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Business Development Manager (New Business)

Employer
Cavendish Maine
Location
London, South East & Midlands
Salary
p to £45,000 p.a + commission + car/allowance
Closing date
28 Aug 2018

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Sales

Job Details

Job Title: Business Development Manager (New Business)

Location: London, South East & Midlands     

Job Sector: Beverage Equipment Solutions

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Up to £45,000 p.a + commission + car/allowance

Job Reference: SS/20480

A prestigious, well reputed, European manufacturer of high – end, innovative beverage solutions; who have been supplying products globally for many decades.

They have the ability to deliver a premium solution to businesses looking to offer high – quality juices, soft drinks, chilled water and hot beverages to their clients.

About the Role:

A brand-new field based opportunity (supported by an internal sales team) within the UK division, in which you will assist the UK Sales Manager in their activities; allowing the business to continue its growth within the UK and European markets.

The majority of sales will come from the London, South East and Midlands locations, so you will ideally be required to be based within this territory and willing to travel accordingly.

Full and thorough product and proposed sales presentation training will be provided – with longer term opportunity to assist in securing distribution agreements overseas.

Duties will include;

  • Proactive business development and lead generation
  • Call on potential end-user clients as well as form strategic alliances with catering distributors
  • Grow sales through existing customers maintaining strong relationships whilst introducing new products and tracking new openings/buying cycles etc
  • Demonstrate products to clients discussing technical specification and benefits
  • Maintain and develop a prospect database and pursue sales opportunities
  • Create effective written proposals and tender documents
  • Follow up with potential clients who have interacted with the website sales interface
  • Analyse and interpret sales reports to determine ongoing sales and marketing strategies
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date records on the company ERP system
  • Plan and implement effective merchandising initiatives with trade partners
  • Assist in the creation of marketing campaigns in order to support brand development
  • Represent the company at trade shows and exhibitions

Key Skills/Experience Required:

In order to be considered for the role of Business Development Manager, you must possess the following;

  • Proven field sales experience with demonstrable success in a targeted business development role
  • Experience of beverage or catering equipment solution sales to the catering, hospitality or education sector with a portfolio of potential customers
  • Specific solution sales experience with the ability to present high – cost, high quality equipment and close the sale
  • Knowledge of the current trends affecting the foodservice and hospitality industries
  • Knowledge of the Catering Distributor network and the ability to build strong, strategic relationships with them whilst maintaining a ‘direct’ route to market with some clients
  • Strong IT skills
  • The ability and facility to work from home
  • Happy to cover the South East and Midlands regions

Salary/Benefits Information:

  • A negotiable basic salary of up to £25,000 p.a
  • Uncapped commission on all machine sales
  • Company car or car allowance

Candidate care:

By responding to this advert, you consent to Cavendish Maine processing the personal data included within this application.

If your application is successful we will contact you to discuss the opportunity in more detail, within 48 hours of receiving your application.

Should you not hear from us within 3 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be advised that if unsuccessful for this role we may keep your details in our hold file, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies.  If you do not want us to do this, please call us to advise.

In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in Cavendish Maine.

Company

Established in 1991 Cavendish Maine is a specialist sales, marketing and management recruitment consultancy. Covering the whole of the UK, we work with suppliers of food and non-food products to retail, hospitality and leisure markets and our impressive client portfolio ranges from global brand leaders to fast growing private companies.

Our team is experienced, professional and knowledgeable and each consultant has a specific market focus. This means that we know our clients intimately and our candidates are well briefed and well prepared for all interviews. In addition we have one consultant who specialises in export and international roles and separate teams that bring the same recruitment processes to accountancy and financial services employers.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01275 813000
Location
Leigh Court Business Centre
Pill Road
Abbots Leigh
Bristol
BS8 3RA
GB

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