Business Development Director EMEA, Cosmetics
Position Summary
Location: Remote, Based in the UK ideally close to an international airport.
Travel: Up to 50% across EMEA
Reports to Head of Beauty EMEA & APAC
Role Overview
The Business Development Director EMEA – Beauty will be responsible for developing Catalent’s Beauty business across the EMEA region. The role combines management of an existing portfolio of approximately 40 Beauty customers, daily commercial, operational and coordination execution, and selective opening of new doors with premium global, regional and national Beauty brands. This is a hands-on, senior commercial role requiring both disciplined account management and targeted business development.
Key Responsibilities
Manage and grow a portfolio of existing Beauty customers across EMEA
Proactively open doors and develop relationships with global and regional premium priority Beauty brands
Identify and qualify new opportunities with national customers where Catalent is not yet present
Lead product and commercial proposals, quotations and negotiations
Coordinate daily operational topics with internal teams (R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality)
Maintain disciplined pipeline management and accurate forecasting
Ensure professional, reliable and consistent customer communication
Attend tradeshows, exhibitions and congresses across EMEA
Travel within EMEA to support business development activities
Required Profile
Bachelor’s degree in business, science, or a related field
5 to 10 years of B2B commercial experience in Beauty, Personal Care, Consumer Health
Experience in a CDMO environment is preferred
Proven experience managing multiple accounts while developing new opportunities in complex environments
Strong understanding of the Beauty / Personal Care customer landscape is required
Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously with minimal supervision
Strong structuring skills, disciplined pipeline management and reliable forecasting
Excellent communication and negotiation skills with senior customer stakeholders
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed and international environment
Fluent in English; additional European languages are a plus
Willingness to travel across the EMEA region
Behavioral Attributes
Highly autonomous and self-organized
Structured and disciplined in daily work
Emotionally mature and low-ego
Pragmatic, reliable and accountable
Able to combine operational workload with proactive business development
Comfortable working independently in a remote, multi-country environment
Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.
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