Hi A***w, I hope you’re doing well. I came across your profile and was impressed by your rapid progression from Business Development Manager to Sales Director at T***p, as well as your expertise in luxury packaging and POS solutions. I’m J***e, an HR Recruiter at StrategyBrain, and we’re currently working with L***s on a search for a Director of Global Business Development , Luxury Packaging Solutions. Given your background, I’d love to share more about this opportunity and hear if it might align with your career goals. Would you be open to a brief call this week? Best regards, J***e HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi A***w, Thanks for getting back to me,Wednesday at 3:00 PM BST works perfectly. I’ll send a calendar invite shortly. In the meantime, here’s a quick overview of the Director of Global Business Development , Luxury Packaging Solutions role at L***s: Company & Culture • Mid-sized, rapidly growing specialist in bespoke luxury boxes and POS displays • Collaborative, innovative environment combining technical prepress/production excellence with design and sustainability Key Responsibilities 1. Define and roll out global sales strategies targeting luxury and consumer brands 2. Lead cross-functional teams (design, prepress, production) to deliver premium, on-brand solutions 3. Build and nurture C-level relationships, driving repeat business and market expansion 4. Identify new market opportunities, negotiate high-value contracts, and close deals 5. Mentor and coach the sales/BD team to elevate presentation, negotiation, and client-engagement skills Why This Role Is a Great Fit • Leverage your proven luxury-packaging expertise and POS know-how on a global stage • High strategic impact,directly shaping L***s’s international growth roadmap • Strong support: in-house design, R&D, sustainability resources, marketing and operations teams • Competitive base salary + performance bonus and equity upside • Clear path for advancement into senior leadership Please let me know if anything isn’t clear or if you have questions ahead of our call. I’m looking forward to diving deeper on Wednesday! Best regards, J***e HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi A***w, Great questions. Today, our global BD function is organized into three regional pods,EMEA, Americas and APAC,each led by a Regional BD Manager who reports directly to the Global BD Director (the role you’d step into). The EMEA team is based at our London HQ, the Americas team operates out of New York, and APAC is anchored in Singapore. Each regional manager oversees a small group of 2,3 business development professionals, working closely with in-house design, prepress and production to tailor luxury packaging solutions to their markets. The biggest hurdle we’ve faced in scaling internationally has been balancing consistent quality and brand experience with local market demands and supply-chain complexities. In luxury packaging, even slight variances in material or finish can impact client satisfaction, so maintaining tight quality control across multiple production sites,and navigating different regulatory and lead-time requirements,has been our top challenge. We’re continuously refining our processes and regional partnerships to ensure we deliver that “wow” factor everywhere. Looking forward to unpacking this further on Wednesday at 3 PM BST. Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like me to cover beforehand. Best, J***e HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi A***w, Great questions,here’s a high-level view of how we manage quality control and insight sharing across our sites: 1. Centralized Quality-Control Protocols • Global Spec Library: We maintain a master repository of approved materials, inks, finishes and dielines. Every new project kicks off against these standards. • Digital Mock-Ups & Pilot Runs: Before full production, our prepress team generates digital proofs and 3D prototypes. Once sign-off is secured at HQ, we run a small pilot batch at the designated facility. • Quarterly Audits: Our central QC team conducts remote and on-site audits every quarter, ensuring each site adheres to tolerances for color accuracy, substrate weight and finishing details. 2. Local Approval Loops • Regional QC Leads: Each major facility has a dedicated QC lead empowered to run incoming inspections (materials, coatings) and in-process checks. • Dual Sign-Off: For bespoke finishes (e.g., foil stamping, soft-touch varnish), local teams must obtain both the regional manager’s and central prepress director’s approval before scaling. • Rapid Issue Escalation: We’ve implemented a digital ticketing system,any deviation triggers an automatic alert to both site managers and the global QC desk, with resolution targets within 24,48 hours. 3. Feeding Insights Back into Global Strategy • Monthly BD-Ops Syncs: Regional BD Managers present market-specific learnings (new substrates, sustainable finishes, emerging POS trends) in a structured forum alongside design, R&D and production leads. • Shared Knowledge Portal: All finish trials, client feedback and supplier evaluations get logged in our cloud-based platform. Highlights are distilled into a bi-monthly “Innovation Brief” that informs updates to the Global Spec Library. • Cross-Functional Workshops: Quarterly “Design Sprints” bring together BD, prepress and production to prototype new luxury solutions. Regions pilot concepts locally and feed validated approaches back into the global roll-out plan. Given your deep background in prepress and luxury packaging, I think you’d appreciate how tightly we marry client insights with technical execution. Let me know if you’d like any examples of recent material innovations or to dive deeper on a specific site’s workflow,happy to cover that on our call or via follow-up here! Best regards, J***e HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi A***w, Great questions,here are two recent examples that illustrate our process: 1. Pilot Run & Ticketing Fix In late February, we ran a small pilot of a high-gloss soft-touch folder on a new pearlescent board. Our digital 3D mock-ups flagged uneven coating along critical fold lines before we even started production. A ticket went into our system with annotated screenshots, substrate batch details and process specs, automatically alerting both the regional QC lead and the global prepress director. Within four hours, the local team ran a targeted coating-thickness scan, discovered a calibration drift on one applicator, recalibrated it, and uploaded new test results to the ticket. By the next morning (under 24 hours total), we had HQ sign-off and moved forward with a full clean pilot,no further issues. 2. Sustainable Material Insight to Global Specs At our January BD-Ops sync, the APAC team presented an FSC-certified bamboo fiber board that matched duplex board rigidity but cut carbon footprint by 30%. R&D ran moisture, ink-adhesion and finish tests, then regional teams in Singapore and London validated it through two mini-runs. After dual sign-off from production and prepress, we added it to the Global Spec Library’s “EcoLine Substrates” section,complete with print profiles and finishing guidelines. Since inclusion, it’s been used in three European luxury box launches with excellent client feedback on both performance and sustainability. Given your strong prepress and luxury-packaging background, I thought you’d appreciate how tightly we close the loop from mock-up to materials innovation. Happy to dive deeper on our call or share additional examples,just let me know! Best, J***e HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain

Hi A***w, Glad these details are useful. Here’s a quick breakdown: 1. Scaling to full production - Timeline: for a straightforward high-gloss folder we typically move from pilot sign-off to full run in 2,3 weeks (complex bespoke finishes can take up to 4 weeks). - KPIs we track post-launch: first-pass yield (defect ppm), on-time delivery rate, cost variance vs. forecast, turnaround time, and end-client satisfaction scores. 2. Securing bamboo fiber board capacity - Qualification: we pre-qualify two FSC-certified mills per region, running pilot batches to verify moisture resistance, print adhesion and finish consistency. - Capacity lock-in: we establish 3-month rolling forecasts with minimum volume commitments and “ramp-trigger” clauses,if demand spikes 20% over forecast, our partners guarantee capacity increases within 4,6 weeks. 3. Regional BD tools & decks - Yes,each region gets an updated pitch kit whenever we add a new spec. That includes slide templates, spec-sheet one-pagers, ROI calculators and case-study snippets stored in our shared portal. We also host a quarterly webinar to walk teams through new materials and finishes. Would you like access to a sample deck or a brief call with our EMEA BD lead to see how they weave these specs into client presentations? Happy to set that up. Best, J***e HR Recruiter, StrategyBrain