Business Development Manager

Location: Field Based Role / Central UK

Package: Up to £40K + Car + Bonus Package

We are pleased to be assisting a valued client find their next Business Development Manager. Our client is one of the UK’s premier commercial catering and refrigeration equipment suppliers. They serve a range of partners, from the hottest new restaurants to household names and are passionate about working in a busy and demanding sector to support the nationwide catering industry.

We are looking for someone who is resourceful and energetic, who is self-motivated, with the hunger to identify and approach new customers. In a challenging market, your achievements will be generously rewarded.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create sustainable, consistent profit-making sales and new business
• Be a brand ambassador, understand and embrace the client offer
• Identify target markets and develop opportunities
• Generate leads by cold calling prospective customers
• Seek out the relevant contacts to approach
• Arrange and attend face to face meetings
• Create and deliver professional, compelling sales presentations
• Be tenacious – ensure leads are brought to a natural conclusion
• Develop and manage a strong and growing forward sale pipeline

Key Requirements:

• Previous experience as a Business Development Manager
• Demonstrable experience of being able to work independently
• The ability to meet short deadlines and specific targets
• Strong commercial awareness
• Working constructively with demanding customers
• Some catering and hospitality experience would be advantageous
• Natural, professional sales skills
• An excellent communicator with fantastic interpersonal skills
• Full driving license
• PC literate / MS Office (PowerPoint / Word / Excel)
• Good understanding of all social media platforms
• Flexible to work occasional evenings and weekend

Sound like you? Apply Now!

Mpeople Recruitment Ltd are an employment agency acting on behalf of our clients.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, as much as we would like to, it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful. 

Apologies but we can only accept applications from candidates that have the right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.