Business Development Manager
- Employer
- Advocate Group
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £30k - 35k per year
- Closing date
- 5 Jan 2022
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- Business Sector
- Food & Drink
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Function
- National Accounts, Sales
Job Details
Business Development Manager – London
Up to £35,000 with bonus, expenses and benefits
We’re pleased to be working with an innovative manufacturer who are going through an exciting period of growth, getting specialist craft beers into the hands of more people across Europe. The business is looking for an energetic, organised and approachable individual to increase listings and drive the rate of sale across off-trade venues within the London region. With the recent success of crowd-funding, there is lots for you to get involved in and exciting opportunities for shares in the company.
What You Will Do:
- Building new off-trade listings through virtual and in-personal meetings.
- Maximise sales of existing customer base through order, pricing and promotional activation.
- Working with venues and events to secure brand partnerships, listings and increase the rates of sale.
- Provide weekly/monthly reports on sales performance and help manage sales KPIs and trends.
- Reporting on customer feedback and reviews and informing the marketing team on new product development.
- Depending on target areas, there will be some travel & stopovers.
Key Skills:
- Knowledge of the food and drink industry preferable but not essential
- Experience in wholesalers and distributors
- Knowledge of sales and tactics
- Strong interpersonal communication skills
- Number driven, goal orientated and sales motivated
- Highly organised with limited need for micromanagement
- Entrepreneurial, enthusiastic, and flexible mentality
You can really make an impact in this business, hold shares and grow your own team in a fair and realistic timeline. Please apply today to be considered!
Company
We are a leading recruitment partner to the FMCG and consumer product sectors. Brand advocate representation, with a focus on inclusive hiring, is central to our ethos and ethics.
As talent partner to some of the most exciting global names, innovators, and challenger brands, we have a proven track record of not only sourcing top talent, but improving employer brand, candidate journey, and talent acquisition strategies. Our specialist consultants plug directly into your brand to act as your talent team, or work alongside your existing talent function.
Being consumer product-centric means that our candidate and client partners can draw on our deep networks, proven processes, and highly trained talent specialists.
Our aim is to: identify, engage, assess, and provide exceptional consumer product talent, always with the candidate journey at the forefront of mind.
What Do We Offer?
- 3:1 interview-to-placement ratio.
That means that, for every three candidates we have out on interview, one is getting the job.
- 96% employee retention.
Our retention rate is market leading – 96% of the people that we place are still with that organisation at least 12 months later.
- 92% right-first-time shortlists.
Of the placements we make in roles that we work exclusively (which is the vast majority), 92% are hired from our hired from our first shortlist.
- 28 days average time to hire.
From briefing to offer, our average turnaround time is 28 days.
Our Recruitment Solutions:
Search & Selection | Project Recruitment | Embedded Talent | Executive Search | Contract Recruitment | Market Mapping
Contact Us Today to Discuss Your Next Recruitment Project:
📞 0333 772 7200
📩 workwithus@advocate-group.co.uk
💻 https://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Website
- http://www.advocate-group.co.uk/
- Telephone
- 0333 772 7200
- Location
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The Advocate Group
No. 1 Spinningfields, WeWork
Quay Street
Manchester
Greater Manchester
M3 3JE
GB
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