Sales & Business Development Coordinator
Location: Durham Brewery, Bowburn, County Durham
Hours: Full-time
Salary: £26,520 per annum, with performance-related bonuses
Start Date: Immediate start available
Join the Durham Brewery Team
Durham Brewery is Durham's oldest working brewery, producing award-winning beers supplied to pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels and retailers across Northern England and Scotland.
We're looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Sales & Business Development Coordinator to play a key role in the next stage of our growth. This is an exciting opportunity to help grow our customer base, strengthen relationships with our existing customers and introduce Durham Brewery beers to new customers.
Working closely with our small, dedicated and friendly team, you'll become an important part of the brewery, helping to grow sales, develop new opportunities and deliver excellent customer service. This is a varied role where you'll have the opportunity to make a genuine difference and contribute ideas that help shape the future of the business.
We're looking for someone who is able to start as soon as possible, although we will consider a short notice period for the right candidate.
The Role
As our Sales & Business Development Coordinator, you will:
- Build and develop long-term relationships with existing customers.
- Identify and secure new business with pubs, bars, restaurants, hotels, bottle shops, retailers and other trade customers.
- Follow up enquiries promptly and professionally.
- Prepare quotations and communicate pricing and product availability.
- Maintain accurate customer records and sales information.
- Reactivate previous and lapsed customer accounts.
- Work closely with the brewing, production and delivery teams to ensure excellent customer service.
- Identify new sales opportunities, markets and routes to grow the business.
- Represent Durham Brewery at festivals, trade events and promotional activities when required.
- Contribute ideas for new product launches, promotions and marketing campaigns.
- Provide regular feedback on customer activity, sales opportunities and market trends.
About You
We're looking for someone who:
- Is friendly, approachable and confident speaking with customers.
- Builds strong, lasting relationships and enjoys helping customers.
- Is organised, dependable and able to manage their own workload.
- Has a positive, proactive and commercially minded approach.
- Enjoys working as part of a friendly, supportive team and values collaboration.
- Has good IT skills and is comfortable using email, spreadsheets and customer management systems.
- Holds a full UK driving licence.
Experience in sales, account management, hospitality, brewing or the drinks industry would be an advantage, but it isn't essential. We're equally interested in enthusiastic people with excellent customer service skills, a willingness to learn and a genuine passion for building relationships.
What We Offer
- Full-time, permanent employment.
- Salary of £26,520 per annum, with performance-related bonuses.
- 28 days' annual leave per year, including bank holidays. Due to the nature of the business, you may be required to work on bank holidays.
- Workplace pension.
- Ongoing training and support to develop your knowledge of our beers, customers and business.
- The opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth of Durham Brewery.
- A varied and rewarding role where your ideas and contribution will genuinely influence the future of the business.
- A friendly, supportive and collaborative working environment where everyone works together and takes pride in what they do.
How to Apply
If you're enthusiastic, motivated and enjoy working with people, we'd love to hear from you.
Please send your CV together with a covering letter telling us why you'd like to join Durham Brewery – Durham's oldest working brewery – and what you could bring to the role.
An immediate start is available, so we'd encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
Pay: £26,520.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
