Q-Commerce Business Development Manager
| Posting date: | 28 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,000 to £50,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 August 2025 |
| Location: | City Of Manchester, Greater Manchester, M60 0AG |
| Company: | Co-op Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1056309_1753718361 |
Summary
Q-commerce Business Development Manager
£40,000 to £50,000 plus great benefits
Nationwide (roles will be based either in the North, Central or South of the UK), in this role you'll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and visiting our external retail partners or in our Manchester office. (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).
We're looking for a Business Development Manager to join our new Quick Commerce Aggregator team.
Our aggregator app makes customers' lives easier by offering them delivery services from local independent retailers.
We have a new team, and we've got some pretty ambitious growth targets to meet over the next few years. Being part of this team will feel fast, fun and fluid. We know it's a cliché, but there really will be no two days the same! Think start-up vibes, but with all the knowledge and resources that come with a 180 year-old organisation.
In return for your energy and ambition, we'll do right by you by providing life-balance through hybrid and flexible working arrangements, as well as supportive, inclusive leadership and a whole host of opportunities to learn and grow.
What you'll do
- Create marketing content that is suitable for all social channels
- Manage the Peckish social media platforms
- Creating tailormade marketing propositions for partners
- Aligning the senior marketing manager on annual strategic planning
- Target retailers within the UK to join our platform through different communication methods
- Attend conferences to sell the proposition into a wider independent retailer market
This role would suit people who have
- Retail or grocery experience
- Experience in creating social media campaigns across all platforms
- Experience in creating visual assets
- Excellent communication skills both with internal and external teams
- Experience in end-to-end sales cycles
Why Co-op?
If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).
- An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
- 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays
- A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
- Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
- Coaching and training to support your career development
- Wagestream app - giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn
Building a diverse environment
We're actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.
We'll ask whether you'd like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.
If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we'll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.
You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process
You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-wellbeing
Please note that we may close applications for this role early.
As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes.