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Business Development Manager

Employer
Cavendish Maine
Location
Bristol – London (M4 Corridor)
Salary
£35,000 + company vehicle + bonus + Perkbox Membership
Closing date
18 Jan 2019

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

Job Details

The Company

Cavendish Maine are delighted to be partnering with a leading UK based water treatment wholesaler. A subsidiary of a multimillion £ turnover business, this UK based firm are going from strength to strength and are looking to dominate the UK Speciality Coffee Market with their state of the art filtration systems.

The Role

The Business Development Manager position will fill a key component of the company’s strategy for building its sales pipeline, market share, turnover and profit in the coffee sector. The candidate will be responsible for prospecting, qualifying and closing leads, using existing contacts and relationships to close opportunities and driving growth. It is essential therefore the candidate has previous experience of working in the coffee sector, especially at the machine dealer/roaster level.

Additional responsibilities will include:

  • Create a journey plan that achieves the business targets.
  • Build trusting relationships with end users.
  • Present and educate the end user about the benefits of this state of the art product.
  • Identify new opportunities.

The person for this BDM role:

We are looking for an experienced Coffee sales professional with a background at machine/roaster level. You don’t need to have sold filtration systems but someone who is interested in this area would be beneficial. In addition, we are looking for:

  • Based on the M4 Corridor. The majority of business is M4/London.
  • A dynamic individual and a self-starter.
  • A proven track record in customer retention.
  • Excellent sales skills. Able to influence decisions and close for sales orders.
  • Great personality – positive, likeable, good sense of humour, builds relationships easily.
  • Embraces being accountable for the area performance and prioritises constantly in order to meet targets.
  • Possess the potential and desire to progress to a more senior role.

The benefits:

Generous performance based bonus on achievement of key objectives. Company car, smart phone, laptop. If you’ve read this far then great, keep going and send in an application or contact Mike at the Cavendish Maine office.

Region:  Bristol – London (M4 Corridor)

Salary: £35,000 + company vehicle + bonus + Perkbox Membership

Reference: MH/21195

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 for 6 months, 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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