International Retail Business Development Executive – Buyer Outreach
Auckland, New Zealand · Full Time
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- Any
- Salary
- NZD 80,000 – NZD 100,000 / year
- Openings
- 1
- Posted
- 1 hour ago
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Job description
About the Role
KENZZI, a rapidly expanding beauty and personal care brand headquartered in Parnell, Auckland, seeks an energetic business development expert to initiate contact with major international retail buyers. This full-time onsite position involves proactive outbound outreach to key decision-makers across industries including beauty devices, grooming, hair tools, and personal care products.
Key Responsibilities
- Research and identify target retailer companies in the USA, Canada, UK, Europe, and Australia.
- Detect relevant buyers and decision-makers responsible for various product categories.
- Locate and validate accurate contact details such as buyer email addresses.
- Conduct personalized weekly outreach campaigns through email and LinkedIn.
- Craft bespoke introduction and follow-up messages tailored to each retailer.
- Maintain persistent communication until buyer engagement or opportunity qualification occurs.
- Schedule meetings between buyers and KENZZI leadership and commercial teams.
- Accurately log contacts, conversations, and future actions within the CRM system.
- Support preparation of presentations, product literature, and outreach materials.
- Generate comprehensive weekly reports detailing outreach activities, buyer responses, meetings arranged, and pipeline opportunities.
Performance Expectations
- Identify and verify between 30 and 50 new relevant retail buyer contacts weekly.
- Execute approximately 75 to 100 quality introductions and follow-up communications each week.
- Maintain a well-organized sales pipeline with clearly defined next steps.
- Prefer consistent follow-up over sending isolated emails.
- Contribute by generating qualified buyer discussions and arranged meetings.
- Develop a reproducible international buyer outreach process for the company.
Candidate Profile
- Current or prior experience in business development, sales development, outbound sales, recruitment, executive search, lead generation, wholesale, FMCG sales, export sales, commercial partnerships, or retail sales support.
- Remains persistent with follow-up communications.
- Resourceful in obtaining contact details for hard-to-reach decision-makers.
- Possesses strong written communication skills.
- Highly disciplined and organized in managing CRM entries.
- Commercially astute with an interest in brands, products, and retail markets.
- Driven by achieving measurable outreach results and opportunity creation.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, founder-led growth environment.
- Experience in beauty, personal care, FMCG, or retail sectors is advantageous but not mandatory.
About KENZZI
KENZZI designs contemporary beauty and personal care products distributed through prominent retailers internationally. The company emphasizes rapid execution, strong commercial product development, and establishing significant global retail partnerships.
Additional details
- Location: Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
- Employment Type: Full-time, Onsite
- Salary Range: NZ$80,000 to NZ$100,000 annually, plus KiwiSaver