Role: Business Development Manager
Location: Wheathampstead, St Albans
Hours: Monday to Friday 08:30-17:00 - some weekend work & travel will be required, on occasion, for exhibitions or events. Occasional travel to the client's factory in Cambridgeshire
Salary: £30,000-£35,000 plus performance related commission – OTE 50k
An excellent opportunity has now arisen for an Business Development Manager to join our client's successful team in St Albans.
About our client:
Our client is a family run business, with father and son at the helm, supported by their fabulous team, working across two sites to deliver food service needs when it comes to beverages, baking, ice cream and desserts.
About the role:
As a Business Development manager, you will be responsible for generating & growing new business.
On a day to day basis you will:
- Generating your own quality leads through research
- Cold-calling generate leads & following up with inbound leads
- Maintaining accurate customer records on CRM, including logging calls & notes
- Booking in meetings & presenting to clients, including making beverages to demonstrate how to use products
- Account management
- Identify opportunities for cross-selling & upselling
- Attending regular sales meetings
- Attending industry exhibitions & customer events
- Working closely with Senior Management, Technical, Marketing & Customer Service
Benefits:
- £30,000-£35,000 salary plus performance related commission OTE 50k
- 20 days annual leave – increasing with service plus 3 days off over Christmas
- Perkbox
- 24 hour GP access
- Staff discount on products
- Death in Service benefit of 4*base salary
- A real opportunity to grow & deve3lop with the company
What we would like from you:
Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate their experience of managing large accounts, ideally within a Food Manufacturing or Food Service environment within the UK. You will have a strong background in customer service, relationship management, dealing with multiple projects and being commercially knowledgeable.
Ideal candidates will have worked as an Account Manager, Key Account Manager or similar Commercial roles within the Food Manufacturing sector.
You should also be someone who has a passion for food, gets things done and understands how to strategically develop accounts. Our client will consider candidates currently working at this level within a large corporate operation or ones ready to take the next step onto this level.
If interested in this role, please apply below.
OASPERM
Thank you for your interest in this vacancy, which is being advertised by Osborne Appointments, who are acting as an employment agency / business. Your application will be considered in competition with others and we will contact you within 3 working days.
Osborne Appointments is an award-winning recruitment agency specialising in the supply of temporary, contract and permanent placements. In order to keep up to date with all our recruitment activity, please like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram and sign up for free email job alerts on our website.