Business Development Manager - Foodservice
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- Nottinghamshire
- Salary
- £25000 per annum + company car + 20 days holiday
- Closing date
- 2 Jun 2016
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
This is a great opportunity to join a wholesale distributer within the food service industry. The company specialise in importing and supplying Ethnic Food across the UK.
My client is looking for a Business Development Manager to cover the Nottinghamshire area; developing existing business and prospecting and winning on new business within the foodservice sector.
Client Details
Established in the 1970's, my client is a wholesale distributer within the food service industry. They specialise in importing and supplying Ethnic Food across the UK from their base of 4 depots within the East Midlands.
Description
Reporting into the Head of Trading, you will responsible for covering the Nottinghamshire area working with accounts within the foodservice sector, which can be anyone from a restaurant to a fast food chain to an independent takeaway. The account base will consist of mainly independents and some chains.
The role will predominantly be new business; you will be given a pre-defined list of customers to prospect from and you will also be responsible for creating your own leads. There are some existing accounts across the territory that you will be accountable for developing and maintaining.
Monday to Saturday - Hours will be flexible but in line with the needs of the customer base.
Profile
Key skills, experience and attributes required:
- Positive, self motivated and target driven
- Proven track record in achieving new business and developing profitable accounts
- Experience within the foodservice industry ideally
- Ability to build strong relationships with existing customers and contacts
- Strong selling, influencing and negotiation skills, as well as commercial and presentation skills
- Full driving license and able to work across Nottinghamshire
- Based in Nottinghamshire
Job Offer
- £25,000 + dependant on experience
- Company car
- 20 days holiday
Company
Michael Page Sales UK is a leading professional recruitment consultancy covering permanent, interim and contract recruitment. We have UK wide coverage with ten offices located in London, Weybridge, Reading, Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, St Albans, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow. The core markets we serve are Consumer, Business Services, Media, IT/Telco, Financial Services, Healthcare and Technical Sales, with a dedicated person or team in each location specialising in each of these sectors. The clients we work with are as diverse as the candidates we represent; from Blue Chips to SMEs, and Sales Execs to Sales Directors. Our Consultants are typically from relevant sales backgrounds giving first hand experience of the roles we recruit for. We pride ourselves on delivering unrivalled service levels to our candidates and our clients, our track record of success over the past 20 years means we stand out.
Within our Consumer Sales Division we have consultants within each of the 10 offices who dedicate themselves to this sector and no other. Our specialist capability is demonstrated further as we focus on sub sectors such as food, drink, household, foodservice, consumer electronics, apparel, health & beauty, consumer healthcare, pet and sports. Some of our key clients include Colgate, Beiersdorf, Dr Oetker, Johnson & Johnson, Matthew Clark, PZ Cussons, Kellogg’s, 2 Sisters, Samsung, Seven Seas, Twinings, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, SC Johnson, Warburtons, InBev, Kettle Chips, Hallmark, Luxottica, McCain, Britvic, General Mills, and Molson Coors to name but a few!
Michael Page Sales UK is part of Michael Page International with operations in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. As well as looking for high quality candidates for our clients, we are also always looking for top talent to work for us
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