Senior Business Development Manager, EMEA — WGSN

WGSN is the global authority on consumer and trend forecasting. We help the world's leading brands create the right products, experiences and strategies for tomorrow's consumer. Our forecasts, data and advisory services power decision-making across fashion, beauty, consumer tech, interiors, food & drink and lifestyle industries.

Some sales roles are one call and a signature. This isn't one of them.

At WGSN, a single deal can mean winning over marketing, consumer insights and product/NPD teams inside the same organisation — finding the right people, building a case with each of them, and running a genuine consultative process (RFPs included) to get a $500m+-turnover business adopting our trend forecasting platform end to end. If you're good at that kind of selling — reading an organisation, mapping who actually needs to be won over, and threading a deal through several departments rather than one stakeholder — we want to talk to you.

 

What we offer
Our benefits and wellbeing package offers flexible benefits you can tailor to your own personal needs, including:  
- 25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell up to 5 days- Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance & Critical Illness - Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme - Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options  - Great learning and development opportunities.

More about WGSN
WGSN is the global authority on consumer trend forecasting.
We help brands around the world create the right products at the right time for tomorrow’s consumer.

Our values 
We Are EverywhereThe future is everything, it happens everywhere. WGSN is the world-leading forecaster because we track and analyse consumer behaviours, product innovation, design and creativity, everywhere.
We Are Future FocusedWe utilise our global resources and intelligence to research, source and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to produce our forecasts. Everything we do is focused on working with our customers to create a successful and positive tomorrow.
We Are RigorousWe source, review and assess quantitative and qualitative data to produce robust, actionable forecasts. To provide credible insights and design solutions for our clients, it is essential that rigour runs through everything we do.

Our culture 
An inclusive culture is one of our key priorities. We want our people to truly be themselves and thrive. We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas, different strengths and perspectives & reflect the global audience we work with.

Inclusive workforce 
We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.  
Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. Our Awards schemes recognise and reward the brilliant achievements of our people.  
We offer a flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile working arrangements. Conversations about flexible working have always been—and will continue to be—actively encouraged here, but we do not offer full remote working. 
We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

A Note for Applicants
We use AI to help our team screen applications and identify candidates whose skills and experience match the role. This technology removes personal information to promote a fair and unbiased process. We believe this tool helps us find the best talent while maintaining transparency and fairness.

A Note for Recruiters 
Thank you so much for your interest in working with us at  WGSN!   Our internal Talent Acquisition team takes care of all our recruitment efforts. When we need some extra help, we partner with agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) that truly understand our business, culture and ways of working together.  Since we focus on these established partnerships, we’re unable to respond to unsolicited contacts or CVs from outside our PSL. But don’t worry! If we decide to explore new partnerships, we’ll be sure to reach out.