The Role
The Business Development Manager is responsible for growing partnerships, driving revenue growth, identifying market opportunities, and maintaining customer relationships by collaborating with leadership and operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
Slickhorn Ranch is a premium beef company built on disciplined operations, exceptional quality, and long-term relationships. We work with a curated group of partners who value consistency, integrity, and trust.
We're seeking a commercially driven Business Development Manager to grow existing relationships while developing new partnerships that align with the Slickhorn Ranch brand. This role is responsible for driving revenue growth, identifying new market opportunities, and ensuring our products are represented by partners who share our commitment to quality.
Working closely with leadership and operations, you'll engage directly with butchers, specialty retailers, distributors, and select foodservice partners. Success in this role requires balancing sales growth with operational realities, maintaining pricing integrity, and building long-term customer relationships.
Responsibilities
We're seeking a commercially driven Business Development Manager to grow existing relationships while developing new partnerships that align with the Slickhorn Ranch brand. This role is responsible for driving revenue growth, identifying new market opportunities, and ensuring our products are represented by partners who share our commitment to quality.
Working closely with leadership and operations, you'll engage directly with butchers, specialty retailers, distributors, and select foodservice partners. Success in this role requires balancing sales growth with operational realities, maintaining pricing integrity, and building long-term customer relationships.
Responsibilities
- Develop and grow relationships with wholesale, retail, and foodservice partners.
- Identify, pursue, and close new business opportunities that align with the Slickhorn Ranch brand.
- Generate and manage a sales pipeline, from prospecting through contract execution.
- Expand revenue within existing accounts through strategic account development.
- Serve as a primary commercial representative of Slickhorn Ranch in customer conversations.
- Collaborate with operations to align sales activity with inventory, production schedules, and lead times.
- Maintain pricing discipline and uphold brand standards across all customer channels.
- Attend industry events, trade shows, and customer meetings to build relationships and identify growth opportunities.
- Provide market insight on customer demand, pricing trends, competitive activity, and emerging opportunities.
- Support leadership with field feedback that informs production planning and growth strategy.
- 5+ years of sales, business development, account management, or customer-facing experience.
- Demonstrated success generating new business and growing revenue.
- Strong commercial judgment and ability to work independently.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.
- Experience managing a sales pipeline and driving opportunities to close.
- Ability to balance customer needs with operational and supply constraints.
- Experience selling food, protein, agriculture, or other perishable products.
- Existing relationships within foodservice, specialty retail, butcher, grocery, or distribution channels.
- Familiarity with wholesale sales environments and distributor partnerships.
- Passion for premium food products and relationship-driven selling.
- HSA-eligible health plan
- Dental insurance with orthodontic coverage
- Vision insurance
- Basic life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability options
- Company-matched 401(k)
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- Onsite fitness center
- Product discounts
Skills Required
- 5+ years of sales, business development, account management, or customer-facing experience
- Demonstrated success generating new business and growing revenue
- Strong commercial judgment and ability to work independently
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills
- Experience managing a sales pipeline and driving opportunities to close
- Ability to balance customer needs with operational and supply constraints
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The Company
What We Do
We are lifestyle and wellness experts. Our core business is home furnishings, but we’ve grown into six key categories (consumer products, services, technology, retail, logistics, and venture) through a suite of nationally recognized brands and powerful partnerships. Since 2019, we have proudly been a Certified B Corporation®. We meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. As a company, we’re concerned not only with revenue, but also with our corporate social responsibility for society, workers, the community, and the environment. We’ve got a triple bottom line: planet, people, profits. Every day, we focus on making accessible items that excite consumers—and making a difference.
