Business Development Manager

Our client:

• Leading food organisation working across all out of home sectors both public and private sector
• Fantastic culture focused on personal development that offers flexible working
• Clear strategy focused on sales and profit growth. Research & insights are at the centre of decision making
• This Business Development Manager role is ideal for forward thinking individual, who has a passion and drive for leading on customer opportunities within the foodservice sector.

The role:

• The successful Business Development Manager will manage the development of a new customer sales pipeline that delivers long term profitable growth.
• The Business Development Manger will lead of contracts and tenders across areas of out of home including national restaurant, pub and hotel chains and school and healthcare organisations.
• Working closely with marketing the Business Development Manager will develop strategies to convert target national organisations to become customers
• The Business Development Manager will manage relationships at a senior level and will be involved in the on boarding of the new customer
• Using fantastic commercial and data analysis skills the Business Development Manager will identify sales and profit growth opportunities that maximise margin and exceed budgets

Ideal candidate:

• You will have experience of delivering successful new business development within the foodservice industry. You will have a proven track record of winning new national accounts within foodservice
• The Business Development Manager will have the confidence and ability to engage with prospective customers at a senior level and have excellent presenting skills
• The successful Business Development Manager is highly commercial with a proven track record of delivering new business that achieves sales and profit targets.
• In the role the Business Development Manager will work cross functionally with multiple departments and will thrive in a collaborative working environment
• It is essential to have good excel and data skills and be able to create commercially compelling bids.
• You will have strong organizational skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment balancing multiple projects at a time, a self-starter with can-do attitude.
• Having excellent relationship building skills you will be able to communicate with stakeholders.

Benefits & details:

• Salary up to £60k plus car, bonus, commission and excellent benefits
• Fantastic culture with genuine focus on personal development
• Role is split between the office in Windsor (2 days) and home (3 days)

Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 1/16986/7. Confidentiality assured.

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