Business Development Executive (Food and Drink Sector) Up to 35,000 + Bonus + Benefits (Dependent upon experience) YorkshireOur Client Our client is an established and growing engineering business, supplying specialist fabricated and engineered solutions into demanding industrial environments. The company supports customers operating within production and processing sectors, delivering engineered solutions for complex and technically challenging applications. Continued growth has created the requirement to strengthen front-end business development activity within the food and drink sector.The Role The Business Development Executive will support the generation of new business within the food manufacturing and processing sector, undertaking proactive outbound activity to identify, engage and qualify prospective customers. This will include researching target organisations, making initial contact via phone, email and LinkedIn (including the use of Sales Navigator), and securing introductory meetings for the Business Development Manager to attend.Working closely with the Business Development Manager, the Business Development Executive will play an important role in supporting a consistent flow of early-stage opportunities into the sales pipeline. The role will involve gathering initial commercial and contextual information, maintaining accurate records of activity and contacts, and supporting structured follow-up and handover of qualified leads through internal systems.The ideal