Youre a way better-than-average New Business Developer with real Foodservice Experience and great Presentation Skills.  Bring it all to Brakes Group, the renowned £multi-billion Foodservice Provider.

With a turnover of over £2.6bn and employing over 10,000 people, Brakes Group is a leading supplier to the foodservice industry in the UK, Ireland, France and Sweden.  Our family of specialist businesses delivers everything the caterer needs, including very successful own brand ranges specifically for chefs.  With a clear customer focus and strong understanding of the needs of the foodservice sector, our innovative products and services reach a massively diverse customer base.  

Main responsibilities

As Business Development Manager reporting to the Regional Sales Manager, you'll identify new opportunities to achieve and increase turnover and gross profit.  Tasked with devising and delivering customer business and telesales partnership plans to drive both customer and company growth, youll be door-knocking proactively every day, in addition to working in close partnership with Area Sales Managers, with the object of maximising your mutual account handling and business development skills.  Converting opportunities through customer needs analysis and then overseeing the seamless transition to an assigned Area Sales Manager, you'll also:

• maintain a high level of competitor awareness
• contribute to the Regional Plan
• maintain and develop your knowledge of the Brake Bros product offering.

Ideal candidate

With an impressive new business track record, underpinned by knowledge of the foodservice sector and including a higher than average of new accounts opened, youll have the ability to maximise selling opportunities through customer needs analysis, with the resilience to keep going.  Your capacity to allocate quality time and to interpret and act on data to achieve customer solutions will complement your grasp of profit management, negotiating skills and ability to organise and self-motivate.  Other attributes will include:

• good written and communication skills, including IT-literacy
• exceptional time management skills
• the ability to drive fast turnaround 
• the organisational skills to ensure there's lots happening!

Add all this onto your can-do attitude and passion for the customer, and wed really like to hear from you.  A full UK driving licence is essential. 

About the company

As a business Brakes Group are currently working towards our 5 year plan. This consists of a large scale investment programme that will deliver a highly compelling customer proposition and continued profit growth. The investment programme will strengthen Brakes network infrastructure, product development, IT systems and people.  Brakes Group is the leading player in the food market industry, and are looking for colleagues with the knowledge and experience to be part of this development and transformational change.

Brakes Group operates as an equal opportunities employer and we welcome all applications regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, disability, age, political opinions or trade union membership.