Business Development Executive

Confectionery Dream Ventures, Inc. (CDVI) is a growing food manufacturing company serving OEM/private label, institutional, corporate, retail, and online markets. We are looking for a Business Development Executive who can help us find, develop, and convert new business opportunities. This is not just an account-servicing role. We need someone who is proactive, street-smart, resourceful, commercially aware, and able to work with integrity.

Key responsibilities

• Identify and develop new business opportunities across OEM/private label, institutional, corporate, retail, food service, and other potential channels
• Actively prospect for new customers through calls, email, referrals, networking, trade events, business matching, and other channels
• Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of qualified prospects and business opportunities
• Meet prospective clients, understand their business requirements, and identify products or manufacturing solutions that CDVI can offer
• Prepare and present proposals, quotations, product presentations, samples, and commercial offers
• Manage opportunities from initial contact to sampling, costing, negotiation, trial order, and commercial launch
• Conduct consistent follow-ups and move opportunities toward conversion
• Develop strong, professional relationships with new and existing customers
• Identify opportunities to grow existing accounts through new products and projects
• Coordinate closely with R&D/Product Development, Production, QA, Warehouse, Purchasing, and Management to deliver customer requirements

About you

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Food Technology, or another relevant field
• Experience in B2B sales or business development is preferred
• Experience in food manufacturing, FMCG, ingredients, food service, retail, institutional accounts, or related industries is an advantage
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
• Comfortable approaching new people, initiating conversations, and developing new business relationships
• Street-smart and resourceful — able to read situations, find opportunities, solve practical problems, and think on your feet
• Works with integrity — honest, professional, trustworthy, and accountable in handling customers, pricing, company information, and business relationships
• Commercially aware and able to balance customer requirements with the company's business interests
• Proactive and persistent, with strong follow-through
• Organized and disciplined in managing multiple leads and opportunities