An exciting one-off opportunity has arisen for a BDM to join a prestigious and well established supplier of consumable products within the HoReCa, Hospitality, End User and Food Service sectors.
Current driving license and ability to work across the region as required for customer base – area covers North Devon, so must live or be within reasonable commuting distance to this area.
About You:
- Passion for food and particularly seafood. Hospitality industry knowledge is essential and seafood experience would be a great advantage.
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of our marketplace and the food industry generally
- A high level of professionalism whilst remaining personable and approachable
- A collaborative and hands-on approach, driven by excellent customer service skills
- An analytic methodology to seek out and optimise growth opportunities
In this role, you will be responsible for:
- Developing relationships, building long term trust and rapport with customers, offering solid solutions and ideas to their business
- Using a variety of resources to identify opportunities, as well as using strategic questioning techniques to find gaps within an existing ledger
- Maintaining a working pipeline document detailing all prospective business, with up to date and relevant information
- Provide accurate and timely information and feedback to management and other business areas to ensure we can provide a continued level of service to our customers and utilise opportunities for growth.
- Monthly reporting on sales performance and future plans as well putting action plans in place where necessary
- Ensure that good management practice and all processes are followed in order to ensure the health and safety of our employees and customers
- Thorough knowledge and understanding of our marketplace and the food industry generally
- A high level of professionalism whilst remaining personable and approachable
- A collaborative and hands-on approach, driven by excellent customer service skills
- An analytic methodology to seek out and optimise growth opportunities
Other:
- Up to £38k base salary (DEO)
- £12k+ per year total bonus available (paid quarterly) when hitting/exceeding growth target
- Uncapped New Business bonus for customers first 12 weeks of trade
- Uncapped commission when exceeding growth targets
- Pension
- Company car/ car allowance
- Mobile
- Laptop
- Discounts on our products
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Healthcare cash plan
- Occupational Health
