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Business Development Manager - Foodservice
Candidate Location: Bournemouth
Salary: £35-40,000 OTE £15k plus £7000 car allowance
· Field Sales Role With a Car Allowance
· Excellent Corporate Benefits Package Including Private Medical Health Care
· Market Leading / Multibillion Turnover Company
· New Business Sales with Account Management
THE ROLE: As a Business Development Manager, your role will be responsible for a mixture of generating new business and managing an existing account base whereby you will continually look to grow these accounts wherever possible through networking and regular calls ins. Your key focus will be to find new customers but you will also manage some key accounts. You will be selling the whole foodservice offering into the HORECA sector, i.e. pubs, clubs, leisure, schools, hotels and nursing homes you will be dealing directly with the Head Chefs, Catering Managers and Owners within these businesses. This company will be known as a one stop shop to all your clients so as the Area Sales Manager you will have a large range of products to work with. Key pillars will be wines, meats, fresh, frozen, chilled, ambient, dairy, baked goods as well as cleaning chemicals, consumables and catering equipment.
THE COMPANY: This billion-pound organisation is a leader in their field and are now recruiting for a couple of sales professionals to join their team. They have a committed, focused and ambitious workforce and are a fantastic business to be a part of, they can offer you progression opportunities and support throughout your career with them. With over 20 years' expertise in their field, this business has remained focused on providing quality products and great value for their customers. In addition, they recruit talented people, who can deliver world-class levels of service. Prospects to progress through the company are excellent.
FOR THIS POSITION, WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
· You will ideally come from a food or drink field sales background
· Ex chefs with some field sales experience would be very welcome
· You are welcome to apply if you have sold into the hospitality industry but from a non food perspective such as waste, hygiene, pest control, cleaning services, catering equipment, catering supplies, catering disposables, chemicals etc.
· You must have a passion for food and cooking
· You must have a driving licence
· You must be organised, passionate, target driven personality will see you succeed in this position
· Full product training will be provided for the successful candidate.
THE PACKAGE FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER:
· Basic: £35-40,000 (depending on experience)
· Commission: £15k
· Car Allowance: £7000
· Other Benefits: Mobile, Laptop, Healthcare Cash Plan, Pension, Vouchers, 25 days holiday + stats, full company benefits