Business Development Manager
- Employer
- Michael Page Sales
- Location
- England, West Midlands
- Salary
- OTE, Benefits
- Closing date
- 6 Feb 2017
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- Sales
Job Details
This is an excellent opportunity for a Business Development Manager to nurture, grow and add to existing accounts to drive the business forward at an buoyant time of growth for my client.
Client Details
Our client are a leading player within the food service sector, with a key focus on providing their goods to restaurants, leisure and Education sectors across the UK.
The business culture is innovate, progressive and rewarding and they are now looking to bring on board a Business Development Manager to work alongside their Field Sales Manager across the West Midlands region.
Description
* Achieve and margin targets based on a commercial plan
* Win & retain profitable new business in line with company standards.
* Grow retained customer numbers to achieve agreed standards
* Have an effective journey plan to ensure appropriate level of regular contact to achieve targets with planned objectives and outputs for each call
* Work with internal departments and suppliers to sell for more, buy for less and minimise costs
* Drive agreed company campaigns and support agreed focus to meet customer and company targets
* Work closely with Call Centre to ensure compliance, retention and delivery of company campaigns
Profile
As Business Development Manager, the following experience is required;
* Either current or previous experience in Food Service
* Strong business development and account management experience
* Field sales exposure
* Ability to communicate effectively and build excellent internal and external relationships
* Must be based in the West Midlands
Job Offer
Competitive basic salary with OTE, Benefits, Car Allowance.
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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