Business Development Manager - Norway (excluding Northern part)
Cooper Companies · Norway · NOK 640,000–NOK 686,000 (stated in the posting)
Job title: Business Development Manager - Norway (excluding Northern part)
Department: Sales
Location: Norway
GLS: S02
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Salary range – 640,000 NOK – 686,000 NOK + 20% bonus + Free company car + other local benefits
A brighter future awaits you
Job Summary
As a Business Development Manager, you are a passionate, energetic, and results-driven professional responsible for identifying new business opportunities, driving revenue growth, and building long-term customer relationships. You will act as a trusted advisor to your clients, offering tailored solutions that align with their business needs while supporting CooperVision’s strategic goals. Your mission is to drive sustainable growth through consultative selling, strategic planning, and exceptional customer engagement.
Essential Functions & Accountabilities:
- Develop and execute territory business plans that align with company objectives and customer needs.
- Build and maintain strong, value-driven relationships with key stakeholders and decision-makers.
- Lead consultative sales efforts, identifying opportunities to deliver joint value for CooperVision and customers.
- Manage all customer relationships within the territory, acting as the primary contact to drive consistent, long-term sales growth
- Oversee daily operations across accounts, ensuring effective promotion and support of CooperVision’s products and services.
- Achieve annual sales targets and KPIs through effective territory and account management.
- Maintain expert knowledge of CooperVision’s product portfolio, clinical benefits, and market positioning to support customer decision-making.
- Deliver compelling product presentations and training sessions to retail staff, in collaboration with the Professional Services team.
- Introduce and promote new products and campaigns, anticipating customer needs and market trends.
- Build strong partnerships with the key accounts to support commercial and educational initiatives.
- Represent CooperVision at industry events, exhibitions, and seminars to enhance brand presence.
- Ensure timely and accurate completion of administrative tasks and reporting.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Experience
Fluency in Norwegian and English is essential
Qualified optometrist or someone with experience of the Optics industry is highly desirable
3–5 years of experience in business development or sales, preferably in medical devices, FMCG, or retail.
Experience in the vision care category or B2B2C environments is a plus.
Proven success in territory sales planning, consultative selling, and customer business planning.
Strong commercial acumen and entrepreneurial mindset.
Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
Full job description available on request
What we offer:
You’ll receive competitive compensation and a fantastic benefits package including, bonus, company car, access to our Wellness Platform to support you in mental health and wellbeing, a discounted contact lens scheme and much more!
We are committed to our employees’ personal and professional development and offer extensive training to support your career growth and help every individual to reach their full potential. To help us achieve our goals, we’ll give you everything you need to help you achieve yours.
We also provide access to LinkedIn Learning to help you develop your career and grow with CooperVision.
What you can expect:
As a CooperVision employee, you’ll be welcomed into a diverse and progressive global business. We appreciate how important fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is and how different perspectives add value and contribute to our success. With our CooperPride, African Descent, Woman’s Impact Network and Mind Body and Wellbeing Employee Resource Groups, we offer opportunities for employees to learn and grow within an inclusive and safe space.
If you like what you see, take the first step towards your Brighter Future and apply today! All suitably qualified applicants will receive equal consideration and opportunities from CooperVision.
Please view our careers page at https://hcjy.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1to view all other opportunities.
#LI-JL1
#REMOTE