What's in it for you
At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:
- A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
- After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four-weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
- 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through-out the year.
- Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
- Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
- 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
- Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates
- An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
- After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
- Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
- Life Assurance - You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay
- Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family.
- A great holiday package
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic business developer to play a pivotal role in growing our rapid grocery delivery network across the South West. You'll work alongside a talented team of BDMs and RDMs, supporting our symbol partners as they embrace and grow within the rapid delivery market.
Your role won't just be about numbers - it'll be about building strong, lasting partnerships, identifying growth opportunities, and helping retailers thrive in a digital-first world.
About Scoot
Scoot is transforming the way communities shop, offering an innovative rapid grocery delivery platform designed to keep up with today's on-demand lifestyles. Backed by Booker Group and supporting symbol brands like Premier, Londis, Budgens, and Family Shopper, we're on a mission to help local retailers thrive in the fast-evolving grocery landscape.
You will be responsible for
- Growing the Network: Proactively identify, recruit, and onboard top-performing symbol stores that align with our vision and criteria.
- Driving Performance: Achieve and exceed KPIs by developing tailored sales and marketing strategies to increase order volume, average basket value, and profitability via the Scoot platform.
- Building Partnerships: Develop trusted, productive relationships with our retailers, providing ongoing support, insights, and guidance to help them grow.
- Using Data to Unlock Growth: Analyse sales, delivery performance, and customer data to identify trends and create actionable growth strategies for each store.
- Problem-Solving Collaboratively: Work closely with internal teams and retailers to address operational challenges and enhance the Scoot experience for both retailers and customers.
- Championing Best Practice: Share learnings and successes with your BDM colleagues, helping to shape and refine our national approach.
- Staying Ahead of the Market: Keep up to date with the rapid grocery delivery landscape, bringing fresh ideas and sector intelligence to drive continuous improvement.
You will need
- Grocery Retail Expertise: You know the grocery sector inside out and have a track record of driving commercial success in retail or wholesale environments.
- Strong Stakeholder Management: Experienced in building high-impact relationships with business owners, managers, and decision-makers in B2B settings.
- Data-Led Decision Making: Confident in managing KPIs, business metrics, and using insights to fuel strategy and performance conversations.
- Exceptional Communicator: Clear, concise, and engaging whether you're presenting results, influencing a retailer, or collaborating with internal teams.
- Natural Relationship Builder: Able to quickly establish trust, credibility, and rapport with a wide range of people.
- Proactive & Solutions-Focused: Self-starter with a positive, can-do attitude and a knack for spotting opportunities and solving problems.
- Sector Knowledge: Familiar with the rapid grocery delivery landscape and the challenges and opportunities it presents for independent retailers.
About The Company
Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre locations across the UK.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we're a place where Everyone's Welcome.
We know life looks a little different for each of us. That's why at Booker and Best, we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life-changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we may be able to support you.
We're proud that Booker is a Disability Confident Committed employer and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
Please note
We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles.
On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than th