Business Development Manager - East Coast US / Canada

Hästens Beds is a global luxury brand seeking a Business Development Manager to drive growth in the East Coast US and Canada. This role involves empowering retail partners, executing business action plans, and strengthening the brand's market position through strategic leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Build and inspire: Develop and empower our retail partners to reach new heights of performance
• Own your market: Lead Hästens’ growth in your region with an entrepreneurial mindset – act as an owner, not an employee
• Drive results: Open doors, close deals, and create opportunities others only dream of
• Execute: Design and implement business action plans that redefine success
• Represent: Strengthen Hästens’ position as a global luxury brand through your strategic leadership
• Leadership: Travel, negotiate, and influence at the highest levels across your region, with occasional trips to Sweden and other international destinations
• Annual Business Action Plans with activities to improve traffic, revenue and conversion rates, and reach sales targets
• Tracking of BAP activity outcomes against plans
• Achieve yearly sales targets
• Bi-yearly visual merchandising reports, with agreed improvement plans
• Store visit reports

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Economics, or a related field (Master's degree is a plus)
• Proven entrepreneurial spirit – you take ownership, show initiative, and deliver without waiting for direction
• Ideally some experience from founding, scaling, or leading a business
• Strong commercial acumen with a focus on creating mutual growth with partners
• Demonstrated record of achieving and exceeding ambitious targets
• Experience in luxury sales, retail (B2B/B2C) and HNWI customer relationships is advantageous
• Strategic, fearless, and competitive – you play to win and inspire others to do the same
• Analytical and action-oriented – you plan, execute, and own your results
• Fluent in English
• Valid driver's license with flexibility to travel approximately 80%