Head of Branded Sales

Head of Branded Sales (CPG Contract Manufacturing) 120k-150k Base ++Red Rover Recruitment — Toronto, ON (Hybrid / Travel Required)

Our client is one of North America’s largest and fastest-growing privately owned contract manufacturers, producing high-volume home care, personal care and household cleaning products for major brands across the U.S. and Canada. This includes categories like laundry, bleach/cleaners, and related household consumables.

They’re hiring a Head of Branded Sales — a senior player/hunter who can win new branded customers and build long-term partnerships with large, complex organizations. This is a Toronto based role with frequent U.S. travel.

What you’ll do

• Own the full BD cycle for branded contract manufacturing: prospecting → discovery → proposal → negotiation → close
• Target and win new branded customers (new logos = the win)
• Build relationships across customer stakeholders: Procurement, Supply Chain, R&D, Operations
• Lead commercial negotiations and close multi-year supply agreements
• Partner internally with Operations/Quality/Technical teams to ensure executable, scalable programs
• Maintain strong pipeline discipline and forecasting

Who you are

You understand how contract manufacturing decisions get made — and you know how to win them.

You may come from:

• Contract manufacturing sales (home care / cleaning / adjacent CPG categories), or
• CPG procurement / sourcing where you’ve selected and managed contract manufacturers

You’re credible with senior stakeholders, comfortable selling into large, complex organizations, and strong in consultative deal-making.

Must-haves

• Contract manufacturing experience (sell-side or buy-side)
• Proven new customer acquisition / hunter mindset
• Executive communication + negotiation strength
• Willingness to travel frequently across the U.S.
• GTA-based (or willing to relocate)

Nice to have

• Home care / household cleaning / laundry category exposure
• Experience with major CPG organizations (P&G, Clorox, SC Johnson, Reckitt, Henkel, Unilever, or similar)

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