settle the remit, travel and reporting relationship for new business in a defined technical market or application before asking someone to consider leaving. The discussion returns to a new application pursued through technical qualification rather than cold volume. A better title without a usable change in responsibility for new business in a defined technical market or application is a weak reason to move, particularly when the present employer makes a counteroffer.
Common hiring mistakes
- The decision behind the experience. The useful examples is a new application pursued through technical qualification rather than cold volume, not a list of equipment or projects.
- An interview based on the work. Those limits help establish new-market development versus routine management of an existing account book; they are part of competence, not a weakness to talk around.
- A move that can hold up. If the answer depends on authority over new business in a defined technical market or application that you cannot offer, that mismatch belongs in the conversation before an offer.
How we work
From your opening to your next hire
Tell us who you need
Tell us about the job, your plant and the experience you need, including the location, shift and pay.
We find and contact people
We look for people with relevant experience, including those not applying, and talk with them about the job and why they might move.
You meet strong candidates
You get a short list and a written summary of each person's experience, interest and practical requirements, with questions worth discussing.
We help you complete the hire
We help arrange interviews, share feedback and work through the offer and start, while you choose who to hire.
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Pay snapshot
$148,270 annual national median for SOC 11-2022 Sales Managers.
BLS measures this broader occupation across industries. It does not publish a separate wage for this manufacturing title.
May 2025 OEWS, released 2026-05-15. BLS release · Official occupation data
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What else affects this Business Development Manager hire?
What if their employer makes a counteroffer?
We ask why someone in business development managers selling manufactured technical products would leave before arranging an interview. If the move depends on new-market development versus routine management of an existing account book, another pay offer will not resolve that issue, but a vague promise from you will not resolve it either.
What can delay a useful shortlist?
Unresolved expectations about new business in a defined technical market or application can send a search toward the wrong people. Agree new-market development versus routine management of an existing account book and the examples behind a new application pursued through technical qualification rather than cold volume early; we describe the search constraints rather than promise a calendar date.
When do we pay for the search?
The fee is a percentage of first-year base salary, agreed in writing before we start. There is no upfront fee. You pay only if you hire.
What needs to be settled before you shortlist?
First, define new business in a defined technical market or application with the person who will manage the hire. Settle new-market development versus routine management of an existing account book and choose the work example the interview will test. We agree recruiting terms for the new business in a defined technical market or application remit before approaching candidates, rather than discovering different responsibilities after introductions have started.
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Questions about your opening
How do you decide whether adjacent experience is enough?
We look for a new application pursued through technical qualification rather than cold volume and ask which decisions the person made themselves. Experience from business development managers selling manufactured technical products can be useful, but it still has to cover new business in a defined technical market or application under the conditions you are offering.
Questions employers ask
When do you pay a recruiting fee?
No upfront fee. You pay only if you hire. We agree the fee basis and payment terms in writing before starting. Sending the form does not commit you to a search.
How long does it take to see a short list?
It depends on the job, location and people available. We discuss next steps after learning about your opening, rather than promising a date before we know the job.
How do you handle counteroffers?
We ask why candidates want to move and what could change their minds. We keep that conversation going through interviews and the offer.
What replacement terms apply?
We offer a candidate replacement guarantee on standard search agreements. The applicable period and exact terms are set out in the signed client recruiting agreement.
What do you not do?
We do not supply high-volume general labor or bill hourly for a standard permanent search. Retainers are not the default. Any different arrangement must be agreed in writing.
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