Do you have proven sales experience and are looking for a new challenge?
Would you like to play a key role in driving business growth in the foodservice sector?
If so, we may have just the role for you.
Charles Saunders is a food and catering wholesale company, currently seeking a Full Time, Permanent, Field Based Business Development Manager to join our busy sales team to manage and develop a portfolio of accounts in Bristol.
Benefits include:
- 20 days holiday + bank Holidays, increasing to 25 days with length of service
- Workplace Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance Scheme – enrolment from day 1 of employment
- Income Protection Scheme – enrolment from day 1 of employment
- Access to Employee Health Assured Program (EAP)
- Staff discount on company goods
- Free onsite car parking and covered bicycle rack
- Free annual eye test
- Company Car, mobile phone and tablet
Charles Saunders one of the largest independent foodservice companies in the Southwest. They supply a full range of frozen, chilled, and ambient foods together with an extensive range of non-food catering products.
The role
The successful Business Development Manager will be responsible for managing their own accounts within a designated territory covering Bristol, selling and promoting their clients’ broad range of food and catering related products to the foodservice industry. They will be heavily involved in up-selling within established clients along with a strong focus on developing new business.
Key responsibilities:
- Represent clients, and their interests in a professional manner.
- Research, achieve and increase sales turnover and gross profit margins over same period of the previous year.
- Devise and deliver area business plan to maximise growth.
- Increase business within existing accounts.
- Complete in a timely manner all administration duties, weekly reports, journey plans, expense reports, and sales plans required by the Sales Director.
- Achieve set bonus targets.
- Attend and network at sales training events, corporate days, and trade shows.
Skills & Attributes
The Business Development Manager will be expected to have the following skills and attributes:
- A Full, UK Driving licence is essential for this role. The individual will be expected to be a safe driver, with minimum points on their licence.
- Previous background of working in sales.
- Good geographical knowledge of the South West.
- Target driven with the ability to meet and exceed sales targets.
- Excellent customer service, networking, and communication skills. Able to deal with difficult clients and customers with the ability to remain calm under pressure.
- A high degree of self-motivation and ambition with a desire to deliver results.
- A friendly and approachable demeanour, strong interpersonal skills with an enthusiastic and flexible approach.
- Have a passion for food sales and knowledge of the catering industry is desirable.
- A positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and a desire to show initiative.
Benefits:
- Company car
- Employee discount
Work Location: Remote
